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The scarcity of Mac-based malware has reinforced the misconception in some circles
that Apple’s machines are somehow invulnerable to the traditional Windows-style of
malware infection. This has been a contentious issue in the security industry for the
better part of the last decade, but to say that Apple has been malware-free would be
untrue. The Mac platform has been dealing with small and somewhat insignificant
malicious programs since the early 80’s, which you can read all about in our latest
slideshow. For years though, experts have predicted an end to Apple’s relative security
cake walk. Stay current and informed on Mac Malware, download this Spotlight today.
The line between our physical and digital lives is becoming increasingly obscure as we
upload more and more of our personal and professional information onto the Internet.
The concept of a reasonable expectation of privacy is changing dramatically and the
places where that expectation once existed are disappearing, compelling some to
argue that term “online privacy” has become an oxymoron. Download today.
Whether you’re selling software, running for president, or building a botnet to push
phony-pharmaceuticals, social networks are enormously valuable and dynamic
tools for getting your message out. Enterprises, as well as their employees, have
realized this, and have joined the crush to stake out a place to promote their brands,
services and products on the most successful social networks.
Unfortunately, many of the very elements that make these networks invaluable tools
for publishing, marketing, customer interaction and public relations also make social
networks powerful and irresistible markets for cybercriminals. What do you need to
know about the security implications of social networks? This Threatpost Spotlight will
tell you.
Most of us continue to buy our goods the old fashioned way: using credit cards (or cash) at traditional point of sale terminals, or (increasingly) online. But just off the radar, a whole new world of mobile technologies is ramping up for the purpose of replacing your credit cards – indeed: your whole wallet – with sleek mobile applications stored on a device that’s already indispensible: your phone.
As with any headlong rush into a new technology, however, there are questions being raised about the security implications of mobile payments in all its forms, and concerns that feature adoption is outstripping security on many new payments platforms. Europe) to make purchases with their phones and mobile. It’s still very in the game but, as Threatpost has discovered, there’s already good evidence that warnings about security holes in mobile payments platforms aren’t unwarranted.
Download our Spotlight Series to find out what you need to know about mobile payments.
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is a controversial bill introduced by U.S. Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX) to the House of Representatives. Its stated purpose is, “To promote prosperity, creativity, entrepreneurship, and innovation by combating the theft
of U.S. property, and for other purposes.” While attempts at reigning in digital piracy receive wide-spread support from the American public, the methods of doing so that SOPA would establish are concerning to many.
Download this Spotlight to understand what SOPA is and why it matters.
As the year draws to a close, we’ve compiled our list of the Top Security Stories of 2011, presented here in no particular order. These are the issues that shook the world’smarkets and kept us awake at night. If there’s a lesson here, it’s that cybersecurity challenges aren’t going away anytime soon. In fact, as we look forward to 2012, about the only thing that could quell the continuing battle to secure technology system is if the Mayans turn out to be right. And none of us is rooting for that.
What will 2012 bring? We can’t know for sure. Recent years have taught us that, when it comes to computer security, one should expect to be surprised. However, it’s equally true that in the realm of computer security, “what’s past is prologue,” as Shakespeare famously wrote. In other words: the events of he past year have helped to set the stage for the big events (and news stories) of 2012. What are those likely to be? Download to learn Threatpost’s predictions ofof 2012 security trends.
Blaring headlines that decry insider attacks against their employers are nothing new. In fact, some of the biggest and most damaging data breaches in recent memory were ultimately linked back to rogue employees of large firms.
You could be forgiven for thinking that malicious insiders were a threat felt mostly by enterprises and large enterprises. After all, the Threatpost list of Infamous Insiders features no shortage of Fortune 500 firms. But if you assumed that rogue and malicious
insiders were an enterprise problem only, you’d be dead wrong. Small businesses, too, are frequent victims of insider attacks and other forms of data theft, and are just as likely to be attacked as large, well-known firms. This Spotlight offers some guidelines that businesses can use to help avoid being a victim.
Security and privacy experts have been warning about the fundamental flaws in the certificate authority system for more than 15 years now, but for the most part those warnings have gone unheeded. The system is set up so that any CA has the ability to issue a certificate for any site on the Web, and users have virtually no visibility into the process and no sense of which CAs are trustworthy. Download this Spotlight to learn more about certificate authority compromises.
For most of the last two decades, industrial and manufacturing firms have lived in something of a security bubble. As enterprise networks struggled to stay on top of denial of service attacks and malicious outbreaks, manufacturers, utilities and others that rely on industrial control software comforted themselves that, when it came to attacks on industrial firms, things were different. Download this Spotlight to learn key facts about threats in industrial manufacturing.
If Firewalls, antivirus software and intrusion detection tools keep out stealthy attackers,
how does a company square off against rogue insiders?
That’s a pressing question and one that’s garnering more attention as the number of high profile insider
attacks mounts, and as government and private sector regulators take steps to clamp
down on malicious insiders.
To help you understand the insider threat better, Threatpost has put together this Spotlight on insider threat attacks that can help you begin to tailor your protections and policies to stop malicious insiders
A Threatpost survey reveals the emerging threat of attack from trusted employees and the inconsistent ways companies are fighting back. Modern businesses thrive on increased collaboration and information sharing. As a result, today’s enterprises are granting employees of all levels access to a growing number of network resources, enterprise applications and other sensitive IT assets as a way to promote greater worker efficiency and improved business performance.
But there’s a downside . . . . download Threatpost’s Insider Threats Survey to see the ways attacks from within are vexing the enterprise and where IT security efforts need to be improved.
The retail vertical is, with the hospitality industry and financial services, one of the top three most-targeted sectors by cybercriminals. No surprise, then, that retail chains have been the source of some of the largest and most costly hacks to date, including
TJX, Office Depot and Hannaford Brothers. And, with an age of mobile payments on the horizon, the opportunities for hackers to compromise retail outlets may be getting ready to explode. But why are hackers attracted to retailers? Download Threatpost’s Retail Spotlight Series to find out.
Hackers want your corporate data; it’s valuable to them.
There have been hundreds and hundreds of attacks in the last several years resulting in exposed customer/consumer data and a loss of corporate reputation.
Threatpost’s editors have pulled together this Spotlight feature as a way of informing readers about the extent of the data breach problem, what kinds of organizations attackers are targeting and what tactics the bad guys are using in order to get to the valuable data. Download this Spotlight Series on Data Breaches to understand why your business is a target and how to stay ahead of the cybercriminals and security safe.
If you have a smart phone, the chances are that you just love the convenience of the thing. When you’re lost, your phone – by now GPS enabled - can bring up Google Maps or some other program and tell you where you are and how to get where you’re going. In a strange city? Applications like Yelp will tell you about cool restaurants and stores nearby while Facebook and Twitter let you keep in touch with your followers.
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