Are you confident someone isn’t lurking in the background on your computer right now, gathering information and preparing to impersonate you? The era of confidently sending e-mails securely or answering the phone and knowing the caller on the other end has vanished. Today, unprecedented technological advances drive efficiencies and capabilities unimaginable 20 years ago, but they come at a steep price for the unprepared. Cybercriminals are constantly looking for opportunities to gain access to your…

A lack of multi-factor authentication (MFA) which leads to a preventable data breach could result in substantial financial penalties, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has warned. The ICO’s Deputy Commissioner Stephen Bonner told Infosecurity there is no longer any excuse for not deploying MFA across all external connections. “It’s now a well-developed and mature technology that can be deployed relatively straightforwardly, and the benefits far outweigh any costs,” he noted. “We want to add to…

China-linked hacking group FamousSparrow seems to be back in action after several years of inactivity –- and with a revamped cyber arsenal. According to an ESET report published on March 26, FamousSparrow recently compromised several organizations in the US, including a trade group in the US financial sector, a research institute in Mexico and a governmental institution in Honduras. This advanced persistent threat (APT) group, widely believed to be backed by China, was considered dormant…

Adapting to new forms of communication and behavior So the question is not how hiring managers connect with young job candidates who, if they are well-educated, will have many job offers in a tight labor market. Rather, the question is how companies can adapt to new communication and social forms as well as changing value systems — regardless of the generation of applicants and job candidates. The answer lies in a changing system. Although Generation…

El papel del director de sistemas de la información (CIO, por sus siglas en inglés), que antes era estrictamente técnico y se limitaba a gestionar las necesidades internas de una organización, ha experimentado un cambio tectónico masivo. Con la tecnología moldeando rápidamente los resultados empresariales y la infraestructura tecnológica apoyando todos los aspectos del negocio, los CIO ocupan ahora, con mucho merecimiento, un asiento en la mesa. Hablamos con directores de información sobre su polifacético…

Online networks of “sadistic” teenaged boys pose a growing physical and cyber-threat to the UK, the country’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has warned. The agency’s newly published National Strategic Assessment claimed that these “Com” networks typically operate on social media and instant messaging platforms and engage in a wide range of criminality, including cyber-attacks, fraud, extremism, serious violence and child sexual abuse. Such networks are characterized by English-speaking young men who share extremist, violent and child…