Are travel Wi-Fi routers secure?
Last week at Kaspersky Lab’s Security Analyst Summit (the SAS), there was a lot of cool research that made you think. Although a lot of talks centered on deep APT research and threats to businesses, there were a few sessions where consumer security was shown to be at risk as well. One such talk was…
Life’s a Breach: Dissecting a Year of Devastating Data Breaches
Several major data breaches thrust cybersecurity into the global spotlight in 2016. In the Asia-Pacific region, for example, cybercriminals stole 100 GB of government data from the Indian state of Kerala and made off with 300 GB of voter data in the Philippines. These are just two examples of high-profile data breaches that hit in…
Network teams spend more time on data security amidst new threats
Enterprise network teams are expending more time and resources than ever before to battle security threats, according to Viavi Solutions, who surveyed 1,035 CIOs, IT directors, and network engineers around the world. “Dealing with these types of advanced, persistent security threats requires planning, resourcefulness and greater visibility throughout the network to ensure that threat intelligence…
The top 5 dumbest cyber threats that work anyway
The common conception of cyber attacks is kind of like bad weather: ranging from irritating to catastrophic, but always unpredictable. Hackers are simply too sophisticated to draw any reliable judgments on and we shouldn’t try. As it turns out, some hackers are fairly predictable in their successful use of really dumb attacks. Here’s a few.
Can Cyber Situational Awareness Prevent the Next Black Swan Cyber Event?
In modern parlance, the phrase “black swan,” as espoused by the famous intellectual personality Nassim Nicholas Taleb in his famous book “The Black Swan: The Impact of The Highly Improbable,” refers to an event that comes as a surprise, leaves a major impact and, in the absence of cyber situational awareness, can be rationalized only…
Most organizations were victims of business email compromise in 2016
Nearly three quarters of corporate treasury and finance professionals said their companies were victims of payments fraud last year, according to the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP). This is the highest percentage since the survey debuted in 2005 and comes after a dramatic increase in 2015. Check fraud and business email compromise are both on…
23% of security pros are blind to encrypted traffic threats
According to a Venafi survey conducted at RSA Conference 2017, 23 percent of respondents have no idea how much of their encrypted traffic is decrypted and inspected. “Encryption offers the perfect cover for cyber criminals,” said Kevin Bocek, chief security strategist for Venafi. “It’s alarming that almost one out of four security professionals doesn’t know…
What home products are most susceptible to cyber burglars?
No matter how intelligent they claim to be, many smart home gadgets are vulnerable to hackers. Nowadays even the lock on your front door is susceptible to a cyberattack. No longer do you only have to worry about someone simply picking the lock, now a burglar could go through cyberspace to unlatch the door. Just…
Putting IoT Security Front and Center
The Internet of Things (IoT) is not just hype anymore. It is taking off at an enormous rate, and the predictions of 20 billion connected devices by 2020now sound entirely likely. But as it takes off, so do IoT security challenges for both enterprises and consumers. Obstacles range from software updating issues to employee education…
Things to Consider Before Implementing Advanced Network Security
Today’s networked world is constantly shifting, and the number and type of devices it connects changes minute by minute. The combination of in-house computing, cloud-based resources and a mobile workforce armed with a growing diversity of devices means advanced network security systems need to be both flexible and agile to detect intrusion and malware activities….