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Cyber LEAP Act aims for innovations through Cybersecurity Grand Challenges
New bill seeks to set up competitions across the US to spur security breakthroughs.
Bug bounty platforms buy researcher silence, violate labor laws, critics say
The promise of crowdsourced cybersecurity, fueled by "millions of hackers," turns out to be a pipe dream, despite high-octane marketing from the bug bounty platforms.
11 penetration testing tools the pros use
Penetration testing is a simulated cyber attack where professional ethical hackers break into corporate networks to find weaknesses ... before attackers do.
The OPM hack explained: Bad security practices meet China's Captain America
How the OPM hack happened, the technical details, and a timeline of the infiltration and response.
Why hacking must be addressed in digital privacy policymaking
Virtually all attention to date has been focused on developing legal and regulatory remedies to address digital privacy. But little attention has been paid to the flip side of this two-sided coin—namely, digital hacking.
Avoiding the pitfalls of operating a honeypot
Businesses should think very carefully before moving forward with any honeypot project.
How a bank got hacked
Notorious hacker Phineas Phisher claims to have netted hundreds of thousands of pounds sterling in a 2016 hack of the Cayman National Isle of Man Bank. Here's how he did it and why it's cause for concern.
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Printers: The overlooked security threat in your enterprise | TECHtalk
Printers, often a forgotten target in the enterprise, are vulnerable to all the usual cyberattacks. Watch as IDG TECH(talk) hosts Ken Mingis and Juliet Beauchamp and CSO Online’s J.M. Porup discuss the threats to these devices, plus...
How a small business should respond to a hack
With small business finding itself in hackers’ crosshairs as much as the big boys, it’s imperative to have an immediate response plan in the event of an attack.
Capital One hack shows difficulty of defending against irrational cybercriminals
The motivation of the malicious actor who stole data of more than 100 million people was driven by emotional distress and did not follow traditional hacker patterns.
Have you been ransomware’d yet?
You need to understand why this is one of the most potent attacks – what you must do to avoid becoming a target.
Beware rogue email rules and forms
Creating malicious rules and forms in a compromised email client is an old but effective hacker trick that evades traditional antimalware software. Here’s how to make sure you can detect it.
Inside the 2014 hack of a Saudi embassy
According to documents seen by CSO, an unknown attacker took control of the official email account of the Saudi embassy in The Netherlands and demanded a ransom of $50 million for ISIS.
Sharks and phishers are circling, looking to snag a bite
Security professionals need to work together to come up with effective threat strategies, better training and intelligence alert systems in effort to keep phishing attacks at a minimum.
What are the security implications of Elon Musk's Neuralink?
Wacky science fiction has come to life with Elon Musk’s latest idea: chips implanted in human heads that talk to smart devices. What could possibly go wrong?
Stealing money in the digital age: The dark industry of trafficking financial data
Cybercriminal gangs dealing in credit card and other financial data have refined their tools and changed their ideology for more profitable attacks.
11 top DEF CON and Black Hat talks of all time
Hacker summer camp in Vegas is almost upon us again. Here are some of the best talks of all time. Will this year's talks measure up to these legends?
