Monthly Archives: August 2014

A real-time overview of the insider threat landscape

SpectorSoft recently surveyed 355 IT professionals, asking about their experience detecting and preventing insider threats – to explore how organizations are addressing this critical issue and how effective they have been. Approximately 35 percent of respondents reported they had experienced … Continue reading

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Russia Tied to JPMorgan Hacking ?

Russian hackers may have attacked the U.S. financial system in mid-August, infiltrating and stealing data from JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and at least one other bank, an incident the FBI is investigating as a possible retaliation for government-sponsored sanctions. … Continue reading

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Cyber-intelligence defined…

Jay McAlllister from the SEI Innovation Center: “Cyber-intelligence is the acquisition and analysis of information that is used to identify and track – and predict – cyber-capabilities or intentions of people, and enhance decision-making using that intelligence.” IT’s ALL ABOUT … Continue reading

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Why one of cybersecurity’s thought leaders uses a pager instead of a smart phone

An interview with Cybersecurity guru Daniel Geer… “If you give people fine-grained control over what their information is in public, people reveal more. They might say if you give me a lot of control, they’d reveal less — but it … Continue reading

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Snowden leaks prompt firms to focus cyber security on insider threats

“There’s a million Snowdens of various degrees at work right now, taking data for profit.” More from the Los Angeles Times by clicking here.

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A Billion Passwords Have Been Stolen. Here’s What You should Do

A computer security firm has found evidence that a Russian cybercrime gang has stolen some 1.2 billion Internet passwords and user names. At this point, we don’t know which sites the passwords are connected to. But given the size of the … Continue reading

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U.S. telecom chief tells industry to lead on cybersecurity

The top U.S. telecom regulator on Thursday told communications companies to take the lead in fortifying their networks against cyberattacks, saying they can do more to bolster security short of new government regulations. In his first major speech devoted fully … Continue reading

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