Hackers are increasingly taking advantage of new technologies, including analytics and artificial intelligence, to launch more sophisticated attacks and commit cybercrimes, Bill Fox, a former federal prosecutor, explains in this interview.
Hours after President Obama directed intelligence agencies to conduct a full review of alleged efforts by the Russians to influence the 2016 presidential election, reports surfaced that the CIA in a secret report concluded with "high confidence" that the Kremlin tried to influence the vote in favor of Donald Trump.
An internal investigation into the February theft of $81 million from the central bank of Bangladesh reportedly found that a handful of negligent and careless bank officials inadvertently helped facilitate the heist by outside hackers.
A report on the former head of the NSA and CIA questioning President-elect Donald Trump's understanding of cybersecurity leads the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report. Also, House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul outlines his vision of Congress' cybersecurity agenda for 2017.
In an in-depth audio interview, Troy Leach of the PCI Security Standards Council describes just-released guidance that's designed to help organizations simplify network segmentation, a practice the council strongly recommends to help protect payment card data.
Following the government's recent demonetisation drive, the use of "cashless" transactions is rapidly expanding in India. CERT-In has issued guidance on how to mitigate the new security risks involved. But will it prove helpful?
MSN and Yahoo are among the major websites hit by a wave of malicious advertisements that try to deliver malware to computers. It's a resurgence of activity by a group called AdGholas, which was active in July.
Coming soon to an internet service provider near you: routers infected by IoT device botnet-building malware such as Mirai. The latest victim is ISP TalkTalk, which is updating routers to block DDoS attackers who have been seizing control of the devices.
Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube have promised to contribute to a shared database containing hashes - digital fingerprints - of images and videos that promote hatred or terror to facilitate more rapid takedowns. But does the project go far enough?
A just-issued report from President Obama's Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity outlines challenges the next administration should address. Observations from one of the panel's commissioners highlight the latest episode of the ISMG Security Report.
As fraudsters continually refine their techniques to steal banking customers' credentials, IBM fights back with new tools that use behavioral biometrics and cognitive fraud detection. IBM's Brooke Satti Charles offers a preview.
In an audio interview, Steve Durbin, managing director of the Information Security Forum, offers a forecast of the top security threats for the year ahead, including the ramping up of attacks fueled by "crime-as-a-service" offerings.
Dailymotion, the popular Vivendi-owned video website, has allegedly suffered a data beach that may affect 87 million accounts, according to a report from stolen data aggregator LeakedSource.
Representatives of government and various business sectors discussed actionable steps to create a cyber-secure environment at Information Security Media Group's recent GovInfoSec Summit Asia 2016 in New Delhi.
Hackers apparently stole $31 million from accounts that banks keep at Russia's central bank in a series of cyberattacks this year, according to several news reports. The news comes as the country's security service also claims to have fought off broader attacks against the financial services industry.
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