Infosecurity News
Death, Taxes and Identity Theft: Life’s 3 Certainties
Most Americans are not worried about tax fraud in spite of federal reports of 787,000 confirmed identity theft returns in 2016.
Data Sprawl Thwarts the Protection of Critical IP
Understanding user behaviors and intent as they interact with critical business data is a key to greater security, but tools can’t keep up across clouds, devices and user locations.
#TEISS: The Jigsaw Effect - How Hackers Groom Your Staff
Tim Wilson, CISO at Optum International, discusses how cyber-criminals piece together partial sources of information to construct an individual’s identity and form the basis of an attack
Hacker That Tried to Frame Krebs for Heroin Goes to Jail
Vovnenko will go away for 41 months for operating a 13K-strong botnet to steal credentials and financial information.
Cyber Dominates Top Business Continuity Threats
Global study shows new laws and regulations are also worrying firms
TeamSpy Malware Returns to Steal Data
Some of the victims are high-profile industrial, research or diplomatic targets.
State-sponsored Spy Campaign Targets Ukrainian Infrastructure
There is large-scale eavesdropping on sensitive conversations via remotely controlled PC microphones.
CompTIA Unveils Cyberanalyst Certification
CSA+ will offer validation of skills required to use cyber-threat detection tools and perform data analysis.
Mobile Ransomware Jumps 50% in a Year
Eset report urges victims not to pay up
Florida Man Gets Four Years for $1m Spam Campaign
Business used proxy servers and botnets to stay hidden
(ISC)2 Opens Applications for Undergrad Cyber-Scholarships
Multiple scholarships of up to $5,000 will be awarded, and international applicants are accepted.
State Hacking and Trump Drive Data Privacy Concerns
Security professionals are worried, according to RSA Conference poll
2 Serious App-in-the-Middle Vulns Found in Android for Work
Maliciously crafted personal apps to silently view, steal and even manipulate content in the Work profile of Android.
#RSAC: Dame Stella Rimington Reflects on a Career at MI5
In an engaging keynote at RSA Conference 2017 Dame Stella Rimington reflected on her fascinating journey from academic librarian to the first female director general of the Security Service
#RSAC: Accenture Launches Free Security Index Tool for Organizations to Benchmark Security Posture
At the RSA Conference in San Francisco, on February 16 2017, Infosecurity spoke to Kelly Bissell, managing director of Accenture Security
#RSAC: Security Blogger Awards Winners Announced
At the 12th security blogger meet-up at RSA Conference in San Francisco on February 15, 2017, the security blogger award winners were announced.
#RSAC: Getting Off the Hamster Wheel of Testing
An expert panel discussed strategies and practical approaches to maximizing cyber testing programs and getting away from “hamster wheel” status quo practices.
#RSAC: Congressional Oversight in the Wake of Russian Hacking
US Congressional committees concerned with security discussed the state of cyber affairs in DC, with Russia being the dominating force.
Social Media Impersonators Run Rampant and Undetected
The overall number of social media impersonators increased 11-fold from December 2014 to December 2016, with the bad actors bent on collecting credentials and PII.
#RSAC: Panel - Encryption and Back Doors: The Line Between Privacy & National Security
A panel formed at RSA Conference 2017 to explore the ethical, technical and business issues of encryption and back doors
