Category: Data Security

Published on September 25, 2023

via Dark Reading Twin cyberattacks on MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment have provided a singular view into what happens when two similar organizations, under similar attacks by the same threat actor, pursue contrasting incident response strategies.  In this instance, both were victims of a Scattered Spider…

Published on September 8, 2023

via Dark Reading For far too long, the cybersecurity industry has primarily focused on protecting the largest organizations from sophisticated and constantly evolving cyberattacks. While extremely important, this narrow focus has come at the expense of smaller or midsize organizations that don't have the same…

Published on August 23, 2023

via Dark Reading For far too long, the cybersecurity industry has primarily focused on protecting the largest organizations from sophisticated and constantly evolving cyberattacks. While extremely important, this narrow focus has come at the expense of smaller or midsize organizations that don't have the same…

Published on August 3, 2023

via Security Intelligence The 2023 Identity Security Threat Landscape Report from CyberArk identified some valuable insights. 2,300 security professionals surveyed responded with some sobering figures: 68% are concerned about insider threats from employee layoffs and churn 99% expect some type of identity compromise driven by financial cutbacks, geopolitical factors, cloud applications and…

Published on August 1, 2023

via SC Magazine Forescout’s list of riskiest connected devices for 2023 includes seven fresh entries that security teams should keep in mind as they look to secure their assets. The latest version of the cybersecurity vendor's annual list, released July 13, adds a number of…

Published on July 10, 2023

via Planet Mainframe “If you spend more on coffee than on IT security, you will be hacked.”  That was according to Richard Clarke, former special advisor on cybersecurity to the US President. He added, “What’s more, you deserve to be hacked,” which does seem a…

Published on June 29, 2023

via Security Intelligence Emphatically, no, it isn’t. But now that we have your attention, is that even the right question? Probably not. Your security can never truly be “too good”; conversely, neither can it be “too poor,” though it is possible to have “bad” security…

Published on June 2, 2023

via Travel Pulse Summer travel is starting to sizzle, and that means travelers need to be vigilant about security for the devices they use, such as laptops, phones and tablets. With millions of Americans planning trips, cybersecurity company Lookout's cyber security expert Hank Schless provided tips for travelers so…

Published on May 31, 2023

via Security Intelligence Everybody in tech is talking about ChatGPT, the AI-based chatbot from Open AI that writes convincing prose and usable code. The trouble is malicious cyber attackers can use generative AI tools like ChatGPT to craft convincing prose and usable code just like everybody…

Published on May 8, 2023

via Dark Reading Employees are submitting sensitive business data and privacy-protected information to large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, raising concerns that artificial intelligence (AI) services could be incorporating the data into their models, and that information could be retrieved at a later date…