A new open payments standard aims to not only enhance card security but also improve and expand the functions available through EMV. Payments expert Roger Applewhite says the standard will open new doors for cryptology and transaction routing.
Samy Kamkar became everyone's virtual friend in October 2005. His MySpace worm is still the most potent one ever unleashed on a social network, but it was just the start of a prolific hacking career.
As the adversaries develop new methods to strike at increasingly vulnerable digital infrastructures, it is time businesses take a hard look at the way defense is approached and recast security models to drive the cost to the attacker up, says Palo Alto Network's Sean Duca.
In an in-depth interview about a new study that identifies thousands of vulnerabilities in cardiac devices, security researcher Billy Rios calls on manufacturers to more carefully consider the compromises they make in balancing the usability benefits to patient care versus the cybersecurity risks.
Two security researchers are attempting to crowdfund a recurring subscription fee to Shadow Brokers' monthly exploit dump club in hopes of helping to prevent or blunt future outbreaks of the WannaCry variety. Cue ethical debate.
Businesses are suffering from an influx of too much security technology packaged into too many solutions offered by too many vendors, says former RSA Chairman Art Coviello, who claims the proliferation of products isn't helping improve cybersecurity.
A cyber-espionage campaign apparently linked to Russia has targeted more than 200 people in 39 countries and leaked victims' stolen information - sometimes in altered form - as part of a disinformation campaign, according to privacy researchers at Citizen Lab.
Cyber-intelligence expert Tom Kellermann sees a growing hostility in cyberspace, and he fears a new wave of advanced threats aimed not just at committing crimes, but at breaching critical infrastructure. Who are the top threat actors, and what are their key targets?
Cybersecurity incidents have evolved considerably since the TJX and Heartland breaches of 2007-08. And so has the discipline of incident response, says former prosecutor Kim Peretti, now a partner at the law firm Alston & Bird. She defines incident response 2.0.
In this special edition of the ISMG Security Report, you'll hear an edited version of an ISMG Fraud and Breach Prevention Summit keynote panel in which current and former federal cybersecurity officials assess the IT security agenda of the Donald Trump administration.
The Indian Railways' free Wi-Fi network was affected more than any other ISP in India by WannaCry, according to a report from eScan. Some experts say the disruptions could have been avoided if the organization maintained basic security hygiene and blocked its excessive SMB traffic.
British Airways grounded all flights at London's two biggest airports starting Saturday, leading to multiple days of disruptions. The airline has blamed a power surge for its IT failures, but experts have questioned the airline's resiliency and disaster recovery planning and testing.
Eastern European cybercrime is evolving, and some of the latest trends defy conventional wisdom. Moscow-based cybersecurity company Group-IB offers an analysis of some of these changes.
The identity of the individual or group behind the global WannaCry ransomware campaign remains unclear. But whoever wrote the ransom notes appears to have been fluent in Chinese and pretty good at written English, according to a linguistic analysis from security firm Flashpoint.
MeitY is requiring every government department in India to appoint a senior staff member as CISO. But some security experts question whether there are enough qualified security experts in all government departments to fill the new CISO positions and suggest departments consider hiring outside experts.
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