Category Archives: Cybersecurity Memo – Insiders Edition

“And even a breach such as the one at the NSA could have been detected by Aorato. “Snowden reportedly used colleagues’ passwords to access sensitive docs,” Aorato’s co-founder and CEO, Idan Plotnik, notes to me. “Even if the user activity … Continue reading →

                  Ted Schlein of KPCB: “We are in midst of cybersecurity technology being completely re-made –  moving from a signature-based protection environment to a more behavioral anomaly-based protection environment.” Video interview by … Continue reading →

A Cisco security report released on January 16th 2014 shows that hacker threats reached “startling levels” last year and that the world is suffering from a shortage of skilled computer defenders. Cracks in defenses and weapons for attacks rose to … Continue reading →

Call it the attack of the zombie refrigerators. Computer security researchers said this week they discovered a large “botnet” which infected Internet-connected home appliances and then delivered more than 750,000 malicious emails. The California security firm Proofpoint, Inc., said hackers … Continue reading →

“Ninety-seven percent of Fortune 500 companies have been hacked,” says Peter W. Singer, “and likely the other 3% have too, they just don’t know it.” Such is the less-than-rosy picture painted by Singer — director of the Center for 21st … Continue reading →

The top  cybersecurity threats in 2013 reportedly included hacktivists targeting users’ privacy at the top spot, followed by cyberespionage campaigns – along with the newest craze of stealing bitcoins. More from the Times of India by clicking here  

A cybersecurity framework for critical infrastructure owners will soon become a national standard for litigators and regulators. The framework is now in its final comment stage and will be released mid-February.  The National Institute of Standards and Testing (NIST) will establish this comprehensive set of … Continue reading →

If you’re an Android user — or want to be — you’ve likely heard about all the security risks of Google’s mobile operating system. But how real are these threats, and how much damage can they do? Despite the fears, … Continue reading →

By harnessing the unpredictable nature of matter at the quantum level, physicists have figured out a way to exchange information on secret keys. Check it out at HowStuffWorks.com by clicking here.

Revelations show a transatlantic intelligence pact that started during the second world war is expanding beyond states’ ability to control it. There haven’t been too many moments of levity over the past four months for those intimately involved in the story of Edward … Continue reading →