Security News > 2017

Security and the Internet of Things (Schneier on Security)
2017-02-01 14:05

Last year, on October 21, your digital video recorder ­- or at least a DVR like yours ­- knocked Twitter off the internet. Someone used your DVR, along with millions of insecure webcams, routers,...

CSOs reveal true cost of breaches (Help Net Security)
2017-02-01 13:15

Over one-third of organizations that experienced a breach in 2016 reported substantial customer, opportunity and revenue loss of more than 20 percent, according to the Cisco 2017 Annual...

SSD security challenges: Which data sanitization methods are effective? (Help Net Security)
2017-02-01 13:00

In recent years, a growing number of data breaches have resulted from the improper data removal and insecure storage of drives. Organizations face a myriad of internal and external challenges with...

The emergence of new global cybercriminal attack patterns (Help Net Security)
2017-02-01 12:45

The findings of a new Malwarebytes report illustrate a significant shift in cybercriminal attack and malware methodology from previous years. Ransomware, ad fraud and botnets, the subject of so...