The Country Where You Live Impacts Password Choices
Literacy, levels of personal freedom, and other macro-social factors help determine how strong average passwords are in a given locale, researchers have found.
Cyber NewsReport finds women are declining CISO/CSO roles
Professional risk factors into career decisions, and successful women need to encourage other women to accept the risks, says Accenture. The post Report finds women are declining CISO/CSO roles appeared first on TechRepublic.
Cyber NewsFake CISO Profiles on LinkedIn Target Fortune 500s
Someone has recently created a large number of fake LinkedIn profiles for Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) roles at some of the world’s largest corporations. It’s not clear who’s behind this network of fake CISOs or what their intentions may be. But the fabricated LinkedIn identities are confusing search engine results for CISO roles at […]
Cyber NewsMost hackers need 5 hours or less to break into enterprise environments
Around 40% of ethical hackers recently surveyed by the SANS Institute said they can break into most environments they test, if not all. Nearly 60% said they need five hours or less to break into a corporate environment once they identify a weakness. The SANS ethical hacking survey, done in partnership with security firm Bishop […]
Cyber News3 Reasons Why BEC Scams Work in Real Estate
Identity verification could be the key to fighting back and building trust in an industry beset with high-stakes fraud.
Cyber NewsPKI Environment and Hardware Security Module
The use of technology in business has increased significantly during the last decade on a global scale. The difficulties… The post PKI Environment and Hardware Security Module appeared first on JISA Softech Pvt Ltd.
Cyber NewsResearchers Discover Chaos, a Golang Multipurpose Botnet
The tool was written in Chinese and seemed China-based due to its C2 infrastructure
Cyber NewsIT admin admits sabotaging ex-employer’s network in bid for higher salary
A 40-year-old man could face up to 10 years in prison, after admitting in a US District Court to sabotaging his former employer’s computer systems. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Cyber NewsBrandPost: You can’t have zero trust without visibility
Words of wisdom from Sun Tzu: “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.” One of those battles is defending the network against cyberattacks, and it’s constant. The military general and strategist was wise millennia beyond his time. He knew the power of complete visibility […]
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