Risk Management

Network Security

Issued by: Security Week

DHS Orders Government Agencies to Stop Using Kaspersky Products

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a binding operational directive on Wednesday ordering government departments and agencies to stop using products from Kaspersky Lab due to concerns regarding the company’s ties to Russian intelligence. The DHS told agencies that they have 30 days to identify the use or presence of products supplied directly…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Help Net Security

Insurers increasingly concerned about silent cyber exposure

Around half of industry practitioners see the risk of silent cyber exposure – potential cyber-related losses due to silent coverage from insurance policies not specifically designed to cover cyber risk – as growing over the coming year, according to Willis Re. Silent cyber exposure In the Willis Re survey, respondents were asked to assess the…

Network Security

Issued by: Trend Micro Blog

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…

Network Security

Issued by: Security Intelligence

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…

Network Security

Issued by: Security Intelligence

Location! Location! Location! Managing and Protecting Critical Data in the Age of Sprawl

It should be no surprise to anyone that the digital age has created data sprawl. Information and critical data are no longer confined to desks and filing cabinets in locked rooms, but stretched across the enterprise in locations far and wide. Data locations first expanded to structured databases, then unstructured local user systems and then…

Network Security

Issued by: Dark Reading

Antivirus: From Stand-Alone Product to Endpoint Feature

Endpoint experts discuss the evolution of AV and its shift from stand-alone product to a feature in broader security tools. The endpoint security evolution is underway. Antivirus (AV) isn’t dead, but its nature is changing as enterprise threats become faster, more widespread, and more complex. “Antivirus has become, to me, more of a specific feature…

Network Security

Issued by: Security Intelligence

Blindfolded on the Battlefield: The Importance of Threat Hunting in the Modern Age

One of the fundamental problems with cybersecurity is that organizations often do not realize when they are compromised. Traditional incident response methods are typically reactive, forcing security teams to wait for a visible sign of an attack. The problem is that many attacks today are stealthy, targeted and data-focused. Just stop for a moment to…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Security Week

Backdoors Found in Tools Used by Hundreds of Organizations

Many organizations around the world using connectivity tools from NetSarang are at risk after researchers at Kaspersky Lab discovered that malicious actors had planted a backdoor in several of the company’s products. NetSarang, which has offices in the United States and South Korea, specializes in secure connectivity solutions. Some of its most popular products are…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Security Week

Solar Panel Flaws Put Power Grids at Risk: Researcher

A researcher has identified many vulnerabilities in widely used solar power systems and he believes some of these flaws could allow hackers to cause large-scale outages, but the affected vendor says his claims are exaggerated. In a scenario he calls “Horus,” which stems from the name of the ancient Egyptian god, researcher Willem Westerhof describes…