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Threat Detection: What Goes Into a Successful Strategy?

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The cat’s officially out of the bag when it comes to threat detection: The majority of the industry simply isn’t satisfied with its current solutions. In fact, 76% of respondents in a recent RSA survey indicated that they were not confident in their ability to detect and investigate threats to their environment. Where did matters…

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Living With The Hacker-Industrial Complex

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At one of my previous cybersecurity jobs, I received a frantic call from a man whose production company had just been hit with a massive breach. The company’s main summer release was in final post-production when it was hacked, and within a day had over 100,000 downloads. It hadn’t crossed anyone’s mind that the company’s…

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Cybercrime in Social Media Grows 70% in Six Months

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These days, all you need to do is type “botnet,” “hacking,” “DDoS,” “CVV2,” or any other cybercrime-related term into the search bar on most social media platforms, and you will find a plethora of fraud activity occurring in plain sight.  As reported earlier this year by RSA, social media has become a breeding ground for cybercrime-related…

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Four Characteristics of Top-Notch Threat Intelligence

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Threat intelligence is a hot topic these days and was arguably one of the top themes of RSA Conference 2016. However, organizations need to realize that simply having more data about the latest threats, vulnerabilities, and exploits is not the answer to all their cybersecurity problems. On the contrary, threat intelligence is only helpful if…

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Conquering the Rising Threat of Malvertising

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The recent shift in enterprise application platforms from desktop to mobile has brought with it many exciting benefits, which organizations have recognized and leveraged to provide a more flexible and convenient workplace. Unfortunately, individuals and groups with less honorable intentions have also taken notice of this shift. In fact, a report from ISACA predicts a…

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The Criminal Appeal of Advanced Ransomware: How Can Companies Protect Their Files?

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Advanced ransomware—malicious software designed to take control of a computer system and hold it hostage until the victims pay for its release—is one of the fastest-growing areas of cybercrime. Another closely related threat is cyberextortion, where attackers threaten to cause harm to a company by releasing sensitive information to the public or sustaining distributed denial-of-service…

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PSD2 and the E-Commerce Ecosystem

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Authored by Ian Newns The European Banking Authority recently drafted the latest Directive on Payment Services II (PSD2), which serves as the legal foundation for a cross-EU payments market.  In 2016, European e-commerce sales are expected to increase 17% to €183 billion and the use of payment service providers (PSPs) is increasing significantly. Couple this with…

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