Security News

Forecasting credential stuffing threats
2018-10-16 14:20

From password vaults to two-factor authentication, Andy Ellis of Akamai explains defensive tactics against password stuffing.

RiskSense cloud service protects against cyber threats and vulnerabilities ahead of midterm elections
2018-10-16 08:35

RiskSense released its AI-Assisted Pen Testing Service called Attack Surface Validation for Election Systems which provides visibility and prioritization of security vulnerabilities that enables...

Collection Strategies: The Key Differentiator Among Threat Intelligence Vendors
2018-10-15 12:52

The outcome of an intelligence operation depends largely on the data that fuels it. Even the most sophisticated operation will fail to produce intelligence of value of its data is not also of...

Securonix selects Cylance for end-to-end AI-enabled security intelligence and threat prevention
2018-10-12 00:30

Cylance and Securonix partner to support the interoperability of CylancePROTECT with the new release of the Securonix Security Analytics Platform. Customers of Cylance and Securonix will now have...

The spectrum of threat actors
2018-10-11 12:03

Akamai's Andy Ellis walks CNET's Dan Patterson down the winding path of where your passwords go after they are stolen

Your backup data sets can become a treasure trove for advanced threat detection
2018-10-11 06:00

Despite ever increasing investments in security technologies, data breaches and cyber incidents are increasing at a relentless rate, and the problem is projected to keep getting worse. Industry...

AVG 2019 now includes enhanced phishing threat detection
2018-10-11 01:30

With AVG 2019 customers can now tailor new features for themselves and family members that include additional privacy protection, automatic threat detection using the Artificial Intelligence (AI)...

MuddyWater Threat Actor Expands Targets List
2018-10-10 18:06

The MuddyWater cyber-espionage campaign was observed using spear-phishing emails to target entities in more countries, Kaspersky Lab reports. read more

Cryptomining replaces ransomware as 2018's top cybersecurity threat
2018-10-10 17:39

Malware, in general, accounts for the majority of cybersecurity threats, but now cryptomining reigns supreme.

Emerging threat: password stuffing explained
2018-10-10 14:03

Akamai's Andy Ellis speaks to CNET's Dan Patterson about threats via "password stuffing"