HITS returns to New York City on Nov. 8 at the Microsoft Technology Center in Midtown Manhattan with a morning conference program from 9 a.m. to noon. This year’s HITS N.Y.C... More
Tag Archives: Cybersecurity
HBO Chief Security Officer to Keynote HITS N.Y.C.
Why Poor Cyber Hygiene Invites Risk (Dark Reading)
Organizations around the world are implementing mobility, cloud computing, the Internet of Things (IoT), business intelligence, and social media technologies at breakneck speeds in... More
Forget ‘Hackers in Hoodies,’ Cybercriminals are the New Mafia (Wired)
Forget the cliché of lonely figures in hoodies crouched over laptops, feverishly bashing out lines of code. Online crime is a lucrative business, and hackers are the new Mafia. �... More
Spreading the DDoS Disease and Selling the Cure (Krebs on Security)
Earlier this month a hacker released the source code for Mirai, a malware strain that was used to launch a historically large 620 Gbps denial-of-service attack against this si... More
CTA Launches New Cybersecurity Assessment Tool (CTA)
In light of the increasing volume of cyber threats, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), in partnership with Cigital, has released a new cybersecurity assessment tool for CTA... More
Weekend Vulnerability and Patch Report, Oct. 23, 2016 (Citadel Information Group)
Important Security Updates AVG Free Edition: AVG has released version 2016.121.7859 of its 64 and 32 bit Free Edition. Updates are available on AVG’s website. Foxit Reader: ... More
Cyber Alliance: Top-Down Approach Needed for Business Cybersecurity
Marking October as National Cyber Security Awareness Month, the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and businesses are banding t... More
NSS Labs Shares Intrusion Prevention Test Results
Cybersecurity research and testing firm NSS Labs has announced the results of its Next Generation Intrusion Prevention Systems (NGIPS) group test, examining the security effectiven... More
Questions Every CIO Should Ask the Cybersecurity Leader (IBM)
Over the past several years, the widespread escalation of cybersecurity focus by boards and governments around the globe has increased the visibility, funding, influence and sophis... More
An Information Security Survival Guide (Info Security)
Information security is viewed in some organizations as a function owned by a few individuals or one department. However, with human error continuing to remain the most prominent ... More