73% said it takes an unacceptably long time for businesses to realize theyve been breached Phil Muncaster British consumers are fast losing patience with the business they patronize, with a…
Why Cybercrime Now Exceeds Conventional Crime
Cybersecurity Expert Alan Woodward Analyzes the Implications Mathew J. Schwartz Online crime worldwide is increasingly displacing conventional forms of property crime, such as burglary and robbery. In London, for example,…
Sutter Health Incident Illustrates Email Risks
Unsecure Communication Remains an Industrywide Problem Marianne Kolbasuk McGee Sutter Health’s revelation that a former employee inappropriately sent patient information to a personal email account in violation of the organization’s…
Russian Cybercrime Rule No. 1: Don't Hack Russians
Russian Authorities Have Increasingly Arrested Hackers Who Hack Russians Mathew J. Schwartz Security experts trace many of the world’s cybercrime attacks to Russia, as well as other former Soviet bloc…
Traders pay $30m to settle newswire hacking case
Two defendants settle after a multi-million dollar asset freeze By Martyn Williams The Securities and Exchange Commission says two of the 32 parties charged with profiting from information hacked from…
Malvertising Campaign Rages Undetected For 3 Weeks
Instead of injecting nasty code into ads, attackers pose as legitimate advertisers and manipulate ad networks’ chain of trust. Sara Peters Although malvertising campaigns are usually detected after a few…