The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) has published a paper on the return on security investment (RoSI); being the problems inherent in calculating a return on investment for loss prevention rather than profit gain.
Europol takes down major card fraud network
Europol has today announced the arrest of 56 suspected card fraudsters, 38 in Bulgaria, 17 in Italy and one in The Netherlands, in an operation involving 400 police officers coordinated from the Operational Centre at Europol headquarters in The Hague.
Facebook, FBI team up to crack botnet ring
The US Department of Justice and the FBI, along with international law enforcement partners, have arrested 10 individuals suspected of operating an international cybercrime ring that has compromised 11 million computer systems and caused more than $850…
Fighting off botnets demands public–private sector partnership
Botnets are a rising tide in the malware ocean, but implementing a set of security best practices can aid organizations in erecting levies against it.
BeyondTrust purchases Windows system management specialist
Access management specialist BeyondTrust, headquartered in Carlsbad, California, has acquired Blackbird Group to bolster its product portfolio.
Mixed bag of attitudes and success with encryption
Almost half of businesses worldwide have started using encryption technology to protect critical data, and encryption is now the fifth most used protection technique claims a new report.
The cloud is loved, but not trusted
‘Do as I say, not as I do’ seems to be the attitude toward the cloud held by security professionals – it’s good enough for company data, but not our own data.
Companies are losing control of their data to the mobile revolution
Users are sharing information on social networks and using public cloud services to move data from corporate to personal devices in ways that by-pass company security policies and systems, and expose company data.
1.6 million records hacked and dumped by GhostShell
Hacking group Team GhostShell launches a new logo, drops 1.6 million hacked records in the name of ProjectWhiteFox (NASA, European Space Agency, Bigelow Aerospace and more), and signs off until the new year.
Shamoon was an external attack on Saudi oil production
In its first comment on the apparent purpose behind the August Shamoon attack on Aramco, Saudi Arabia said Sunday that it was an external attack not just against Aramco, but against the Saudi economy.