Monitoring of endpoint traffic is key to modern security defences but a human element is also essential to make up for the deficiencies of outdated signature-based antivirus security solutions that haven't been effective for many years, a senior security consultant has warned.
David Braue | 22 May | Read more
Companies are increasingly turning to threat intelligence to help shape their response to security attacks, which some have argued must become increasingly defensive as the nature of the threat changes over time.
David Braue | 11 May | Read more
The volume of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks grew more than 20 percent in the fourth quarter of 2014 after previously levelling off, but the locus of global security attacks continued to move away from the Asia-Pacific region, new figures from content distribution giant Akamai have revealed.
David Braue | 26 Mar | Read more
BlackBerry has confirmed BlackBerry OS 10, BES 12 and 10 and other products are affected by the FREAK flaw, but it has no patch.
Growing data sharing between security and law-enforcement organisations may be improving visibility of the global cybercrime risk, but many Asia-Pacific region companies continue to jeopardise their data with lax security, senior Verizon security executives have warned on the release of the company's latest comprehensive security report.
David Braue | 23 Apr | Read more
Exploiting weaknesses in browsers, operating systems, and other third-party software to infect end user systems is a common initial step for security attacks and breaches. Finding and fixing these vulnerabilities before the attackers can take advantage of them is a proactive defensive measure that is an essential part of any security program. Overview of VM Program: Prepare Assess Remediate Track Progress
