Cybercriminals steal funds from 20K Tesco Bank accounts

The small United Kingdom bank was hit with a "significant" cyber heist over the weekend that resulted in fraudulent withdrawals.   

By Justine Brown • Nov. 8, 2016

How the FBI sifted through 650K emails in 8 days

Searching 650,000 emails could have been done in even fewer days, experts say.

By Justine Brown • Nov. 8, 2016

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Executives are working to improve the security posture of their businesses, a task that requires cross-function collaboration.

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China's new cybersecurity law draws protest from foreign tech firms

Companies outside of China fear the new law could create barriers to trade and innovation.

By Justine Brown • Nov. 8, 2016

Hacking the election: 'A little chaos can go a long way'

With cybersecurity concerns pervasive throughout the election cycle, the presence of doubt could cast a shadow over election results.

By Naomi Eide • Nov. 8, 2016

US boosts cyber defenses on eve of election

While officials agree it would be difficult for hackers to alter an election's outcome, both states and federal agencies want to be prepared.

By Justine Brown • Nov. 7, 2016

UK to invest $2.3B to bolster cyber defenses

The UK's finance minister wants to ensure his country is prepared for additional state-sponsored cyberattacks.

By Justine Brown • Nov. 7, 2016

Second group seeks to annul Privacy Shield

A French civil liberties campaign group filed legal action against the European Commission last week.

By Justine Brown • Nov. 4, 2016

More victims targeted as number of ransomware attacks continue to rise

There were 821,865 victims of encrypting ransomware in Q3, according to Kaspersky Lab.

By Justine Brown • Nov. 4, 2016

Mirai botnet threatens to take Liberia offline

Some researchers speculate hackers are using the small African country as a testing ground for the botnet, one that is related to the Dyn DDoS attack. 

By Justine Brown • Nov. 4, 2016

Study: Enterprises need new approaches to security spending

Most survey respondents say they would invest in more of the same if given additional funds.  

By Justine Brown • Nov. 3, 2016

Cisco says it's best positioned to adapt networks for IoT

With millions of IoT devices expected in the next few years, Cisco wants to beat others to the punch.

By Justine Brown • Nov. 3, 2016

Researchers: App used to run IoT devices can hack phones, too

This is the first known time IoT security holes have been used to hack into other devices.

By Justine Brown • Nov. 3, 2016

5 tech-focused legislators to watch

When it comes to technology issues, these five U.S. senators and representatives are moving the needle.  

By Justine Brown • Nov. 3, 2016

Another week, another major internet outage

Tier 1 provider Level 3 says a "configuration error" caused Wednesday’s significant outage.

By Justine Brown • Nov. 3, 2016

Even after Dyn DDoS attack, businesses shouldn't ditch DNS providers, analyst says

DNS service providers are generally much more reliable than in-house DNS, Gartner analyst Bob Gill said. 

By Justine Brown • Nov. 2, 2016

Russia-linked hackers exploiting Microsoft Windows security flaw

Microsoft said attacks using "spear phishing" emails from Strontium exploited a zero-day vulnerability. 

By Justine Brown • Nov. 2, 2016

Trump vs. Clinton: What the candidates say about major tech issues

The U.S. election is less than a week away. The vote could reshape the American enterprise technology landscape. 

By Naomi Eide • Nov. 2, 2016

Forrester: New president will face cybercrisis in first 100 days

Whether Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump take the election, they would be wise to prepare for a cybercrisis, the research firm says. 

By Justine Brown • Nov. 1, 2016

Cisco exec: Businesses need to create 'horizontal' cybersecurity culture

"Cybersecurity is really everyone's responsibility," said Anthony Grieco, senior director of Cisco's Security and Trust Organization. "It can't be delegated to an IT security organization, that is not sufficient." 

By Naomi Eide • Oct. 31, 2016

Report: Companies don't prioritize data breach response practice

More companies have plans in place, but few practice them often enough.

By Justine Brown • Oct. 31, 2016

Study: Three-quarters of internet use will be mobile in 2017

Companies that don’t adapt for mobile users and customers could get left behind.

By Justine Brown • Oct. 31, 2016

When zombie computers attack: 4 nightmares CIOs must face

What’s the best way to protect the enterprise this Halloween?

By Justine Brown • Oct. 28, 2016

Mozilla pushes feds to help bolster cybersecurity

Mozilla wants the Obama administration to improve how it shares information about security vulnerabilities.

By Justine Brown • Oct. 27, 2016

Irish group challenges EU-US Privacy Shield

Digital Rights Ireland seeks annulment of the commercial data agreement.  

By Justine Brown • Oct. 27, 2016

Dyn DDoS attack not politically or financially motivated, security firm says

Further analysis of last week’s DDoS attack reveals new details, but one big question remains: Why?

By Justine Brown • Oct. 26, 2016