Security News

The Economist on Hacking the Financial System (Schneier on Security)
2016-07-25 11:10

The Economist has an article on the potential hacking of the global financial system, both for profit or to cause mayhem. It's reasonably balanced. So how might such an attack unfold? Step one,...

Seeking Alpha Mobile Financial App Forgoes Encryption (Threatpost)
2016-07-13 13:05

The Seeking Alpha mobile app operates without a measure of encryption, putting user information, including credentials and strategic financial interests at risk.

Financial Cyber Risk Is Not Systemic Risk (Schneier on Security)
2016-06-10 17:56

This interesting essay argues that financial risks are generally not systemic risks, and instead are generally much smaller. That's certainly been our experience to date: While systemic risk is...