CISO Conversations: Princeton, Cal State and Ohio State CISOs Talk Higher Ed Cybersecurity
A few weekends ago, I went to a birthday party for a buddy of mine. The theme was “Lord of the Rings.” When I arrived, I could see that many of my friends were already there, bunched up in groups of five or six, as the host circulated among them. I said hi to the…
Enterprise Windows Threats Drop as Mac Attacks Rise: Report
Just as the COVID-19 pandemic changed the way we live and work, malware operators changed the way they attack enterprise targets. Last year businesses saw Windows malware detections drop and Mac detections rise as criminals tossed old tactics and focused on targeted attacks. In the “2020 State of Malware” report, Malwarebytes researchers explore how attack…
Industry Reactions to U.S. Water Plant Hack: Feedback Friday
The attack, which targeted the water supply in Oldsmar, a small city in Florida, was discovered by staff at the plant — they noticed the mouse moving on the screen — and they rushed to take action before any damage was caused. The attackers breached the facility via TeamViewer, which staff had been using to…
Tougher EU Privacy Rules Loom for Messenger, Zoom
The EU’s 27 member states approved a proposal that was stuck since 2017, with countries split between those wanting strict privacy online and others wanting to give leeway to law enforcement and advertisers. Portugal, which currently holds the EU’s rotating presidency, submitted a compromise proposal that was approved by qualified majority at a meeting in…
Reinventing Managed Security Services’ Detection and Response
Managed security services are undergoing a timely and significant transformation, armed with new hyperscalable technology stacks, hybrid enterprise and cross-cloud protection complexities, and a demand to evolve from 24/7 eyes-on-glass into hands-on customer-integrated early warning and response. If it wasn’t a tired industry cliché we’d probably be adding “next-generation” or NG prefixes to many of…
Data loss prevention strategies for long-term remote teams
Before the recent pandemic, many executives began appreciating the risks and opportunities associated with cybersecurity. A 2019 survey on cybersecurity priorities from Optiv Security found that 96% of CISOs are taking “a more strategic approach to cybersecurity,” and many were even willing to slow business development to account for cybersecurity-related risks. This was great news…
Airbus CyberSecurity Subsidiary Stormshield Discloses Data Breach
Stormshield provides network security, endpoint security and data security solutions. The company describes itself as a “European leader in digital infrastructure security” and claims to have a presence in more than 40 countries. In a security incident notice posted on its website, Stormshield said it recently detected unauthorized access to a technical portal used by…
What you need to know about changes to Microsoft’s Security Update Guide
Microsoft recently changed how it presents and explains its security vulnerabilities in its products. The new security guide aligns itself with security and industry standards by describing the vulnerabilities with the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), which presents a vulnerability’s key characteristics and assigns a numerical score to its severity. The intent of that score…
Strengthening Zero-Trust Architecture
Organizations that want to stay ahead of cybercriminals will find that going beyond user trust and device trust is critical for oThe invention of the term “zero trust” is generally credited to former Forrester analyst John Kindervag more than a decade ago. Although it’s not new, the concept has received renewed interest and market traction…
Attacks on Individuals Fall as Cybercrime Shifts Tactics
The nonprofit, which supports victims of identity crime, found that the number of U.S. data breaches fell 19% in 2020 to 1,108. But the number of individual victims of such cybercrimes fell 66% compared with the year prior. Ransomware and phishing attacks are now the preferred form of data theft because they require less effort…
