Infosecurity Opinions
Porn Gets Pwned: for Hackers, XXX Means Exploit, Extort and Expose
The xHamster breach is the latest in a string of compromises involving adult websites, including Ashley Madison, FriendFinder, Brazzers and Pornhub. Hackers may be targeting these sites not simply because of their lacklustre security, but because the sensitive information they house can be easily monetized via blackmail.
How will Mirai Emerge in 2017?
Although a certain level of technical capability is required to install and operate Mirai, it has the potential to act as a force multiplier for a range of actors engaging in DDoS attacks, including hacktivists, extortionists, and politically-inspired actors.
How to Build a Culture of Cybersecurity
In spite of the highest levels of management insisting that it is a priority to protect data, why is it that some of us take those enabling actions? Why isn't everyone on board with cybersecurity?
Failing to Prepare is Preparing to Fail with Network Security
What, though, can companies do to help ensure that they are protected against enormously damaging breaches? A look at how organizations can help ensure their networks, sensitive data and other critical infrastructure are safeguarded from the huge number of threats now in play.
Raising the Stakes: Serious Cyber Security Preparations for 2017
The four trends, according to the ISF, that will shape the world of cybersecurity in 2017.
The Non-Refundable Fundamentals: Estimating the Cost of a Data Breach
Quantifying the financial impact of a data breach before it occurs is like assuming you can win roulette using insider trading
Password Alternatives: How to Secure your Enterprise's Data
There are two challenges with consumer security awareness — or lack of security awareness — that IT professionals need to take into account with passwords.
Spoiler Alert: How Better Access Management and File Auditing Could Change Hollywood History
Gone are the days when hackers are represented as anti-social nerds in dark rooms furiously tapping on their keyboards.
Fighting Fire with Fire – AI, Cyber Security, and Roles of the Future
Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a subject has been around for years, however it is only now that AI as a real possibility is bleeding into public consciousness.
How Security by Design can Boost Business Agility
However, with a fixed set of resources and a constrained capacity to deliver on new projects, IT is often accused of holding the business back rather than enabling it.
Hygiene First, Turbo-Powered Cyber Machine-Learning Predictive Analytics Ninjas Second
CISOs often find that they don’t have good visibility into the state of hygiene across their estate. Yet when they do start digging, they find there’s a lot of gaps.
Don’t Get Complacent About Ransomware
When you live and breathe IT and information security, it is easy to forget that not everyone in your organization is on the same page.
How to Automate Governance, Risk and Compliance
Automating GRC systems is an effective way to implement a robust information security management system process whilst keeping costs low.
How to Quantify the Risk of an Insider Threat
Almost 80% of employee fraud takes place in accounting, operations, sales, senior management, customer service, and purchasing.
Phishing Simulations: Will They Cure Your Company's Susceptibility?
The holy grail of information security behavior change is upon us. Or so “they” would have you believe.
You’ve Got Email…Problems
One of the most contentious elections in modern history is finally over. The candidates and their surrogates mercilessly attacked one another’s character and reputations, inflicting wounds that will take a long time to heal. But beyond the personal reputations that suffered, there was something else that took an incredible beating: email technology.
Whaling 101 - What You Need to Know About CEO Fraud Email Attacks
Have you ever received an email out of the blue advising your parcel has “experienced an exception” or alerting you that you’re due a refund from your phone company and asking you to click a link?
When the Boundary Isn’t Enough: Accelerating Discovery, Investigation and Response
Depending on which study you are citing, anywhere between 50% and 95% of companies have already been breached.
A Glimpse into Database Scalability
Database scalability refers to the ability of a database to scale based on the workload it is subjected to.
Internal and External Ramifications of Leaked Board Strategies
Looking at breach response and how to prepare against the prospect of bad news.
