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Daily Security News from @trustpath - Aug 23, 2016
Daily Security news from @trustpath.
Software exploits overrated - it’s the humans you need to be watching
A study by US cybersecurity firm Praetorian based on 100 penetration tests and 450 real-world attacks discovered that stolen credentials offer the best …
Cybercriminals Recruit Insiders to Attack Telecoms Providers
The blackmailing approach has grown in popularity following online data breaches such as the Ashley Madison leak, as these provide attackers with …
Nursing home settlement spurs HHS to investigate small health data breaches
Among the factors that will figure into the investigations are the size of the breach, theft or improper disposal of unencrypted health data, breaches …
Log Management: Understanding What Happened in a Security Event
that it lets security teams know what happened in the event of a security …
Huddle Strengthens Security for External Collaboration
With the ever-increasing risk of data breaches, security has become paramount in today’s enterprise organization. This need is even more evident for …
The Critical Future OF Identity and ACCESS MANAGEMENT
… has been busy for cyber criminals, with public reports describing more than 500 data breaches and more than 500 million records exposed in 2015.
Oracle Payment Tech Attack Reveals the Weakness of Data Immunity
With a database of stolen credentials in hand, the attacker can try them one by one until they find a hit a user that used the same password for their …
How to get serious about data security
Protecting clients against data breaches is becoming part of the adviser’s daily routine. By David Alexander | Published 10:44 | 0 comments.
Endpoint Security: Protecting the New Perimeter
… no silver bullet, in today’s increasingly dangerous cybersecurity threat environment, the value of orchestration and automation in endpoint protection …
13 ways companies should improve their data security in the age of IoT
Most data breaches come from people using very easy to guess passwords. There are a number of strategies you can deploy to require users to take …
Report: In 1H 2016, email cons, ransomware…
… types of attacks, like the point of sale hacking that plagued businesses like Wendy’s or the continuing rise of massive data breaches. But joining the …
Heal Thyself: Insider Threats to Heed, Especially for Industries with Large
Lexology (registration) Of the over 600 information security professionals surveyed, more than half reported that their organizations have suffered incidents or data breaches …
VeriStor and Thycotic Partner to Prevent Cyber Attacks through Privileged
SYS-CON Media (press release) In the majority of data breaches, stolen credentials and privileged accounts continue to be the main target for hackers because they unlock the access …
From ID Experts, a new company emerges, snags $6.2M
RADAR is a software platform that helps clients respond to data breaches and comply with data breach laws, which vary from state to state.
Hot Tech Stocks To Watch Right Now: the Rubicon Project (RUBI), Fortinet
The Independent Republic We’re honored to receive NSS Labs Recommendations for Breach Detection, which reinforce the effectiveness of our sandbox solutions. These new …
Data breaches on the rise even as companies pour money into cybersecurity
Despite spending $75 billion to protect themselves from hacking, private companies globally are no safer today than they were in the past, according …
Encryption of cloud data is great but it’s not a magic bullet
Also, there is the great unmentionable that the vast majority of data breaches come from within the organisation, and it’s not a great stretch to assume …
Aug 23, 2016, 5:30am CDT
With data breaches running rampant these days, trying to ensure that your customers’ sensitive data should be a top priority. But it can also be scary; …
CrowdStrike Names Brian Brouillette Vice President of Customer Success
… revolutionized endpoint protection by being the first and only company to unify three crucial elements: next-generation antivirus, endpoint detection …
VeriStor and Thycotic Partner to Prevent Cyber Attacks through Privileged
PR Newswire (press release) In the majority of data breaches, stolen credentials and privileged accounts continue to be the main target for hackers because they unlock the access …
CrowdStrike Names Brian Brouillette Vice President of Customer Success
BUSINESS WIRE)–CrowdStrike, the leader in cloud-delivered next-generation endpoint protection, today announced that Brian Brouillette has joined …
Epic Games forum hack underscores the need to install security patches
Epic Games declined to explain how the leak occurred, but a website that stores information on data breaches said hackers were responsible and that …
Report: US retailers aren’t investing in cybersecurity even as breaches
FedScoop The typical American consumer has become more aware of cyber attacks, KPMG notes, as several high profile data breaches have recently occurred.
How to get serious about data security
Data breaches and cyberattacks against financial advisers are growing and getting more sophisticated by the day. It is a big task, but financial advisers …
Health fraud prevention company ID Experts raises $27.5 million
ID Experts, a developer of software for managing cyber risks and preventing data breaches for the healthcare industry and other vertical markets, has …
Thousands and thousand of times: a tale of an insider data breach
The Identity Theft Center lists 454 data breaches so far in 2016 in the United States, with over 12 million people exposed. However, where there is a …
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