How Cyber-Secure Are Business Travelers? New Report Says Not Very
I travel frequently for business — to industry conferences such as RSA Conference and Black Hat and meeting with clients. Whenever I travel, I bring my work laptop, my personal cellphone enabled with work email and calendar, and, of...
How to Fight Back Against Macro Malware
Delivering malware, a cybercrime practice that spans every skill level and adversarial motivation, can take various forms. But all too often, malicious payloads are served up via macros in productivity files, accounting for much of the overall malware delivery...
How to Fight Back Against Macro Malware
Delivering malware, a cybercrime practice that spans every skill level and adversarial motivation, can take various forms. But all too often, malicious payloads are served up via macros in productivity files, accounting for much of the overall malware delivery...
Hunt With Intention: Why You Should Adopt Threat Hunting and How to Get Started
I always find it funny when I come across a news story about cybercrime that uses an image of a young person alone in a dark room, cloaked in a black hoodie, tapping away feverishly on a personal computer....
GozNym Closure Comes in the Shape of a Europol and DOJ Arrest Operation
Two and a half years after the initial arrest of a major member of the GozNym cybercrime gang, Europol and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) joined forces to reach additional gang members who used the Trojan to pilfer...
The Decline of Hacktivism: Attacks Drop 95 Percent Since 2015
The “IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2019” highlighted troubling trends in the cybersecurity landscape, including a rise in vulnerability reporting, cryptojacking attacks and attacks on critical infrastructure organizations. Yet amid all the concern, there is one threat trend that...
The Decline of Hacktivism: Attacks Drop 95 Percent Since 2015
The “IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2019” highlighted troubling trends in the cybersecurity landscape, including a rise in vulnerability reporting, cryptojacking attacks and attacks on critical infrastructure organizations. Yet amid all the concern, there is one threat trend that...
Get Ahead of Cybersecurity AI Maturation by Building a Cognitive SOC
There’s no doubt that artificial intelligence (AI) for cybersecurity is surrounded by an incredible amount of hype.
Cognitive intelligence and machine learning have the potential to combat a series of tricky issues facing the industry. Enterprise security leaders are fighting...
Get Ahead of Cybersecurity AI Maturation by Building a Cognitive SOC
There’s no doubt that artificial intelligence (AI) for cybersecurity is surrounded by an incredible amount of hype.
Cognitive intelligence and machine learning have the potential to combat a series of tricky issues facing the industry. Enterprise security leaders are fighting...
Security Awareness Training Should Always Lead to Changes in Behavior
When striving for success, you must have a definite purpose — something that stands above everything else in terms of getting results. As it relates to information security and, specifically, user awareness and training, what’s the main goal?
Is it...
Security Awareness Training Should Always Lead to Changes in Behavior
When striving for success, you must have a definite purpose — something that stands above everything else in terms of getting results. As it relates to information security and, specifically, user awareness and training, what’s the main goal?
Is it...
Meanwhile at the Plant…The Realities of Operational Security in the Age of Connected Machines
Over the past several years, companies that operate industrial environments have taken advantage of digital transformation to help them become more competitive in their respective sectors. From the internet of things (IoT) to the industrial internet of things (IIoT)...
Meanwhile at the Plant…The Realities of Operational Security in the Age of Connected Machines
Over the past several years, companies that operate industrial environments have taken advantage of digital transformation to help them become more competitive in their respective sectors. From the internet of things (IoT) to the industrial internet of things (IIoT)...
How a Quirky Gmail Feature Led to a Phishing Scare and a Valuable Lesson in Email Security
It happened one day out of the blue in mid-October. I received a notification that a trip was added to my personal Google calendar — destination: Cebu, Philippines. What? Did I just fall victim to a cyberattack?
I logged into...
How a Quirky Gmail Feature Led to a Phishing Scare and a Valuable Lesson in Email Security
It happened one day out of the blue in mid-October. I received a notification that a trip was added to my personal Google calendar — destination: Cebu, Philippines. What? Did I just fall victim to a cyberattack?
I logged into...
HawkEye Attack Wave Sends Stolen Data to Another Keylogger Provider
A recent attack wave involving HawkEye malware sends data stolen from its victims to another keylogger provider’s website. On 21 May, My Online Security came across a new sample of HawkEye. The actual delivery mechanism itself wasn’t unique compared...
Washington Issues Temporary License to Huawei
Washington Issues Temporary License to Huawei The US government has issued a temporary license to Huawei and its affiliates, allowing American companies to supply the telecoms and handset giant until August.
Despite reports emerging over the weekend of various chipmakers...
GDPR: The Best Strategy For International Businesses
The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was created with the aim of homogenising data privacy laws across the EU. GDPR also applies to organisations outside the EU, if they monitor EU data subjects, or offer goods and services...
How Cyber-Secure Are Business Travelers? New Report Says Not Very
I travel frequently for business — to industry conferences such as RSA Conference and Black Hat and meeting with clients. Whenever I travel, I bring my work laptop, my personal cellphone enabled with work email and calendar, and, of...
Haas F1 team leans on service providers as security force multipliers
If today’s cars are smartphones on wheels, then race cars are supercomputers with engines attached. As the fastest racing sport in the world, Formula One cars come laden with over 100 sensors measuring every aspect of a car’s internal...
