Booz Allen Draws Out Cybersecurity Trends with Financial Organizations in Mind

Booz Allen Hamilton recently released what it found to be the top ten trends in cybersecurity, particularly for those in financial services.

With senior executives standing as the moving targets of cyber threats and mobile device security making the list, the firm suggests that these threats have effects that can permeate all parts of a financial services organization. 

“These trends…

Avoiding Hook, Line and Sinker: Q&A with Anup Ghosh on Spear Phishing

Cyber attacks hitting high-profile targets have recently dominated the headlines, and there is no indication the trend will slow down anytime soon. Here, Invincea Founder and CEO Anup Ghosh talks to The New New Internet about the uptick in spear phishing, what role social media play and what steps to…

Expert: Virtual Browser Can Stop Zero-Day Attacks

Switching to virtual browsers could solve the growing problem of zero-day threats for network defenders, according to an industry cyber expert and a former FBI chief information officer.

In an interview with Defense News, CACI‘s Senior Vice President Zal Azmi said virtual browsers do not store any data on computer hard drives–including

Stuxnet Worm Suspected of Targeting ‘High-Value’ Infrastructure in Iran

One of the most sophisticated and complex pieces of malware ever detected was probably targeting “high-value” infrastructure in Iran, BBC News reports.

Some researchers claim the intricacy of Stuxnet indicates the malware could only have been created by a national government agency. Experts believe the malware to be the first of its kind to target critical infrastructure such as power stations, water plants and industrial units. Although…

Return of the Aurora Attackers?

Researchers at Symantec say a new round of targeted web assaults appear to come from the same group responsible for last year’s attacks against Google and other major U.S. businesses.

Writing on the Symantec Security blog, researcher Karthik Selvaraj said evidence collected on the new targeted attacks have  many of the…

Security Flaws Cheap to Purchase

The vast majority of flaws are sold for $5,000 or less, according to a recent survey  posted by Unsecurity Research. The survey examined the trustworthiness and responsiveness for organizations that buy vulnerabilities. TippingPoint’s Zero Day Initiative is the highest rated by researchers as the most trustworthy, making the buyer of choice.

The survey asked researchers that have sold vulnerabilities to private and public buyers to rate the buyers…

Critical Infrastructure Targeted by Malware

Organizations within the critical infrastructure, such as oil, energy and chemical industries, experienced a higher percentage of malware in 2009 than organizations in other sectors. According to web security firm ScanSafe, critical infrastructure companies experienced at least twice as much malware as other organizations.

According to ScanSafe’s ‘Annual Global Threat Report 2009,’ the energy and oil industries suffered the largest amount of data-theft Trojans, experiencing over 350 percent more…