The Time for IT Asset Management Is Now
The benefits of a comprehensive IT asset management (ITAM) program may seem obvious since it provides the data needed to strategically and tactically manage the life cycle of IT assets from purchase to end of life. Of course, companies can leverage IT asset management to reduce costs, improve operational efficiency, determine the full cost of…
BH Consulting launches scholarship programme to address infosec skills gap
BH Consulting, an information security specialist company, has launched a Masters Scholarship programme to encourage talented people to enter the cybersecurity market. Under the programme, a successful applicant will start a fulltime traineeship role as an information security analyst, while studying for a fully paid two-year MSc in Applied Cyber Security at the Institute of…
Dunbar’s Cyphon extends physical protection-as-a-service into cyber security
Those of you who live in and around certain cities may have seen the Dunbar name, emblazoned on the side of bright red armored trucks. The Dunbar security company, which created the Cyphon program, got its start in physical security, transporting money from local businesses and banks to secure holding facilities, and sometimes into the…
Hacker Hijacks Police Radio Broadcast Until Cops Call Off Car Chase of Armed Robbers
A hacker hijacked a police radio broadcast, posing as cop, causing the police to call off a car chase of alleged armed robbery suspects. While the man and woman allegedly responsible for an attempted armed robbery in Australia are no Bonnie and Clyde, they had something the infamous outlaw couple didn’t … a little help…
Transatlantic Cable Podcast, Episode 1
Each week, David Buxton and I will break down some useful cybersecurity stories and offer tips in 20 minutes or less. In this week’s podcast, we discuss scams related to Hurricane Harvey relief, why you should change your Instagram password, and the fact that there are no free tickets to paradise on WhatsApp.
How hackers have improved their BEC attack methods
Email is increasingly an integral part of global life, but business email compromise (BEC) attacks could place these communications at risk. Research by The Radicati Group found that 2.9 billion people worldwide will be using email portals by 2019. Each business user will send 126 messages daily by that time, compared to 122 emails sent and…
Keep Intruders Out of Your Network With Proactive Threat Hunting
A threat hunting program can provide an accurate picture of where your organization is exposed to threats and help security professionals strengthen those weaknesses. If you know how an adversary is breaking into your environment, you can improve your defenses and stop attacks from happening again in the future. This echoes the importance of having…
Just a Passing Fad? Fidget Spinners and the Malware Sandbox
This is the first installment in a three-part series about malware sandboxing. Stay tuned for more information. When the fidget spinner fad hit last year, my seventh grader was immediately on board and quickly became a fidget spinner snob, boasting about bearing quality and spin longevity. My fifth grader, however, eschewed fidget spinners with the…
IDaaS Providers: This Is How Cloud Identity Service Rapidly Responded to IoT and Mobile Demands
Accelerated identity and access management (IAM) is the mantra of many identity-as-a-service (IDaaS) providers, and IBM is no exception. Cloud Identity Service, a market-leading full-stack IDaaS solution, provides speedy deployment, lightning-fast onboarding of software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications, increased time to value and on-demand scalability to IBM’s largest enterprise clients. IBM’s enterprise clients are looking at the…
Using a Free Online Malware Analysis Sandbox to Dig Into Malicious Code
The continuous advancement and sophistication of cyberthreats has gradually decreased the sufficiency of traditional gateway and endpoint security solutions for protection against malware. These approaches were sufficient when malware occurred in small numbers and it was easy to differentiate between good and bad applications. Nowadays, there’s a world of unknown code — a gap between…