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Breached PII: Growing Fraud Worry

New Account Fraud, Account Takeover Expected to GrowBy 2018, Javelin predicts that new account fraud and account takeover will eclipse present worries about POS attacks and retail breaches. Why breached PII should... Read more »

Cisco to Launch New Security Platform

Too few security systems interoperate, which makes it difficult for organizations to block or detect data breaches. But Cisco has an interoperability plan to improve the state of cybersecurity defenses, Chief... Read more »

Inside the Inception APT Campaign

Christophe Birkeland, CTO of malware analysis for Blue Coat Systems, was part of the team that discovered the Russia-targeting Inception campaign, and says the hunt for new APT attacks remains ongoing. Read more »

Navy Red-Team Testing Moves to Business

EdgeWave's Mike Walls, a former bomber pilot who led Navy red teams, says penetration testing is useful in analyzing bits and bytes but not the readiness of operations under attack from cyberspace.... Read more »

Tracking Missing Devices

Keeping track of missing devices is a critical aspect of information security. Ali Solehdin, senior product manager at Absolute Software, discusses Computrace, which helps organizations secure endpoints and the sensitive data those... Read more »

The Internet of Things & IAM: New Identity Requirements for a Superior Customer Experience

In Chapter 9 of the O'Reilly ebook 'Designing for the Internet of Things,' Claire Rowland discusses the need for a cohesive user experience of a single application across such different devices: In systems... Read more »

Duqu 2.0 Espionage Malware Discovered

Kaspersky Lab Suffered Cyber-Intrusion, Found APT MalwareKaspersky Lab has discovered a new, advanced persistent threat - inside its own networks. Dubbed Duqu 2.0, the malware has ties to Stuxnet, and was used... Read more »

White House, Apple Advance HTTPS

But Experts Question Government's Security PrioritiesEncrypted browsing - using HTTPS - helps secure online communications, and Apple says developers must now employ the protocol by default. Likewise, the White House says that... Read more »

EU Police Arrest Suspected Phishers

Cross-Border Cybercrime Gang Tied to $6.7 Million in FraudAn international police effort dubbed "Operation Triangle" has resulted in the arrest of 49 suspected members of a cybercrime group accused of launching phishing... Read more »