In a keynote address at the RSA 2014 Conference, Kevin Mandia, founder of Mandiant, warns organizations to beware of "victim's fatigue," or letting your guard down after going six months without a breach.
Sears is denying claims that its network may have been compromised by a cyber-attack that exposed card data. Other sources say they are still unsure, and that Sears may be the next breached retailer.
Fraudsters continually find new ways to attack, but too many organizations rely on old, unsuccessful methods to detect and prevent fraud. This is the premise, says David Mattos, VP Sales, with Easy Solutions.
Verizon's annual data breach investigations report will be released in the coming weeks, offering perspective on 10 years of breach analysis, says Wade Baker, one of the report's key authors.
Proofpoint and ISMG have just completed a new Targeted Attacks survey. What are some of the key findings? Kevin Epstein shares insight on detecting advanced threats and warding off attacks.
Verizon isn't offering many details about two retailer breaches it's reportedly investigating, which may be linked to the Target breach. But IntelCrawler's Dan Clements says the merchants were likely breached several weeks ago.
Indiana University reports that information on 146,000 students and recent graduates was compromised after webcrawlers accessed the data. Learn what information was potentially exposed.
While much of the security focus is on online fraud and major data breaches, organizations of all sizes and sectors are seeing a rise in phone-based fraud, says Matt Anthony of Pindrop Security.
From sophisticated new forms of malware to nation-state sponsored attacks and the advanced persistent threat, cybersecurity incidents have evolved at a rapid pace and are taking down entire networks, successfully stealing sensitive data and costing organizations millions to remediate.
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RSA 2014 is hosted across the street from a Target store. Which is only fitting because the Target retail breach arose in many discussions during day one of the annual security conference.
Target Corp. confirms that the December breach that affected 40 million credit and debit cards, along with personal information on up to 70 million customers, had a major impact on the company's earnings in the fourth quarter of 2013.
Log analysis is often used for managed security, but are organizations going far enough with the information they have at their fingertips? Don Gray, chief security strategist for Solutionary, says there is much more organizations could be doing to predict breaches.
Simple credentials, such as passwords, are a hacker's best friend, says Phillip Dunkelberger of Nok Nok Labs, a founding member of the FIDO Alliance. That's why the alliance is working to reduce reliance on passwords by enabling advanced authentication.
In another push for national breach notification legislation, Attorney General Eric Holder is calling on Congress to create a standard in the wake of breaches at Target Corp. and Neiman Marcus.
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