While more companies are investing in cybersecurity regardless of ROI (63% in 2017 compared to 56% in 2016), a new study from Kaspersky Lab and B2B International has found that the average cost of a cybersecurity incident is growing. According to the report ‘IT Security: cost-center or strategic investment?’, the…
Buying a home is the biggest purchase most Americans will make during their lifetime. But now hackers have figured out how to steal the down payment, leaving the buyer without a new home and often wiping out their life savings. “The timing was impeccable, actually,” said Kristina Soloviena, a real…
The issues and challenges around cybersecurity are changing. In the past, cybersecurity models centered on placing a firewall around an enterprise and assuming everything inside that firewall was trustworthy and secure while everything outside of it was part of a malevolent world. With IP technology, the Internet of Things, and…
An integrated architecture can help service providers get the upper hand over the ever-increasing range of cyber security threats I’ve visited RSA, the world’s biggest internet security conference in San Francisco, for the past few years. And it’s really brought home to me how fast the world of cyber security…
Responsibilities Noblis is seeking a qualified contributor to provide network security and intrusion detection support. Work includes conducting forensics on end-point devices and network logs, reverse engineering, writing intelligence and forensics reports, and deep packet analysis. Work is Monday through Friday during normal business hours. Join our team in protecting…
Human error is often a factor when cybersecurity barriers fall, but according to hackers, password protection, facial recognition, and access controls are blind spots in corporate network security. According to Bitglass’ Data Games: Security Blind Spots report, both black and white self-labeled hackers said that these security measures are the…
FOR MORE THAN five years, Iran has maintained a reputation as one of the most aggressive nations in the global arena of state-sponsored hacking, stealing data from corporate and government networks around the world, bombarding US banks with cyberattacks, and most brazen of all, unleashing multiple waves of computer-crippling malware that hit tens of…
Over a billion people communicate through Facebook Messenger every day. While Facebook says it takes measures to keep users’ information private, how secure are those billions of messages really? Here, Facebook shares information on how some of its security works, while Vyas Sekar, a faculty member of CyLab at Carnegie Melon University and a…
As stated in the Internet Security Threat Report from security-giant Symantec, the UAE is the second most targeted country in the Middle East for cyber-attacks. This has placed the region on high alert as they attempt to work towards a smart and digital city. What initiatives have been taken? Cyber…
Description: SAIC is looking for Cyber Security Analysts in the Norfolk, VA area. Job responsibilities include: – Providing support for facilitating and helping to identify the current security infrastructure and define future programs, design and implementation of security related to IT systems. – Assisting with providing documentation related to IT…
Almost 143 million Americans had their personal information exposed after a data breach from Equifax. That’s almost half the population and the chances of those affected being in Iowa and Illinois are very likely. During a presentation on what to do if you’ve been hacked at the Davenport Library, many…
CyberArk VP of sales for APAC and Japan Vincent Goh warned of the rising insider threat amongst corporates. Serious threats arising from unsecured privileged accounts appear to be growing with a recent survey from research firm Ponemon stating that more than half of IT operations and security managers believe their…
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Monday that he wants credit-reporting firms to comply with the state’s cyber-security regulations, the latest government official to crack down on the industry in the wake of the massive Equifax hack. Also on Monday, Bloomberg News reported that federal authorities have opened a…
The hackers who broke into widely used computer utility software in August also tried to infect machines at Microsoft, Intel and other top technology companies, according to research by Cisco Systems released late on Wednesday. That suggests the breach, disclosed on Monday, was far more serious than initially described by…
The Senior Information Security Analyst is part of the Security Operations Team (SOC). Primary responsibility of this team is the daily monitoring, review, and resolution of security events. Essential Job Functions Perform the deep-dive security incident analysis; correlating data from various sources to determine criticality and provide advisement and/or remediation Ensure monitoring…
Security cameras that have been infected with malware can be hacked using infrared light to leak sensitive information or break into homes, a team of university researchers has found. Cybersecurity experts from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Israel released an academic paper this week (19 September) detailing how…
We’re all generally aware, in the abstract sense of lightning strikes or rabid bats, that identity thieves can hit us. It might happen, one day. But we’re sure the odds of it happening, like slipping in the bath tub, are on our side. Phil McGrane now knows that’s false security….
A Ridgewood man lost $400 to scam artists who claimed his computer had been hacked, authorities said. The William Street resident said a purported member of the fraud department at Apple contacted him saying his iMac was hacked, Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said Wednesday. “The victim provided access to his…
It’s never been a good idea to plug random USB drives into your personal computer, but now the threat is even more severe. “It’s gotten even more dangerous to use these devices if you don’t know where they came from,” Ken Colburn, founder and CEO of Data Doctors, said. Some…
Job Description: Responsibilities including but not limited to: • Management of IT security and IT risk (e.g., data systems, network and/or web) across the enterprise. Address questions from internal and external audits and examinations. • Develop policies, procedures and standards that meet existing and newly developed policy and regulatory requirements…
