Protecting Your Staff in Co-Working Spaces
Four walls, a sea of cubicles and the rest of the traditional office accoutrements are no longer standard in the working world. The number of innovative co-working spaces continues to rise around the world, and this doesn’t even include coffee shops, libraries and numerous other public places that offer free Wi-Fi. That means that your…
Everyone Is $$$ To Cybercriminals Using Ransomware
More than 50 percent of those polled have been victims of ransomware in some way, shape, or form recently. Nineteen percent are being attack more than 50 times per month and a disturbing 42 percent don’t know how often they’re being attacked with ransomware. These stats should be major warning flags for defenders. Despite our…
Trump’s DHS pick urges more coordination on cyberthreats
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Homeland Security chief wants to forge closer ties with the private sector in the cyber arena. Gen. John F. Kelly (Ret.), a more than four-decade veteran of the Marine Corps, appeared this week before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee for his confirmation hearing, the second of Trump’s…
Bringing boards up to cyber speed
The exponential growth of cyber risk has impacted roles for the CISO and the CEO, among others, but it has also left board members a little in the dark when it comes to understanding the risks associated with cybersecurity. The National Association of Corporate Directors, NACD, who represents 88 percent of the Fortune 1000, recently released…
Eight Vulnerabilities Patched in WordPress
Eight security flaws and 62 bugs have been addressed with the release of WordPress 4.7.1 on Wednesday. The latest update for the content management system (CMS) has been classified as a security release. The list of vulnerabilities fixed this week includes the recently disclosed remote code execution flaw affecting PHPMailer. While WordPress Core and the…
Is Your Organization Prepared When the Extortionists Come Calling?
In 2016, Trend Micro partnered with ISMG to conduct a survey of financial, healthcare, and government organizations to better understand the challenges they are facing with ransomware. Some of the results surprised us while others were somewhat expected based on what we’ve saw throughout 2016. We all know ransomware has been a major pain for…
Is your Windows 10 migration strategy leaving you vulnerable?
Despite enhanced security being a key driver in the move to Windows 10, many organizations are putting their security at risk with their choice of migration strategy, according to new research by 1E. The report found that, by taking an in-place upgrade option, many organizations are missing the opportunity to enable advanced security features.
The Pick of 2017 Cybersecurity Conferences
Cybersecurity conferences provide excellent opportunities to network with peers, learn about the latest trends in security, engage with vendors and see firsthand the latest developments in technology. Here is a roundup of some of the most interesting 2017 cybersecurity conferences.
Decrypting CryptXXX version 3 — for free
In April 2016 a young and ambitious trojan cryptor known by the name CryptXXX was released. It was distributed by the infamous Angler and Neutrino exploit kits. It’s creators certainly hoped that after the release they could lay on the couch and watch the money flow from the victims pockets to their bitcoin wallets. But…
John McAfee’s 3 major cybersecurity predictions for 2017
John McAfee, CEO at MGT Capital Investments, Inc. (MGTI) provides CSO with his predictions for 2017. 1. “IoT denial of service attacks on major Internet carriers, like the one carried out on Dyn earlier year will become commonplace, and the severity will be orders of magnitude greater than what we have seen. The 2016 IoT DDoS…