Are We Missing the Point?
Recently there has been a lot of talk about nuclear weapons, terrorism, and peace treaties. At the end of the day, the question remains: how do we protect a country and its citizens from attack? If that is really the purpose of the summits and the meetings, why isn't cybersecurity part of the discussion -- more importantly, the insider threat?
25% Of Malware Spread Via USB Drives
Email and peer-to-peer networks also rank as significant venues for malware attacks, which have increased slightly in the U.S. but declined in Europe, according to Panda Security.
Advanced Persistent Threat: The Insider Threat
APT is the buzzword everyone is using. Companies are concerned about it, the government is being compromised by it, and consultants are using it in every presentation they give. But people fail to realize that the vulnerabilities these threats compromises are the insider -- not the malicious insider, but the accidental insider who clicks on the wrong link.
Strategic Security Survey: Global Threat, Local Pain
Highlights of exclusive InformationWeek Analytics research as it appears in "Global Threat, Local Pain," our report assessing whether the high-profile infiltration of corporate networks worldwide (Google China leaps to mind) is forcing execs to reconsider their security strategies and pony up related resources.
Web Browser Privacy Settings Flawed
Private and anonymous settings in Firefox, Internet Explorer, and others can expose more details than users expect, security researchers find.
Stuxnet 'Zero Day' Worm Not New
Symantec finds earlier variants of the Windows shortcut vulnerability, as well as evidence of significant resources behind its development.
Slideshow: Barnaby Jack Hits The Jackpot With ATM Hack
Barnaby Jack, director of research at IOActive, last week at Black Hat USA in Las Vegas demonstrated attacks that would allow a criminal to compromise ATMs in order to steal cash, copy customers' ATM card data, or learn master passwords of the machines
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