A recent study reveals that India ranks third globally in financial Trojan infections, with more than 60,000 computers getting compromised in 2015 alone. Experts analyze why and recommend best practices to tackle them.
The massive 'Panama Papers' leak demonstrates how law firms are at risk from internal and external attackers seeking to access confidential information. Experts offer insights on how these firms, and others, can better defend their clients' secrets.
Each year the skills gap estimate for cybersecurity goes up, with few concerted, industry-wide efforts to address the issue. What organizations in all sectors truly need is hands-on, up-to-date, intensive training, says NIELIT MD Dr. Ashwini Sharma.
SEBI urges commodity derivatives exchanges to put resilient cybersecurity defences in place to protect themselves from growing attacks. Security leaders say such mandates will compel senior management to increase focus on cybersecurity.
If you cast the Panama Papers leak in terms of class warfare, this isn't the first time that a faceless few have acted for what they perceive to be the good of the proletariat, in a bout of hacker - or insider - vigilantism.
Security experts worldwide are sorting through the implications of the so-called "Panama Papers" leak, involving 11.5 million records. The documents highlight an elaborate web of offshore holdings that everyone from heads of state to celebrities and fraudsters have allegedly used to hide billions of dollars.
A new coalition of leaders from government, industry and privacy advocacy groups hopes to help provide a framework for reaching a consensus on how to use IT to ensure society's security while protecting individuals' privacy, says Art Coviello, an organizer of the new Digital Equilibrium Project.
Ahmed Baig, founder of the CISO Council of UAE, says security leadership via fear, uncertainty and doubt is a thing of the past. In fact, future CISOs who use those tactics might find themselves ostracized and doomed to fail.
MedStar is but the latest healthcare entity to fall victim to a ransomware attack. What can organizations do proactively to improve their ransomware defenses and response? PhishMe CEO Rohyt Belani offers insight.
Ransomware is such a serious cybersecurity concern that the FBI has issued new guidance and yet another alert about the threat. Nevertheless, experts say too many organizations are still unaware of the risk, muchless how to mitigate it.
The Indian restaurant rating website Burrp was one of the recent targets for ransomware. With such incidents predicted to see a surge, experts put forth strategies to defend against ransomware and share lessons on how to minimize risks.
Even as cloud, virtualized environments and mobility continue to make the technology landscape within the enterprise more complex, it's getting harder for organizations to maintain perspective and visibility of all the pieces, says Skybox Security's EVP Stewart Fox.
Tools and techniques need to be identified to aid law enforcement in gathering evidence from devices, such as smartphones, while safeguarding the security and privacy of individuals. Can stakeholders find that middle ground?
Defending against online attackers, attempted account takeovers and other types of fraud requires closely monitoring networks, users and devices for any signs of anomalous behavior, says Thomas Hill, CIO of Live Oak Bank, in this video interview.
A panel of experts debates the ineffectiveness of the public, private partnership model in evolving a plan to develop an ideal framework to tackle cyber threats. What is needed to build an effective model to respond to future threats?
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