Cyber Attacks Hit Wells Fargo Website In Latest Security Scare For U.S. Banks
Wells Fargo & Co on Tuesday became the latest bank to suffer problems with its website amid heightened concerns about cyber attacks against U.S. financial institutions.
Introduction to Security Threat Modeling
Recently reviewed Security threat modeling, or threat modeling, is a process of assessing and documenting a system’s security risks. Security threat modeling enables you to understand a system’s threat profile by examining it through the eyes of your potential foes. With techniques such as entry point identification, privilege boundaries and threat trees, you can identify strategies to mitigate potential threats to your system. Your security threat modeling efforts also enable your team to justify security features within a system, or security practices for using the system, to protect your corporate assets.
Iran seen behind cyber attacks on US banks
Experts in the U.S. say they believe Iran’s government is behind this week’s cyber attacks on American banks, not hackers who blamed an anti-Islam film. NBC’s Robert Windrem and Jim Miklaszewski have the story.
Private U.S. networks vulnerable to cyber attack: Pentagon
Privately-owned U.S. computer networks remain vulnerable to cyber attacks, and many U.S. companies are not doing enough to protect them, Deputy U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said on Wednesday.
Laptop Security Tips: How to Keep it From Getting Lost or Stolen
Treat your laptop like cash
Get it out of the car, don't ever leave your laptop behind
Keep it locked, use a security cable
Keep it off the floor, or at least between your feet.
Keep passwords somewhere else, not near the laptop or case
Don't leave it “for just a sec” no matter where you are
Pay attention in airports, especially at the security check
If you have an alarm, turn it on
Democrats push for open Internet, cybersecurity
Democrats late Sunday reiterated support for open Internet policies that protect free speech and consumer choice, stronger cybersecurity laws and the protection of movies and songs from online copyright violations.
Small-business tech security can be had at lower costs
Nasty things began happening at Jones & Wenner not long after the Fairlawn, Ohio, insurance brokerage decided it had grown large enough to handle company e-mail in-house. The free Web mail services the firm's 20 employees had used to conduct business no longer cut it. So the company purchased a Microsoft Outlook Exchange e-mail server. […]
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