Month: June 2018

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Help Net Security

Could an Equifax-sized data breach happen again?

Many global financial services organizations are targeted by sophisticated cyberattackers in an attempt to steal critical data and personally-identifiable information (PII), according to Vectra. Vectra disclosed that cyberattackers build hidden tunnels to break into networks and steal information. These tunnels are used to remotely control an attack, known as command-and-control, and steal data, known as…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: CyberArk Blog

Federal Cybersecurity Report Finds Majority of Agencies at Risk

As a number of crippling breaches have illustrated, federal government agencies and departments are frequent targets in today’s advanced attacks. The White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in partnership with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), recently conducted a cyber risk assessment of 96 agencies across 76 metrics to measure their cyber security…

Cloud Security

Issued by: Dark Reading

5 Tips for Integrating Security Best Practices into Your Cloud Strategy

Do ‘cloud-first’ strategies create a security-second mindset? Too often, I hear system administrators tell me that their organization’s cloud-first strategy is jeopardizing security. With each new software-, infrastructure, and platform-as-a-service adopted by line-of-business users or within enterprise IT, security seems to be an afterthought. The challenge with most cloud-first strategies is that they incorporate both…

Cloud Security

Issued by: Security Intelligence

How Cloud Security Can Drive Innovation and Transform Your Business

I joined a number of security professionals at the IBM Security Summit in London last month during the “Innovating With Cloud Security” breakout session, which was hosted by Martin Borrett, chief technology officer (CTO) of IBM Security Europe. The audience took part in discussions about typical cloud transformation journeys, security for and from the cloud,…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Help Net Security

Will blockchain power the next generation of data security?

Cryptomania is dominating conversations from Silicon Valley to Wall Street. But ‘cryptocurrency’ is only one implementation of the underlying technology innovation that has the ability to transform the way future technology products are designed and built. Of course, that technology is blockchain, the decentralized digital ledger that makes Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies possible. First, we…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Help Net Security

Vulnerability in GnuPG allowed digital signature spoofing for decades

A vulnerability affecting GnuPG has made some of the widely used email encryption software vulnerable to digital signature spoofing for many years. The list of affected programs includes Enigmail and GPGTools. About the vulnerability (CVE-2018-12020) CVE-2018-12020, dubbed “SigSpoof” by Marcus Brinkmann, the researcher which found it, arises from “weak design choices.” “The signature verification routine…

Network Security

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