Top-earning researchers make 2.7 times the median salary of a software engineer.
Three-Quarters of Businesses Saw Phishing Attacks in 2017
Further, nearly half of information security professionals surveyed said that the rate of attacks increased from 2016.
(ISC)² Names Board Chairperson, New Board Members
Kevin Charest, CISO for Health Care Service Corp. (HCSC) and the 2017 (ISC)² board of directors secretary, has been named chairperson.
World Economic Forum: Cyber-Attacks Third Most Likely Global Risk in 2018
World Economic Forum to launch new global center for cybersecurity next week
Alleged Leakedsource Admin Arrested in Canada
Man charged with trafficking in identity data
Oracle Patches Spectre Flaw in x86 Servers
January Critical Patch Update contains 237 new fixes
Only Half of UK Firms Have Cloud Security Policy
Gemalto study finds awareness, visibility and controls are sorely lacking
Meltdown, Spectre Patching Lags Thanks to AV Incompatibility
A Barkly survey found that at half of survey organizations, less than 25% of machines have received the update.
Man Running ‘Product Testing’ Service for Malware Made Thousands
A UK man has confessed to running a ‘product-testing’ service that let hackers determine whether their malicious tools could beat antivirus scanners.
Spurred by Bitcoin Appreciation, Financially Motivated Attacks Surge
50% of surveyed companies have experienced a cyber-attack motivated by ransom in the past year.