Italian police on Friday arrested four alleged hackers believed to belong to the activist group Anonymous for attacking websites, including those of the Vatican and the parliament in Rome.
Researchers at Zscaler have discovered a fake YouTube page that is hosting malicious Chrome extensions. Such pages, as seen in the past, prey on the uninformed users with poorly patched systems to spread malware.
Four members of the LulzSec international hacking group were sentenced to prison terms in Britain on Thursday for masterminding cyber attacks on major global institutions, including Sony Pictures and the CIA.
The Internet Crime Complaint Center says consumers had to pay a hefty price last year due to a mix of malware attacks and fraud schemes committed via the Web.
Several Palo Alto Networks firewalls have achieved EAL4+ certification, making them validated for deployment in critical infrastructures, ranging from national governments to enterprise and financial institution networks.
Fixmo launched Fixmo SharePlace, a data leakage prevention (DLP) solution designed to provide secure and compliant remote access to Microsoft SharePoint from iOS and Android devices.
The Research and Education Networking Information Sharing and Analysis Center, or REN-ISAC, issued an alert to administrators and IT staffers at some of the world’s most notable institutions of higher learning that urges them to take the matter of securing DNS seriously.
The New Yorker magazine on Wednesday unveiled a new online system for anonymous whistleblower tips, based on technology developed by the late Internet activist Aaron Swartz and a former hacker.
Trust comes at a price. However, while IT security professionals understand this, they often treat trust as an afterthought. As a result, companies suffer the consequences in unexpected recovery costs and failed business relationships.
Even the most security diligent organizations realize that breaches are no longer a question of ‘if’ but a question of ‘when.’ Preparing for a cyber attack must include containing the damage and more rapidly restoring systems to trusted states.
Today’s businesses must be able to rapidly adapt to changing market conditions – to support a new venture, merger/acquisition, etc. As business needs change, so too must the underlying security policies.
We can assume Bitcoin will be followed by Bitcoin 2.0 that will solve Bitcoin 1.0 problems while maintaining the parts that were crucial to its success. But what exactly are these crucial elements?
As we define what may arguably be the “next big thing” for networking, did we leave network security as an afterthought? What are the new considerations for security in a software-defined network?
The “if it works don’t touch it” mentality continues to thwart many aspects of cyber security — including information sharing. It’s also why the trust required to implement a successful Information Sharing scheme is also unlikely to blossom overnight.
There is an old saying, that if you want to get ahead, don’t bring your boss problems, bring him or her solutions. The same can be said when it comes to investing in security solutions.
While the recent massive DDoS attack against SpamHaus.org ended well for SpamHaus, it made me more aware than ever that everyone can become a better Internet citizen.