Replace SHA-1. It’s not that hard.
Now that SHA-1 has been broken it’s time for enterprises that have ignored its potential weakness for years to finally act, and it’s not that hard.
Tim Greene | 25 Feb | Read more
Stories by Tim Greene
Cisco touts next-gen firewall gear for midsize installations
Cisco is coming out with four next generation firewall boxes aimed at giving smaller organizations protection that is better sized to their needs and engineered to minimize performance hits as additional security services are turned on.
Tim Greene | 23 Feb | Read more
Bruce Schneier: Public-service technologists are needed to tame the IoT
The internet of things needs to be regulated and soon before it becomes even more of a tool to facilitate cyberattacks, and that means coming up with civic-minded technologists to help formulate government policies, security expert Bruce Schneier told an RSA Conference 2017 audience.
Tim Greene | 16 Feb | Read more
RSA: Elite cryptographers scoff at idea that law enforcement can ‘overcome’ encryption
Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ call for a way to “overcome” cryptography met with scorn by a panel of elite cryptographers speaking at RSA Conference 2017.
Tim Greene | 16 Feb | Read more
RSA: Watch out for a new weapon - your own data
As tens of thousands of the world’s top security pros gather at RSA Conference 2017 they are being called upon to watch out for a new threat: their own data.
Tim Greene | 16 Feb | Read more
IBM’s Watson teams up with its SIEM platform for smarter, faster event detection
IBM’s Watson supercomputer can now consult with the company’s security information and event management (SIEM) platform to deliver well researched responses to security events and do so much faster than a person.
Tim Greene | 15 Feb | Read more
Expert: Line between cyber crooks and cyber spies getting more blurry
Cybercriminals acting on behalf of national governments and nation-backed espionage agents carrying out cybercrimes for cash on the side is the future of security threats facing corporations and governments, says the former top U.S. attorney in charge of the Department of Justice’s national security division.
Tim Greene | 13 Feb | Read more
Zingbox launhces IoT protection for business
Zingbox, a cloud-based, internet-of-things security startup, is coming out with its first product that can tell good IoT behavior from bad and sends alerts when it finds activity outside the norm.
Tim Greene | 09 Feb | Read more
Report: IRS-related phishing scams seen running rampant
IRS phishing scams are likely underway on a grand scale, according to a PhishLabs report.
Tim Greene | 08 Feb | Read more
RSA Conference: Carbon Black to introduce Streaming Prevention
Carbon Black is introducing at RSA Conference 2017 next week a new way for its gear to detect attacks that don’t make their way into networks via viruses or malicious files that other endpoint security software can detect.
Tim Greene | 07 Feb | Read more
RSA 2017: The Internet of Things security threat
RSA Conference 2017 will take on the threat posed by the internet of things, something that was demonstrated last fall by the DDoS attacks that took down Dyn data centers and many of the high-profile Websites it supports.
Tim Greene | 03 Feb | Read more
Trump may ask businesses to boost cybersecurity
President Donald Trump may be seeking more cooperation from private businesses to shore up the defense of critical infrastructure that they control.
Tim Greene | 02 Feb | Read more
Cisco: Spam is making a big-time comeback
Spam is making a surprising resurgence as a threat to corporate security and becoming a more significant carrier of attacks as varied as spear phishing, ransomware and bots, according to Cisco’s 2017 Annual Cybersecurity Report.
Tim Greene | 01 Feb | Read more
Spear phishing tough to block, even when using automation tools
Trying to filter out phishing emails is tough work, even for organizations trying to find a better way through automation, according to a new study from security software company GreatHorn.
Tim Greene | 31 Jan | Read more
That Hearbleed problem may be more pervasive than you think
200,000 devices with the OpenSSL Heartbleed vulnerability may include commercial software you are running.
Tim Greene | 28 Jan | Read more