The risks of e-commerce breaches are top-of-mind again with the news of a possible compromise of PNI Digital Media, which manages and hosts online photo services for numerous big-name retailers. How can the risks be mitigated?
Britain's high court has overturned "emergency" surveillance legislation, which was rushed into law in July 2014 after just one day of debate in Parliament, on the grounds that it included insufficient safeguards against abuse.
British police have re-arrested Lauri Love, who's been charged with 2012 and 2013 hack attacks against U.S. government computers, including systems operated by the Federal Reserve, U.S. Army and NASA. But Love plans to fight extradition.
Outrage has erupted in Britain after a London police helicopter crew tweeted a photograph of well-known comedian Michael McIntyre as he was about to cross the road. Has the British surveillance state run amok?
It is hard to imagine the modern business without email. In 2012 alone, firms sent an estimated 89 billion emails per day. And that total could rise to more than 143 billion per day by 2017. Email-based attacks have long threatened organizations of all sizes. And as more users migrate to cloud-based "email as a...
Throughout 2014, cyber criminals expanded their potentially devastating attacks into many industries, including several that we had never before seen fall victim to a large number of threats. These threat actors have become increasingly sophisticated, using stealthy new tactics to move laterally and stay undetected...
In spite of the best efforts of the cyber security industry to protect computer networks, breaches still happen, causing millions of dollars in damage, tainting the reputation of corporations, and causing end users to lose confidence in the security of their personal information. Given that new reality, it's not...
Antrix becomes the latest in a long line of government agencies that have been hacked or defaced. What lessons can be learned from this incident, and how must agencies improve their cybersecurity posture?
An international police operation has resulted in charges being filed against dozens of suspected cybercriminals, as well as the shuttering of the infamous hacking forum Darkode. But will the operation take a serious bite out of cybercrime?
Security researchers reported a zero-day bug to Microsoft - which has patched the flaw - after reverse-engineering details were contained in a bug hunter's sales pitch to hacked surveillance software vendor Hacking Team.
Consider for a moment the most vital operation in your enterprise. It might run financial processing around the world, control a city's electrical distribution, or handle
millions of passengers' airline reservations. What happens to your business if the computers directing such operations are hacked, sabotaged or...
Let's assume that your security operations are stellar. You have procedures in place to keep software patches up to date, and a team that responds to incidents within minutes. A relentless focus on security permeates your enterprise. In short, in-house you're doing everything right. But how about outside your...
As India goes through digital transformation under PM Modi's initiative, it will create an increasingly large attack surface for cyber criminals. Security leaders discuss best practices to combat emerging threats.
After the OPM breach, the U.S. and China recently agreed to hammer out a cyber "code of conduct." But John Pescatore, a director at the SANS Institute, argues that governments would be better served by first jointly combating cybercrime.
Shed a tear for enthusiasts of aging Microsoft Windows operating systems. That's because Microsoft has now retired Windows Server 2003 support, as well as anti-virus scanner and signature updates for Windows XP. But breaking up can be hard to do.
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