Tag Archives: cyber threats

Let's make systems more secure, rather than blacklisting more efficient…

For the sake of argument, let’s say an anti-malware strategy combining cloud-based malware identification and information sharing capabilities could eliminate the bulk of malware. Even in a perfect world with perfect collaboration, such an approach will fall short of protecting … Continue reading

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Saying "good night" to "Night Dragon"…

While it has been in existence for years (which is another issue altogether), there is a “new” critical infrastructure attack in the news today: “Night Dragon”. In addition to naming this new attack with a really cool name, our friends … Continue reading

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How to stop 60,000 new threats each day… without knowing them or killing performance.

It’s really puzzling to me to think about how today’s IT security professionals are trying to stop cyber threats. I mean, why go through the trouble of detecting 60,000 newly discovered threats each day, not to mention endure the performance … Continue reading

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Researcher suggests hackers have already infiltrated critical infrastructures

For organizations that run the nation’s most critical infrastructures, it’s important to understand that today’s targeted cyber attacks are designed to carry out any number of activities including monitoring network processes to bringing down the grid. Just because hackers haven’t … Continue reading

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Cyber attacks top terrorism as biggest concern for Indian companies

Escalating revenue losses from cyber crimes and understaffed network security teams have Indian companies more concerned about cyber attacks than terrorism. In the article, “Cyber attacks worry firms more than terrorism,” the “2010 State of Enterprise Security Study” conducted by … Continue reading

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