Security News > 2017 > October

Richard Smith Offers Explanation in Written Testimony Submitted to Congress"Human error and technology failures" lead to the massive Equifax breach, the company's former CEO, Richard Smith says in...

Non-destructive Cyber Attack Could be Considered a Warning to North Korean Regime read more

Intelligence in its various forms has long served as the foundation for many organizations’ cybersecurity strategies. And yet, only in recent years has the industry begun to recognize that certain...

Software security pioneer Gary McGraw talks to Mike Mimoso about the latest iteration of the Building Security In Maturity Model (BSIMM) report.

Amid an increase in frequency of repeat application layer distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks during the second quarter of the year, over 75% of targets were hit multiple times, according...

Google employees have identified a total of seven vulnerabilities, including ones that allow remote code execution, in the Dnsmasq network services software. read more

The past 12 months have seen a number of unprecedented cyber-attacks in terms of their global scale, impact and rate of spread. Already causing widespread public concern, these attacks only...

The recent Equifax mega-breach demonstrates how essential it is to have a robust, well-tested incident response plan in place that includes a strong public relations component, says Heath Renfrow,...

Board of Directors Investigation Reportedly Now Focusing on Chief Legal OfficerFormer Equifax CEO Richard Smith this week heads to Capitol Hill to testify about the massive breach suffered by the...

Everyone around the globe has heard about the colossal Equifax breach last month. Its implications haven’t yet been fully calculated except now that the CEO has resigned from his job, we know it’s...