Attackers have been using the Poison Ivy remote-access tool to help maintain persistent access to hacked networks, Cybereason says.

Chinese Hackers Play Operator With Global Telcos

Mathew J. Schwartz • June 25, 2019

Attackers - likely operating from China - have been surreptitiously hacking into global telecommunications providers' networks to quietly steal metadata and track subscribers - and those with whom they communicate - as part of an ongoing cyber espionage operation, warns security firm Cybereason.

Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB)

Singapore Prepares for Mandatory Breach Reporting

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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

GDPR: Where Do We Go From Here?

Mathew J. Schwartz • June 25, 2019

Even though the EU's General Data Protection Regulation has been in effect for more than a year, it's no privacy panacea, says (TL)2 Security founder Thom Langford. While GDPR has reframed the global privacy discussion, room for improvement remains, he explains in this interview.

Application Security

Reinventing Application Security

Nick Holland • June 25, 2019

Bob Egner of Outpost24 discusses the challenges involved in improving application security and whether DevSecOps is a "silver bullet."

Governance

Risk and Resilience: Finding the Right Balance

Mathew J. Schwartz • June 25, 2019

Finding the right balance between risk and resilience is a challenge for every cybersecurity project - especially in the aerospace, space and defense sectors - and that's why such efforts must be driven by CISOs and CIOs, says Leonardo's Nik Beecher.

Cybercrime

Alleged AlphaBay Moderator Faces Racketeering Charge

Scott Ferguson • June 24, 2019

An alleged moderator of the AlphaBay underground marketplace has been indicted for facilitating sales on the darknet site before law enforcement shut it down.

Cybercrime

Hacked With Words: Email Attack Sophistication Surges

Mathew J. Schwartz • June 21, 2019

The early days of email attacks - so much noise in the form of malware, spam and links - have given way to attacks that often rely on little more than words, and email gateways often struggle to arrest social engineering ploys, says Michael Flouton of Barracuda Networks.

Fraud Management & Cybercrime

Life Beyond Blocking: Adopting Behavior-Based Cybersecurity

Mathew J. Schwartz • June 21, 2019

Many cybersecurity tools are designed to block or allow specific activities based on prescribed rules, but with insider breaches continuing, enterprise protection also requires real-time reaction to actual user behavior, says Carl Leonard of Forcepoint.

Privileged Access Management

Privileged Attack Vectors: Key Defenses

Mathew J. Schwartz • June 21, 2019

Attackers crave insider-level access to IT infrastructure and regularly target insiders - and especially administrators- to steal their credentials, says BeyondTrust's Karl Lankford, who advises organizations to ensure they manage, monitor and audit all privileged access.

Identity & Access Management

Mitigating Insider Threats With IAM

Nick Holland • June 21, 2019

Provisioning and deprovisioning employee credentials is a critical component of mitigating insider threats, says Andrew Clarke of One Identity, who discusses the importance of identity and access management.

Governance

The Role of DNS in Cybersecurity

Nick Holland • June 21, 2019

DNS is cybersecurity's best-kept secret for eliminating threats, says Stuart Reed of Nominet, who explains the value of analyzing traffic.

Training & Security Leadership

Filling the Cybersecurity Skills Gap

Nick Holland • June 21, 2019

Gamification can play an important role in addressing the cybersecurity skills shortage, says Giovanni Vigna of Lastline.

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

Facebook's Cryptocurrency Plan Scrutinized

Nick Holland • June 21, 2019

The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report analyzes the security and privacy implications of Facebook's new digital currency - Libra. Also featured: Discussions on the rise of machine learning and IT and OT collaboration on cybersecurity.

Cybercrime

Troy Hunt: Why Data Breaches Persist

Mathew J. Schwartz • June 20, 2019

Bad news for anyone who might have hoped that the data breach problem was getting better. "Anecdotally, it just feels like we're seeing a massive increase recently," says Troy Hunt, the creator of the free "Have I Been Pwned?" breach-notification service. Unfortunately, he says, the problem is likely to worsen.