In a corporate move that's likely to set an important precedent for businesses across industrial sectors, General Motors has chosen to appoint a cybersecurity officer, the first post of its kind at the company, according to Fortune. The appointee, Jeffrey Massimilla, will be charged with protecting ...
When the Gameover Zeus botnet and Cryptolocker ransomware campaign were dismantled earlier this year, many security professionals rejoiced at the thought that the threat of ransomware attacks was dramatically reduced, but the opposite appears to be true. Shortly after Cryptolocker was taken down, ...
Lately, SSL has come under fire and users may be under the impression that, perhaps, there is a problem with SSL. First, there was the announcement of the Heartbleed bug and vulnerabilities related to OpenSSL. Now, there is a lot of buzz about SHA-1 and SHA-2. Different terms are being used, such a...
A newly released report on the preparedness of enterprises to deal with a data breach has found that awareness of data security is the highest it's ever been and more companies are instituting breach response plans to mitigate the effects of a cyberattack. The study, conducted by the Ponemon Insti...
While the Internet of Things is a relatively new technology, it has already delivered some exciting new developments, including light bulbs that change depending on your mood and refrigerators that can talk with your smartphone. The IoT also promises to bring a variety of business benefits along wi...
A new report by Acquity Group has found that consumer adoption of connected technology is growing. The 2014 State of the Internet of Things, which surveyed more than 2,000 people in the U.S. about their use of connected devices, discovered 69 percent of consumers are planning to buy an IoT device fo...
Ten years ago, the 9/11 Commission came out with a nearly 600-page report on the threat of terrorism to the United States and beyond. The report took the form of a comprehensive overview of modern terroristic threats, tracing the emergence of New Terrorism, the rise of Osama Bin Laden and finally pr...
