Security News > 2017 > August
Communication consultant Michael Santarcangelo outlines three key questions CISOs should ask at the outset of any project to convey security's value and clearly set expectations
Gartner has predicted that worldwide information security spending will reach $86.4 billion in 2017; a seven percent growth over the year. Spending is expected to increase to $93 billion in 2018. read more
The impending demise of Adobe Flash will create legacy challenges similar to Windows XP as companies begin to wean themselves off the vulnerable code base.
The US Department of Justice wants DreamHost to hand over IP addresses of some 1.3 million visitors to disruptj20.org, a website that helped organize political protests during President Trump’s...
A.P. Moller -Maersk said June's NotPetya wiper malware attacks would cost the world's largest shipping container company $300M USD in lost revenue.
A new method of launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks dubbed “pulse wave” can be highly effective against organizations using “appliance first, cloud second” hybrid mitigation...
Uber has agreed to implement a comprehensive privacy program and obtain regular, independent audits to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they deceived consumers by failing to monitor...
More than 4.7 million users were apparently exposed to potentially malicious ads and credential theft after cybercriminals managed to hijack the developer accounts of several popular Chrome...
Google has removed the Interface Online Chrome extension from the Chrome Web Store. The plugin was used by criminals in Brazil to target corporate users with the aim of stealing banking credentials.
When I first started working in private sector security after leaving the military, I took an approach that I see a lot of CISOs taking today. read more