When the Data Thief is a Company
Two recent lawsuits highlight the risk of data theft by competitors.
Two recent lawsuits highlight the risk of data theft by competitors.
In the last couple of decades, law enforcement and intelligence agencies have been quite successful in disrupting various terrorist and organized crime groups by going after their financing. That’s one of the key methods the U.S. government used in attacking al Qaeda after 9/11 and the FBI and DEA have employed the same strategy for years in narcotics investigations. Now we’re beginning to see the same strategy applied to anti-cybercrime operations.
Our latest demo looks at the Digital Guardian endpoint agent’s ability to detect stealthy malware C&C communications designed to evade detection by network security tools.
Our latest demo looks at the Digital Guardian endpoint agent’s ability to detect stealthy malware C&C communications designed to evade detection by network security tools.
Learn about threat monitoring solutions in Data Protection 101, our series on the fundamentals of information security.
The theft of an estimated one billion user accounts from Yahoo! was big news on Wednesday. But for Yahoo! users, the damage from the 2013 incident has almost certainly already been done.
In the aftermath of the election, many people in the security and privacy communities have expressed renewed concerns about the possibility the federal government might again try to implement backdoors or otherwise weaken encryption. It will likely be months before we see any movement on that front, but for now, a new report from the European Union’s information security agency says in no uncertain terms that backdoored encryption is bad for users and undermines the security of the network for everyone.
In the aftermath of the election, many people in the security and privacy communities have expressed renewed concerns about the possibility the federal government might again try to implement backdoors or otherwise weaken encryption. It will likely be months before we see any movement on that front, but for now, a new report from the European Union’s information security agency says in no uncertain terms that backdoored encryption is bad for users and undermines the security of the network for everyone.
Tim Bandos and Paul Roberts sit down to discuss threat hunting in our latest podcast.
Tim Bandos and Paul Roberts sit down to discuss threat hunting in our latest podcast.