If you’ve ever parented a teen, you might have noticed that the human species sometimes only learns hard lessons after suffering—firsthand—through the negative consequences of an experience. As much as we try to warn our kids of the potential risks of certain decisions (usually based on mistakes we’ve already made ourselves), it seems they occasionally have to get “burned” … [Read more...]
APT Exploits IE 0day – WSWiR Episode 85
Forum Hijacks, Singapore Hacking, and IE 0day Happy Friday, everyone! The weekend is hours away; but before running off to finish of the last of your work week tasks, why not sit down with a hot cup of joe and catch up on what happened in security news this week? In this episode, I talk about security patches for Microsoft, Adobe, and OpenSSH, cover some interesting web site … [Read more...]
Bitcoin Weakness & Hack – WSWiR Episode 84
Microsoft Zero Day, PCI-DSS Update, and Bitcoin Attacks Ingest this week's biggest security news in one, easy to watch video with WatchGuard Security Week in Review. I consolidate the latest Infosec news in one place, so you don't have to. Today's episode covers the week's security-related software updates, a zero day flaw in Windows and Office, the latest update to PCI-DSS, … [Read more...]
Rising Costs of Data Loss
One of the challenges that businesses regularly face is how to balance the known costs of network, application and data protection against the unknown costs of a data breach or series of breaches. Often, business owners or IT staff are left to guess or worse, fail to acknowledge the costs and consequences of a significant breach of information. Thanks to the Ponemon … [Read more...]
