Collaborate Disseminate
If you’re like me, you’re sitting here watching Bitcoin sail through the stratosphere and wondering: When will it peak? There are others who are considering cryptocurrencies a viable speculation as an alternative means to raise capital. Oth… Continue reading Cryptocurrency ICOs: Caveat Emptor
Microsoft’s security patches for December fix 34 vulnerabilities across the company’s products, including in Internet Explorer, Edge, Office and Windows. The largest number of vulnerabilities were fixed in the scripting engine used in the c… Continue reading Microsoft Fixes 34 Security Flaws in Windows, Office, IE and Edge
As cyberdefenders in a war where every battle can mean winner takes all, enterprise IT departments must level the AI playing field. Twenty-five years ago, people in the cybersecurity space weren’t really talking much about artificial intelligence… Continue reading Contending with Cybersecurity in the Age of AI vs. AI
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Nov. 29 in a case that could radically transform not only privacy law and the way we look at the Fourth Amendment, but also could restructure the way cloud providers, IoT companies, data analytics firms and e… Continue reading Supreme Court and Private (Privacy) Property
In 2017, the IT community was primarily focused on mitigating external threats, such as cloud hacks and state-sponsored cyberattacks. However, many of this year’s data breaches—notably Equifax and Anthemwere actually the result of insider misuse or hum… Continue reading The Top 5 IT Security Trends for 2018
Google released Chrome 63 this week and the new version adds several security features aimed at the enterprise, including per-site isolation and permission-based extension blacklisting. Chrome’s process sandboxing mechanism, which was architected… Continue reading Google Chrome Update Focuses on Enterprise Security
A team of researchers has found issues with the validation of TLS certificates for mobile banking and other security-focused applications that could allow man-in-the-middle (MITM) attackers to decrypt their traffic. Some of the apps are from high-profi… Continue reading MITM Vulnerabilities Found in Mobile Banking Apps
An internet of things (IoT) botnet that recently hijacked more than 100,000 DSL modems in Argentina has extended to other countries and doubled in size over the past week, possibly due to a zero-day vulnerability. The botnet has been dubbed “Sato… Continue reading IoT Botnet Satori Grows Rapidly Thanks to Zero-Day Flaw
The U.S. Army has announced its pilot program to directly commission civilians as cyber operations officers is close to launching. Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone, commander of U.S. Army Cyber Command, said the pilot program was approved Oct. 27 and the Army wi… Continue reading Army to Commission Civilians as Cyber Officers
Millions of computers and servers that are used to develop, test and analyze Android applications were put at risk by vulnerabilities in widely used development tools. The flaws were discovered by researchers from Check Point Software Technologies and … Continue reading Flaws in Development Tools Expose Android App Makers to Attacks