These days barely a day goes by where there isn’t some sort of network security breach or hack or malfunction of some sort. This year too we had the rise of groups such as Anonymous and Lulz that sought out attention for their activities. Here we take a look at the year in pictures of some of the key security problems that grabbed our attention.
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Is LockerGoga a new case of harmful wiper malware pretending to be slightly less harmful ransomware?
Bangalore Bank, a commercial bank in Vietnam and ... Sony Pictures are the unlikely bedfellows in a tale of cyber intrigue uncovered by security researchers at BAE Systems.
Peter Sayer | 14 May | Read more
You would get very little argument from anyone that the security threat landscape has changed significantly since the start of this decade. Mega-breaches, ransomware, nation-state threat actors, insider leaks – all of these have moved the goal posts a long way from where they were just a few short years ago.
Anthony Caruana | 19 Oct | Read more
One of the things that hackers look for when they break into an enterprise is encryption keys and security certificates, but most security professionals don't know how to respond if the keys are compromised during a breach.
Maria Korolov | 09 Jun | Read more
Telstra’s CSO Mike Burgess says it’s critical to avoid distractions when fighting against cybercriminals.
Anthony Caruana | 02 Jun | Read more
Reading the headlines relating to cyber-security you would not be blamed for thinking we are in a losing battle against relentless foes. The breaches at OPM, Ashley Madison, Target, Sony, and many others highlight criminals are consistently looking for ways to breach our defences. It is understandable then why many CISOs may look nervously at their networks wondering if they will be the next victim, or worse, are they already a victim without knowing it.
Brian Honan | 27 Jul | Read more
The year of cybercrime since our most recent US State of Cybercrime Survey has been nothing less than stunning. There were the Home Depot and JP Morgan Chase data breaches, the Sony Pictures fiasco, and most recently the devastating breach at the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) that appears to be worse than
George V. Hulme | 09 Jul | Read more
"Whodunit" is essential to solving crimes. You can't make an arrest or prosecute a crime if you don't even know who committed it.
Taylor Armerding | 10 Feb | Read more
Beyond the compromise of valuable information, loss of revenues and damage to brand reputation, data breaches can pose a threat to the careers of security professionals involved: witness the sudden <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/article/2174919/network-security/target-cio-resigns-following-breach.html">departures of both the CEO and the CIO</a> of Target after last year's compromise of 40 million customers' credit cards.
Tim Greene | 29 Jan | Read more
2014 made it clear that cybercrime affects everyone. From retailers to banks, consumer goods companies and health care, there isn't an industry left untouched by cybercriminals looking to disrupt, steal or embarrass. So what has to change? The recent Sony attack and countless other examples point to the need for board members and executives to consider cybersecurity under the concept of risk management and business resilience.
By Adam Meyer, Chief Security Strategist, SurfWatch Labs, a cyber risk intelligence company | 10 Jan | Read more