IBM commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct a Total Economic Impact study and examine the potential return on investment (ROI) enterprises may realize by deploying IBM Trusteer solutions. The purpose of this study is to provide readers with a framework to evaluate the potential financial benefit of IBM Trusteer...
Fifty-nine percent of security leaders believe their current ransomware defenses are above average or superior. And yet 53 percent also say they have been victim of ransomware attacks in the past year.
This is but one of the results of the Ransomware Response Study.
Aimed at determining how prepared...
Organizations in all sectors need to be aware of newly emerging insider threats, including those tied to the dark web, Michael Theis of Carnegie Mellon's CERT Insider Threat Center explains in this video interview.
Cybercriminals broke into the payment card processing system used by the Madison Square Garden Co., owner of Radio City Music Hall and other iconic entertainment venues, harvesting payment card details for nearly a year.
European banks have seen a new wave of ATM jackpotting attacks, where machines are commanded by malware to spit cash into the waiting hands of criminals, according to a new report. But why is this report being cautiously received?
Phishing attacks arguably are the most persistent-and pernicious-cyberattacks that organizations face. They have grown to be more targeted and dangerous, as the variety of attack methods continue to evolve and the number of threat actors proliferate.
Styles of phishing continue to metamorphose from scattershot...
Security vendor Symantec plans to integrate identity theft protection services into its product offerings with its just-announced $2.3 billion pending acquisition of LifeLock, which has 4.4 million customers.
After complaints from merchants and an update from the Fed, Visa has modified debit routing rules, noting that merchants can route U.S. EMV debit transactions through any of more than a dozen available networks, and not just Visa's. The move could have implications for chip-and-PIN use.
The financial sector continues to be a prime target for highly sophisticated, customized attacks. The SWIFT money transfer system recently came under attack resulting in an $81 million heist of the Bangladesh Bank. This number pales in comparison to an estimated $1 billion stolen from over 100 banks worldwide by the...
Now that electronic health records have been widely adopted, the Department of Health and Human Services must do more to promote the exchange of complete, accurate and timely information, subject to appropriate privacy and security safeguards, according to a new federal watchdog report.
Three Mobile, one of the largest U.K. mobile providers, saw more than 132,000 accounts breached in a scam in which fraudsters ordered new devices for customers and then tried to intercept the deliveries.
Retail groups are asking Visa to clarify how it plans to level the playing field for EMV adoption in the U.S. - especially for routing EMV debit payments. In an interview, Mark Horwedel of the Merchant Advisory Group explains MAG's objections to Visa limiting merchants' transaction options for debit payments.
Cyberattacks grab headlines. The severity and frequency of attacks hitting both small and mammoth organizations alike continue to alarm the public...but cyber security professionals are the ones who really lose sleep at night. Before waiting for an attack to occur and scrambling to put a response program into action,...
Cloud-based services can be both a "blessing and curse" when it comes to dealing with security, says John Houston, CISO and associate counsel for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, who explains why in this video interview.
To combat breaches involving insiders, organizations need to limit employees' access to data and more closely monitor access activity, security expert David Gibson of Varonis says in this video interview.
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