It’s Time For Machine Learning to Prove Its Own Hype
Machine Learning is a Black Box that is Poorly Understood
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Author Archives: Kevin Townsend
The Price of Cybercrime: 9 Years in One Case, 6 Months in Another
Travon Williams, 33, was sentenced by the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to 9 years in jail for his role in a credit card fraud and identity theft scheme.
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Legacy Malware and Legacy Systems Are Not a Legacy Problem
Companies must be wary of chasing shiny new threats with shiny new defenses, while leaving legacy systems vulnerable to legacy malware.
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AutoSploit: Automated Hacking Tool Set to Wreak Havoc or a Tempest in a Teapot?
AutoSploit Automatically Finds Vulnerable Targets via Shodan and Uses Metasploit Exploits to Compromise Hosts
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FBI Pushes for Small Business Information Sharing
Howard S. Marshall, Deputy Assistant Director of the Cyber Division of the FBI, spoke Tuesday before the House Small Business Committee on the subject of ‘Small Business Information Sharing: Combating Foreign Cyber Threats.’ The purpose was to outline … Continue reading FBI Pushes for Small Business Information Sharing
Tech Support Scammers Fined in US, Jailed in UK
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Monday that operators of a nationwide computer repair scam have been banned from the tech support business as part of settlements with the FTC and Ohio.
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UK Warns Critical Industries to Boost Cyber Defense or Face Hefty Fines
The UK government has warned that Britain’s most critical industries must boost their cybersecurity or face potentially hefty fines under the EU’s Networks and Information Systems Directive (NISD).
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PCI Council Introduces New Standard for Mobile Card Payments
Responding to the market’s growing interest in, and use of, mobile payments, the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) has announced a new standard for software-based PIN entry on commercial off-the-shelf devices (COTS); such as smartphones and tabl… Continue reading PCI Council Introduces New Standard for Mobile Card Payments
Malware in 2017 Was Full of Twists and Turns
Cybercrime in 2017 was a tumultuous year “full of twists and turns”, with new (but old) infection methods, a major return to social engineering, and ups and downs in ransomware.
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World Economic Forum Announces Global Centre for Cybersecurity
The World Economic Forum (WEF) is establishing a new Global Centre for Cybersecurity “to help build a safe and secure global cyberspace.”
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