Monthly Archives: September 2019
XKCD forum data breach impacted 562,000 subscribers
The popular webcomic platform XKCD has suffered a data breach that exposed data of its forum users, the incident impacted 562,000 subscribers. XKCD is one of the most popular webcomic […]
Understanding Application Risk Management
By Haythem Hammour, Product Marketing Manager, Brinqa On April 25, Docker®[1] discovered a breach of unauthorized access to a single Docker Hub database storing a subset of non-financial user data. […]
Have You Asked your eDiscovery Vendor
These 6 Essential Data Security Questions? By Brian Schrader, Esq., president, and CEO, BIA In today’s world of ever-increasing data theft, network hacks and other cyber threats, companies of all […]
Attracting and Retaining Staff for a Fusion Center
The best way to collaborate talent within a security eco-system By Karl Sharman Fusion Centers were formed following the devastating 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York and now mainly form […]
Artificial Intelligence-Driven Situational Awareness
By Milica D. Djekic Once you get into the new environment you would begin digging in the darkness trying to figure out what is happening there. Maybe you would cope […]
Ways to Protect Sensitive Data Online
By Ebbe Kernel, data mining researcher & writer The world has witnessed a number of high-profile data breaches over the last couple of decades. While the impact of these breaches […]
Security Research as an Anti-Malware Secret Weapon
By Milica D. Djekic Any malware being known to the cyber community or still getting the status of the advanced persistent threat is the potential risk to your IT asset. […]
Zao app went viral but raised serious privacy concerns
The Chinese face-swapping ZAO app that allows users to create photos starring along their favorite characters is raising privacy concerns. The ZAO app is one of the most downloaded applications, […]
Hands-On Network Forensics ($20 Value) FREE For a Limited Time
Network forensics is a subset of digital forensics that deals with network attacks and their investigation. In the era of network attacks and malware threat, it’s now more important than […]
US cyberattack temporarily paralyzed the ability of Iran to target oil tankers in the Gulf
The United States cyber army carried out a cyberattack in June on a database used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to plot attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf. […]
Preventing Business Email Compromise – a $300 Million Dollar Problem
Organizations Heavily Invested in Security Solutions Fall Victim to Social Engineering Attacks and Human Error By Ameet Naik, Director of Product Marketing, Armorblox A recent report from the Financial Crimes […]
The Need of Automatics and Control in Incident Response
By Milica D. Djekic The incident response as a cyber defense active measure could require the highly skillful IT security professionals who should get capable to detect, handle and mitigate […]
Top 5 Questions about the Capital One Data Breach
By Ilia Sotnikov, Vice President of Product Management, Netwrix Data breaches that affect financial institutions always become hot topics to discuss. The recent hack at financial giant and credit card […]
Expert found Russia’s SORM surveillance equipment leaking user data
A Russian security researcher has found that hardware wiretapping equipment composing Russia’s SORM surveillance system had been leaking user data. The Russian researcher Leonid Evdokimov has found that hardware wiretapping […]
August Patch Tuesday
Take Advantage of Your August Patch Tuesday Break By Chris Goettl, Director of Product Management, Security, Ivanti August Patch Tuesday was a pleasant relief after the massive release of updates […]
Adhere to Cyber Security Solutions to Protect Your System from a Diverse Range of Issues
By Pratik Kirve, Sr. Specialist – Content Writer, Allied Analytics Irrespective of the kind of business you are running, the importance of digital systems and the Internet for your daily […]
7 Steps to Protect Yourself Against Corporate Spear Phishing
Anyone with an email account has been subject to spam. It happens so quickly, one day you get that first piece of unsolicited email and then the next you’re being […]
Anatomy of a Single Request Attack: The #1 Invisible Security Threat
By Kevin Gosschalk, CEO and Cofounder, Arkose Labs Hackers are employing a new type of attack that has quickly become the scourge of network cybersecurity systems, getting around even advanced […]
Why “Cloud Security 101” Isn’t So Simple After All
By Josh Stella, co-founder, and CTO of Fugue The term “cloud misconfiguration” may not seem like an adequate term to describe the leading cause of cloud data breaches. It connotes […]
What Other Companies Can Learn from Facebook’s $5 Billion Fine
Organizations need to view government demands as the floor rather than the ceiling when it comes to protecting consumer data By Jacob Serpa, researcher, Bitglass While Facebook’s $5 billion settlement […]
Conversation Marketing Security Pitfalls and Best Practices
By Morey Haber, CTO & CISO, BeyondTrust According to Gartner’s recent ‘AI and ML Development Strategies’ study, 40% of organizations cite customer experience (CX) as the number one motivator for […]
Better Safe than Sorry: How to Protect Yourself While Shopping Online
By Bailey Newman, Content Team, CouponChief.com We may think nothing of filling out forms and providing data to eCommerce sites, social media sites, and public forums, but thieves and swindlers […]
5 Most Disastrous Ransomware Attacks of the Last Decade
In the past few years, we have seen a massive change in the hacking industry. Let’s take a look at the most dangerous ransomware attacks and how to stay safe […]
4 Industries Being Hurt by Counterfeit Materials (And How to Spot Them)
By Kayla Matthews There are many industries with a lot to lose when it comes to counterfeit parts and materials. Today, we’ll talk about four of them. The dangers are […]