Small Is Beautiful for Cyber Criminals
Hackers are increasingly targeting small companies for cyber-attack and the amount of malware directed at mobile operating systems is rapidly escalating, according to Symantec’s Internet Security Threat Report for 2012. The report, issued last month, said half of all targeted attacks last year were aimed at businesses with fewer than 2,500 employees. The largest growth area for targeted attacks was … Read more
Posted in Network Security, Security Management, Security Threats
Tagged Cyber Attack, malware, Security Threat, Symantec
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On Your DMARC, Get Set, Go! Putting Integrity into Your Email Security Policy, Part 2
In Part 1 of this post about the DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance) standards for digital messaging integrity, Alec Peterson of Message Systems and Sam Masiello of Groupon, both representing DMARC.org, gave us great information about the new technical specification designed to reduce the phishing abuse of known and controlled domains. Today we pick up where we left … Read more
Posted in Security Management, Security Threats, Uncategorized
Tagged DMARC, email security, phishing
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On Your DMARC, Get Set, Go! Putting Integrity into Your Email Security Policy, Part 1
What are you doing to make the integrity of your corporate email/messaging an integral part of your information security policy? If you don’t have a definitive answer for this question, then read on. I’ve got some great advice from experts on the topic that you can take action on today to protect your company’s brand. I recently interviewed Alec Peterson, … Read more
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Tagged DMARC, email security, phishing
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“Community Defense” For a Safer Internet
Early identification of attacks across a community of Web applications can significantly improve the effectiveness of application security, according to the latest Imperva Hacker Intelligence Initiative report [PDF]. The report, “Get What You Give: The Value of Shared Threat Intelligence,” analyzed real-world attack traffic against 60 web applications between January and March 2013 to identify common attack patterns. Multiple targets … Read more
Not Just for PCs Anymore, Malware is Showing up on Offshore Drilling Rigs
I live in Houston, Texas, the undisputed Energy Capital of the World. Houston has an entire area of town nicknamed the Energy Corridor where numerous oil and gas companies have their headquarters, or at the very least, a major presence. Within those gleaming towers, geologists, chemists, engineers and a host of other highly educated professionals lead the efforts to produce … Read more
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Tagged ICS, SCADA, Utilities
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Survey: Consumers Not Pleased with Current Online Authentication Process
When it comes to online business, the traditional username/password authentication process generates plenty of consumer frustration, according to a new survey by the Ponemon Institute. Roughly 50 percent of respondents in the Ponemon survey, “Moving Beyond Passwords: Consumer Attitudes on Online Authentication,” were either “very frequently” or “frequently” thwarted when conducting an online transaction (such as buying a product or … Read more
Tech Pros Leaving Thousands At The Negotiating Table
Just happy to be employed and not so sure you should tempt fate by quibbling over a few bucks? By not negotiating, many IT professionals are leaving thousands on the bargaining table, according to a new survey. Dice.com, a career site for technology and engineering professionals, surveyed 838 hiring managers and recruiters. The majority said that more than half of … Read more
More Than 60 Percent Of Enteprises Allow BYOD: Report
More than 6 out of 10 companies (64 percent) allow employees to bring their own devices (BYOD) into the workplace, with the majority of these citing improved productivity as the main driver, according to a new survey. For 58 percent of these companies, they allow a mix of corporate-liable and individual-liable devices. A full third of companies still strictly mandate … Read more
New Survey Predicts The Rise Of The “Everyday Hacker”
It’s so easy, almost anyone can do it. Hack, that is. Easily accessible information will allow for those with only rudimentary technical skill to exploit such things as an SQL injection vulnerability, according to a new report from Veracode. Veracode’s research found that although SQL injection flaws are easy to identify and fix, 32 percent of web applications are still … Read more
Report Roundup: Where Big Data Was And Where It’s Going
Big Data is being put to big use, as a little more than half of companies globally have adopted some sort of Big Data initiative in the past year, according to a new global trends report. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) just wrapped up a massive global big data study, surveying 1,217 companies in nine countries spanning four regions of the … Read more
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Tagged big data, dns, IT spending
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