LAS VEGAS - The Terracotta commercial VPN, marketed in China under a number of different brand names, uses hacked servers to power its network and the network has become popular with advanced persistent threat groups, according to research released today by RSA Security.
Maria Korolov | 04 Aug | Read more
According to a new survey of Black Hat attendees released last week, InfoSec professionals are spending the biggest amount of their time and budgets on security problems created within the organization itself.
Maria Korolov | 22 Jul | Read more
Modern-day criminals are still following Willie Sutton's example of going after banks "because there's where the money is."
Maria Korolov | 23 Jun | Read more
This week, Salted Hash has examined the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) SAFETY Act, and FireEye's promise to customers that their certification under the act provides them protection from lawsuits or claims alleging that the products failed to prevent an attack.
Steve Ragan | 07 May | Read more
Two new malware campaigns have been spotted in the Middle East, according to reports released this week, one targeting energy companies and the other going after political targets in Israel and Lebanon.
Maria Korolov | 04 Apr | Read more
If you still haven't seen the new movie Michael Mann movie, Blackhat, with Chris Hemsworth playing the lead, you won't be getting any new insights into how hackers work.
Maria Korolov | 03 Feb | Read more
Recent highly publicized breaches involving sophisticated attacks and high-profile targets has elevated awareness of Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) to unprecedented levels. This has left many organizations struggling to understand the risk APTs present to them and how best to protect themselves. For organizations concerned with APTs, and advanced threats in general, SIEM is a critical component of a defense-in-depth architecture.