Verizon Enterprise Solutions – a B2B division of the telecommunications company that provides data breach response services – is reportedly facing a breach of its own. According to a report by investigative journalist Brian Krebs, a database containing the contact information of approximately 1.5...

The scourge of ransomware is by far today’s biggest computer security concern. By stepping into the crypto realm, cybercrooks have thrown down the gantlet to antivirus labs around the globe that are still mostly helpless in the face of this challenge. While many experts have been busy reverse-engineering obtained ransomware samples and posting...

In the information security space, there’s no shortage of insight that says increased technology and hardware are needed to combat the loss of information from expensive IT infrastructure. However, the real problems often lie in fallible human beings who’ve been entrusted to maintain the infrastructure and are failing to do so. Meanwhile, it’s...

Google has patched three security issues in Chrome 49, the most recent version of its popular web browser. On Tuesday, the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) released a bulletin announcing the tech giant's latest round of patches."Google has released Chrome version 49.0.2623.87 to address multiple vulnerabilities for Windows,...

Today’s VERT Alert addresses 13 new Microsoft Security Bulletins. VERT is actively working on coverage for these bulletins in order to meet our 24-hour SLA and expects to ship ASPL-660 on Wednesday, March 9th. Ease of Use (published exploits) to Risk Table Automated Exploit Easy ...

Tripwire isn't a patch management company, so why we conducted an extensive survey on patch fatigue is a worthwhile question to ask. The fact is, we spend a lot of time talking about and working with patches, even though we never actually deploy one for a customer. We spend so much time on patching because we're a vulnerability management vendor....

The US Department of Defense (DoD) announced last week the first ever cyber bug bounty program in the history of the federal government, inviting vetted hackers to test the security of the department’s network, website and applications. Dubbed “Hack the Pentagon,” the agency said its pilot bug bounty program is modeled after similar competitions...

Security breaches, also known as a safety violation, occur when a person or application illegally enters a confidential IT border. This could result in the hacking of unauthorized data, services, networks and applications that are highly critical. Breaches can also cause bankruptcy and destroy a company’s reputation, which is why most businesses...

Social engineering is perhaps the most dangerous vector of attack available to hackers. Social engineering could be a phone call made by an attacker to extract data; an email phishing attack that is composed to look like a legitimate request to gain sensitive information; or a physical intrusion into the building by someone claiming false credentials....

The world of technology is never in stasis, but as frantic as the field is, information security moves even faster. Those of us who work to stay aware of the latest trends in cyber security sometimes lose sight of the sobering reality that most people don't have the time or drive to do this--especially if it's not paying the bills. The combination...

This week, I am torn between attending RSA 2016 in San Francisco or HIMSS (Healthcare Information Management Systems Society), a very large healthcare conference in Las Vegas that annually attracts over 44,000 healthcare & IT professionals. Well, there's good news. I am going to both. Why? Cyber security is a major focus at HIMSS. In fact, there is...

The recent announcement from the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) that it will be moving the PCI 3.1 deadline to June 2018 – giving an extra 24 months – caught my attention and reminded me of the ongoing dance between compliance and security. From a compliance and operational standpoint, the new deadline gives organizations...

The cyber security industry is growing faster than ever as companies increase their level of monitoring and analysis to protect themselves from breaches and data loss. The imperative for security professionals to be fast and accurate in recognizing and remediating security threats makes the user experience in security products absolutely critical. ...

Securing the Internet of Things (IoT) has become increasingly difficult. Devices are often shipped with out-of-date operating systems and unmaintained code, which is littered with vulnerabilities. To add to the frustration, traditional security tools cannot be installed on many of these devices. For many users, especially home and SMBs, there are...

Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, the RSA Conference creates invaluable opportunities for attendees to connect with top security leaders, discover innovative technologies and deliberate the industry’s most pressing issues. With over 30,000 attendees, this annual event continues to help drive the information security agenda worldwide, and...

In today's interconnected world, computer crime knows no age requirements. People of all ages are capable of committing malicious acts online. That includes teenagers. For example, in October 2015, a teenager allegedly breached the email account of CIA Director John Brennan. UK authorities now believe that they have arrested that same individual,...

In today's ever-evolving world, the PC is no longer the sole endpoint found on organizations' networks. It is joined by the likes of servers and point-of-sale terminals (PoS), endpoint devices which are contributing to a growing complexity of modern IT environments. Such change demands that IT professionals rethink their organizations' endpoint...

Today’s VERT Alert addresses 13 new Microsoft Security Bulletins. VERT is actively working on coverage for these bulletins in order to meet our 24-hour SLA and expects to ship ASPL-656 on Wednesday, February 10th. Ease of Use (published exploits) to Risk Table Automated Exploit ...

It's one of Microsoft's best kept secrets. First released in 2009, the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit from Microsoft (EMET for short) has been helping companies reduce the risk of being exploited via unknown vulnerabilities in Windows and Windows applications. By detecting and preventing the buffer overflows and memory corruption...

It has been a busy couple of months for the web's most notorious exploit kits (EKs). Back in September, researchers detected a ransomware attack that leveraged outdated content management systems (CMS) in order to redirect user traffic to malicious domains infected with the Neutrino exploit kit and Teslacrypt ransomware. Another ransomware attack...