Category Archives: News
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Verizon’s 2018 Data Breach Investigations Report
Posted on June 15, 2018 by csbwpadmin in NewsData breaches aren’t just a problem for security professionals. The impact is felt across the whole business—from your legal team, embroiled in litigation, to your frontline employees, who can’t access the tools they need to do their jobs. Everyone needs to play their part in managing the risks. But first you need to understand what […]
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Forget the “Missing Link”. How about the Weakest Link?
Posted on June 8, 2018 by csbwpadmin in News, SecurityIs User Training the Weakest Link in Your Email Security Strategy? The days of simply deploying an email security gateway in front of the email server to block spam and viruses from reaching your end users are long gone. And while today’s gateways absolutely still have their place, in most instances they’re accompanied by […]
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Checklist for Safeguarding Virtual Machines
Posted on June 1, 2018 by csbwpadmin in News, Security, VirtualizationVirtualization and the cloud are a boon for developers and businesses that create applications. Virtual infrastructures give businesses and developers cost-effective, dynamic, and agile ways of providing their products and services or deploying their own applications. With the public cloud expected to grow into a US$178-billion market this year, there’s an evident shift toward automation and scalability […]
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New VPNFilter Malware Targets at least 500K Networking Devices Worldwide
Posted on May 25, 2018 by csbwpadmin in News, SecurityFor several months, Talos has been working with public- and private-sector threat intelligence partners and law enforcement in researching an advanced, likely state-sponsored or state-affiliated actor’s widespread use of a sophisticated modular malware system we call “VPNFilter.” We have not completed our research, but recent events have convinced us that the correct way forward […]
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How bad was Equifax’s data breach? Bad.
Posted on May 18, 2018 by csbwpadmin in News, SecurityFor the first time, Equifax is revealing just how much personal data was exposed in the massive data breach that affected more than 148 million Americans. In a new filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the credit reporting agency broke down in detail the types of – and how much exactly – sensitive personal information was exposed to hackers in the breach. […]
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Russian Hackers Targeting Cisco Smart Install Protocol Systems
Posted on April 18, 2018 by csbwpadmin in News, SecurityCisco Systems has identified more than 168,000 systems that are potentially exposed via its Cisco Smart Install Client, which the U.S. government said is being targeted by Russian state-sponsored hackers. In an alert issued April 16, the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team said Russian hackers are attacking networking devices, network management protocols and the Cisco […]
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Three Approaches to Spear Phishing
Posted on April 17, 2018 by csbwpadmin in NewsThere are multiple ways spear phishing attacks can be foiled. While it is best to stop the phishing emails from reaching your colleagues in the first place, stopping the attack at any point will “break the attack chain”. Good security technology, good security practice, and good security training are all helpful stopping spear phishing. […]
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Campus Cybersecurity 101
Posted on April 13, 2018 by csbwpadmin in News, SecurityThe proliferation of personal mobile devices and homegrown hackers on today’s campuses—not to mention the open, collaborative nature of college environments in general—make cybersecurity particularly challenging in higher education. It’s no wonder cybercriminals consider colleges and universities easy targets. Once a breach in a university’s network occurs, the entire campus can be vulnerable. That’s why […]
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US Firms Still Unprepared for Looming Data Privacy Rules
Posted on April 6, 2018 by csbwpadmin in NewsU.S. financial services firms trying to manage regulations and guidance on data protection and cyber security from multiple jurisdictions, are about to face one of their biggest challenges yet when strict new European Union rules governing the use of personal information take effect.A mobile phone simulating a call to German Chancellor Angela Merkel next to […]
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Intel Redesigns Processors to Patch “Meltdown” Flaws
Posted on March 16, 2018 by csbwpadmin in News“100% Patch” As promised, Intel has redesigned its upcoming 8th-gen Xeon and Core processors to further reduce the risks of attacks via the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities, CEO Brian Krzanich wrote. Those fixes are on top of the software updates already issued, which now patch “100 percent” of vulnerable Intel products launched in the past […]
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