cybersecurity

Network Security

Issued by: Security Week

Jolted by a sweeping hack that may have revealed government and corporate secrets to Russia, U.S. officials are scrambling to reinforce the nation’s cyber defenses and recognizing that an agency created two years ago to protect America’s networks and infrastructure lacks the money, tools and authority to counter such sophisticated threats. The breach, which hijacked…

Network Security

Issued by: Help Net Security

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…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Help Net Security

Despite the uncertainties of the last year, the transformation of the transportation sector forged ahead, dominated by the prevailing trend of CASE (Connected, Autonomous, Shared, Electrified) technologies. Despite small setbacks caused by COVID-19 that impacted the automotive industry at large, analysts predict electric vehicle (EV) demand will continue on its upward trajectory in 2021, driven…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Security Week

SolarWinds was recently targeted in a sophisticated supply chain attack that resulted in thousands of organizations receiving malicious updates for the company’s Orion monitoring product, and a few hundred — ones that presented an interest to the attackers — getting other malware that may have given the hackers deep access into their networks. Following the…

Network Security, Software Security

Issued by: CSO

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…

Application Security, Network Security

Issued by: Dark Reading

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…