Fast-food chain Wendy’s said Thursday that customers’ personal information was compromised in a series of cyber attacks that started last year. Wendy’s, which has been investigating “unusual payment-card activity” since early this year, said that cardholder names, credit or debit card numbers and expiration dates are among data targeted in an attack on a point-of-sale […]

For over 20 years, organizations have been attempting to secure their networks and protect their data. However, have any of their efforts really improved security? Today we hear journalists and industry experts talk about the erosion of the perimeter. Some say it’s squishy, others say it’s spongy, and yet another claims it crunchy. Are they […]

Researchers have developed a method of identifying linguistic clues in electronic communications that could point to possible cases of deception. Could lie-detecting algorithms reduce the impact of phishing emails?

NSFOCUS Wins 2016 Information Management Award NetworkWorld Asia Names NSFOCUS Solution “The Most Promising Cyber Security Solution” Santa Clara, Ca. June 28, 2016 – NSFOCUS, a global network and application security provider, today announced that it has received top honors in the NetworkWorld Asia 2016 Information Management Award for the most promising cyber security solution […]

For more than a decade, attackers have used distributed denial of service attacks to disrupt their victims’ operations, often taking organizations completely offline. The motivations behind these attacks include notoriety, competitive advantage, cyber warfare, terrorism, hacktivism and/or extortion. Bandwidth- or resource-saturating DDoS attacks are effective, but today they are not the most common type of […]

One of the most concerning characteristics of the Godless malware is the ability to receive remote instructions on which app to download and install on mobile devices, without the user’s knowledge. This is called command and control (C&C). Being a DDoS subject matter expert, I believe this has the makings of something more insidious than […]

Lizard Squad is best known for launching DDoS attacks against Microsoft Xbox Live and Sony PlayStation Network, and doing so ‘for the lulz!’ SC Magazine UK has been pondering whether the motivation actually matters? Blizzard CS’s Battle.net platform was experiencing ‘technical difficulties’ that disrupted logins for Overwatch, Hearthstone and World of Warcraft gamers earlier this […]

NSFOCUS Wins Microsoft Mitigation Bypass Bounty Award For Fourth Consecutive Year. NSFOCUS Security Labs Researcher Zhang Yunhai Is Recognized For Exceptional Security Contribution; Consecutive Win Streak Sets New Milestone Santa Clara, Ca. June 22, 2016 – NSFOCUS, a global network and application security provider, today announced that it has received the prestigious Microsoft Mitigation Bounty […]

Private sector executives praised the information-sharing implementation of the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 during a House subcommittee hearing on Wednesday. The hearing witnesses celebrated the legislation’s protections from liability.

Track: General Security Author: Stephen Gates, Chief Research Intelligence Analyst, NSFOCUS In my travels around the globe, I am often asked what strides an organization should take in order to measurably reduce their exposure to cyber threat actors, and their relentless cyber-attacks. Deploying the right security technologies obviously makes good sense. However, no matter how much […]