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Cybercrime Economy Generates $1.5 Trillion a Year

04/20/2018
Threat actors generate, launder, spend, and reinvest more than $1.5 trillion in illicit funds, according to a new study on cybercrime's 'web of profit.'

Trust: The Secret Ingredient to DevSecOps Success

04/20/2018
Security practitioners must build trusted relationships with developers and within cross-functional DevOps teams to get themselves embedded into continuous software delivery processes.

SunTrust Ex-Employee May Have Stolen Data on 1.5 Million Bank Clients

04/20/2018
Names, addresses, phone numbers, account balances, may have been exposed.

DNC Sues Guccifer 2.0, Russian Federation & Trump Campaign for Election Conspiracy

04/20/2018
DNC first hacked by Russians in 2015, according to the filing.

Microsoft CISO Talks Threat Intel, 'Data Inclusion'

04/19/2018
Dark Reading caught up with Microsoft's Bret Arsenault to discuss intelligence, identity, and the need to leverage more diverse datasets.

Firms More Likely to Tempt Security Pros With Big Salaries than Invest in Training

04/19/2018
Booz Allen survey shows most organizations' answer to the security skills shortage may be unsustainable.

Free endpoint scanning service powered by Open Threat Exchange

04/19/2018
Russ Spitler, AlienVault's SVP of product strategy, explains how security pros can leverage the community-powered threat intelligence of OTX - which sees more than 19 million IoCs contributed daily by a global community of 80,000 peers - to quickly protect themselves against emerging attacks.

Can AI improve your endpoint detection and response?

04/19/2018
To intervene with optimum efficiency, response team needs to zero in on the most potentially dangerous endpoint anomalies first. And according to Harish Agastya, VP of Enterprise Solutions at Bitdefender, machine learning-assisted EDR can help you do exactly that.

Should CISOs Be Hackers?

04/19/2018
Justin Calmus, Chief Security Officer at OneLogin, believes that cybersecurity professionals - including CISOs and other security team leaders - can be much more effective at their jobs if they stay actively engaged with hacking communities that keep them on their toes and give them deep insight into attack trends.

Successfully Using Deception Against APTs

04/19/2018
According to Illusive CEO Ofer Israeli, deception technology can provide a vital layer of protection from advanced persistent threats (APTs) by presenting attackers with seemingly genuine servers that both divert them from high-value digital assets and make it easier to pinpoint malicious network activity.

DHS Helps Shop Android IPS Prototype

04/18/2018
A MITRE-developed intrusion prevention system technology got showcased here this week at the RSA Conference.

70% of Energy Firms Worry About Physical Damage from Cyberattacks

04/18/2018
High-profile ICS attacks Triton/Trisis, Industroyer/CrashOverride, and Stuxnet have driven energy firms to invest more in cybersecurity, survey shows.

2018 RSA Conference: Execs Push Cooperation, Culture & Civilian Safety

04/17/2018
Executives from Microsoft, McAfee, and RSA discuss X and a new collaboration on Y.

Trump Administration Cyber Czar Rob Joyce to Return to the NSA

04/17/2018
First year of Trump White House's cybersecurity policy mostly followed in the footsteps of the Obama administration.

NIST Seeking Comments on New AppSec Practices Standards

04/17/2018
Working in conjunction with SAFECode, NIST is opening the floor to suggestions at RSA about secure software development life cycle guidelines.

Microsoft to Roll Out Azure Sphere for IoT Security

04/16/2018
Azure Sphere, now in preview, is a three-part program designed to secure the future of connected devices and powered by its own custom version of Linux.

Cisco, ISARA to Test Hybrid Classic, Quantum-Safe Digital Certificates

04/13/2018
Goal is to make it easier for organizations to handle the migration to quantum computing when it becomes available.

Former Airline Database Administrator Sentenced for Hacking Reservation System

04/13/2018
Former PenAir IT staffer gets five-year probation sentence via plea deal.

Federal Agency Data Under Siege

04/13/2018
Seventy-one percent of IT security professionals in US federal agencies have reported breaches in their organizations.

7 Steps to a Smooth, Secure Cloud Transition

04/13/2018
Security leaders share their top steps to keep in mind as your organization moves data and applications to the cloud.