Verizon's annual Data Breach Investigations Report has triggered an avalanche of criticism that researchers made critical errors when studying and reporting on the top 10 most frequently exploited software vulnerabilities.
The notion of API management in which enterprise architects, app developers and IT security experts work in harmony is great in theory. The reality, according to new research from Ovum, is much more scattered.
It's been a half-year now since Art Gilliland stepped into the role of CEO at startup security company Skyport Systems. What lessons has he learned from the marketplace, and where does he expect Skyport to make its mark? Find out in this video interview.
Security experts warn enterprises to patch the serious "glibc" domain name system flaw now, with one likening it to a "skeleton key" that could be used against all systems and Internet of Things devices that run Linux.
The Gartner Magic Quadrant is one of the most influential research tools that IT buyers use to evaluate vendors and keep pace with the accelerating shift from Mobile Device Management activity to Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) strategy.
Ten years ago the smart phone, and a few years later the tablet, changed...
It's now widely recognized that antivirus software is insufficient to protect organizations, large or small, from advanced threats and targeted attacks. In response, organizations are increasingly looking to adopt proactive approaches to security, such as application control, to ensure the fidelity and security of...
Healthcare organizations need to carefully scrutinize the security of electronic health records and other applications they use because encryption and other features often have shortcomings, says Chris Wysopal, CISO at the security firm Veracode.
Virtualization promises to boost efficiency and cut costs, making it an important element in your IT department's efforts to do more with less. Whether you're running applications on physical or virtual machines, you still need to stay vigilant to guard against the constant and growing hazard of malware and other...
Millions of Android devices - as well as desktops and servers - are at risk from a newly disclosed flaw in the Linux kernel that a malware-wielding attacker could exploit to seize full control of the device.
Hundreds of millions of PCs are at risk of being remotely exploited, after a security researcher released proof-of-concept exploit code for separate, newly discovered flaws in software preinstalled on systems by Dell, Lenovo and Toshiba.
Applications are a primary target for cyber-attacks. Historically, Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) have been a popular choice for protecting production applications from attack. But they have limitations, and advice on how to bypass a WAF is readily available.
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Ireland's Cyber Crime Conference in Dublin drew a capacity crowd for a full day of security briefings, networking, hotly contested capture-the-flag and secure-coding challenges, as well as a chance to sharpen one's lock-picking skills.
Dell is moving to patch a customer-support application preinstalled on many laptops and PCs after security researchers found that it installs a root certificate that could be abused by attackers to intercept private data.
Despite near-constant warnings from law enforcement officials and the information security community, too many organizations still aren't taking security seriously, experts warned at the Irish Cyber Crime Conference in Dublin.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued a Guide to Application Whitelisting that provides step-by-step instructions on deploying automated application whitelisting to help prevent malware from accessing IT systems.
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