Rather than just staying compliant with GDPR, companies should instead implement stronger security protocols, abandon old business practices and take on new way of doing business that embraces data privacy.
Recent revelations about a zero-click exploit targeting WhatsApp users underscore the growing threat of sophisticated spyware campaigns. This evolution in attack methodology presents a serious challenge for organizations and individuals who rely on encrypted messaging platforms for secure communication.
For organizations faced with highly sophisticated and targeted attacks from well-resourced cybercrime groups, standard AV and EDR platforms are of little use against ransomware.
By returning to the grassroots of information security and remembering that there’s room for creative thinking in cybersecurity, CISOs can spend less time saying “no” and more time exploring new solutions, optimizing programs, and building strong connections with their teams.
As the world becomes more complex non-traditional approaches to ensuring data security and protection must be evaluated. In this article Wei Chieh, the founder of SWARMNETICS draws a parallel between how we treat open source software and the Asian organisational attitude toward White Hat hackers (or ‘independent security researchers’) as assets that might help to stem the tide of security breaches that Asian companies face today.
Security vulnerabilities in languages like PHP, Python, and Java may involve updating the language. The problem is that when a language level update is released, it traditionally does not simply address security issues – it introduces other, unrelated, language changes which may break existing code.
Credentials are everywhere, they are a demonstrated weak link in organizational security, and malicious actors have demonstrated that they prefer using them over approaches. As a result, credentials are both the best and the last chance to catch adversaries.
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?”
Siloed technologies with different management and configuration dashboards cobbled together create security gaps and visibility blind spots that slow cyber response, mitigation and recovery.
In the competitive world of mobile app development, companies need to take mobile app security as an important factor to protect consumer data and privacy.
