By Charles Hall Cyber threats are becoming more advanced, persistent, and focused. The threat landscape is rapidly changing, and evolving faster than ever. Today it is difficult to determine who is winning: either those behind the cyber threats, or those fighting to prevent and remediate the threats...
By Bob Gourley In what could be a very virtuous trend, four of the cyber security industry’s leading tech vendors (Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks, McAfee and Symantec) have established a consortium focused on the furtherance of the art and science of cyber threat intelligence. This alliance, started...
By Bob Gourley Editor’s note: In-memory computing has been a fast growing trend in enterprise IT. It is a great way to modernize old apps and build incredible new systems that can quickly accomplish what has been impossible to date. But In-memory computing comes with new kinds of security challeng...
By Ryan Kamauff Here are the top cyber news and stories of the day. Hackers go phishing with Obamacare – It is possible that using the new HealthCare.gov site will open up users to more vulnerabilities and more. Because users are likely to be confused by the new system, they are more vulnerable to...
By Ryan Kamauff Here are the top cyber news and stories of the day. LinkedIn Shuts Down Four XSS Flaws – “LinkedIn has closed the door on four cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities, which could have been used to ultimately steal credentials from users.” LinkedIn is one of the top professi...
By Ryan Kamauff Here are the top cyber news and stories of the day. New Virus Hits Freezing Point – “There is a new virus that protects itself against antiviruses by freezing the hard disk, researchers said. Once it infects a device, the virus creates a restore point. All the modifications made ...
By Ryan Kamauff Here are the top cyber news and stories of the day. Concerns around insider threats escalate – ‘Vormetric announced the results of its “Insider Threat” survey, which surveyed more than 700 IT decision-makers. The study of mid-market and enterprise organizations indicates that...
By Ryan Kamauff Here are the top cyber news and stories of the day. Is DHS’ acquisitions program becoming unaffordable? The DHS is under a lot of intense scrutiny lately to re-vamp their acquisition processes in the face of allegations and revelations of inefficiencies and waste. One specific exam...