The future of device security isn't in dramatically expanding budgets and adding to product costs. Rather, it's getting smarter about what to test, when to test it, and how to keep devices and customers safe.
Cyber Security
Cyber criminals, state-sponsored hackers and even the occasional disgruntled employee are constantly looking to gain unauthorized access for a variety of purposes: theft of money, cyber espionage, personal information for sale or for use in scams, and damage to critical infrastructure for just a few of the most common.
So how does an organization mitigate an entire world full of continual cyber attacks? Just as buildings have a number of necessary elements of physical security: access control, cameras, alarms and so on; there are similar key elements of cyber security that are absolutely vital for just about any modern business.
It starts with identifying and closing the most common doors that attackers use. For example, phishing attacks on employees are far and away the most common initial point of entry. The breach of even a low-level employee account can quickly turn into an escalation in access privileges and the ability to reach sensitive information. This is also true of smart devices, which are generally more poorly secured than computers and phones.
Mandiant analyzed data published from ransomware attacks and discovered that they exposed sensitive OT information that could be used to analyze targets to craft sophisticated attacks.
Developments in Delaware’s Caremark doctrine for breaches of fiduciary duty have paved a narrow path for plaintiffs to hold directors liable for failing to adequately address and oversee their company’s cybersecurity and data privacy risks.
Magecart attackers compromised at least 374 e-commerce sites running end-of-life Magento in a day, including planting 19 backdoors on a single website through SQL injection on a vulnerable plugin.
DOJ seized 94,000 Bitcoins from a New York couple accused of laundering 119,754 Bitcoins from the 2016 Bitfinex cryptocurrency theft currently valued at $4.5 billion.
While it might be tempting to view a major vulnerability as an indication of open source somehow being deficient, the reality is far from that. Open source software is not more or less secure than commercial software, and in reality, most commercial software either includes or runs on open source technologies.
The recent cyber attacks on Ukraine appeared to use distributed denial of service (DDoS) techniques to take several government websites offline for several hours.
The immediate order to cease use of Google Analytics pertains to a particular French website that was the subject of a GDPR complaint over data transfers, but signs show it expanding to the rest of the EU before long.
With client-side security and JavaScript-related attacks staring us in the face these days, a probable question that many business owners or developers may ask is, “Can I truly determine if a third-party script is secure or not?”
In this article, we will examine in detail what malware apps are and how they can harm customers. Moreover, we will look at the flawed role the OTP plays in the ecosystem.










