Attacks Based on Credential Theft On The Rise, DBIR Says
In the 13th Data Breach Investigations Report, Verizon researchers found that attackers are relying less on malware and more on...
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Fahmida Y. Rashid
Senior Managing EditorFahmida brings over a decade of IT security news reporting along with ten years of network administration and software development to Decipher.
Every security story has a human face, and her goal is to bring those stories to light. As the senior managing editor of Decipher, she will focus on ways security can impact how people live, work, and play. She enjoys working on stories that speak to those outside the security industry, highlighting the intersection of security and other technology areas. Over the years, she has seen enough to make her overzealous about her personal threat-model, but she doesn’t hold it against anyone for having a more relaxed worldview.
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Decipher Library: First Edition
We've put together a list of security and privacy related book recommendations from people across the industry, from technical...
Security Norms Must Shift in a Crisis
With so many employees and contractors working remotely, security teams and CISOs grapple with the job of continuing to protect...
Hacking Medical Devices to Hijack Secure Facilities
Security researchers have demonstrated in the past how implanted medical devices such as insulin pumps and pacemakers can be compromised. A team from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University investigated how these devices could be used to compromise secure facilities used to work on classified information.
Lawmakers Ask FTC to Investigate Data Brokers
A group of Congressional lawmakers urged the Federal Trade Commission to investigate ad-tech companies and data brokers who collect and sell consumers’ personal information.
Criminals Find a Way to Clone EMV Cards
The shift from payment cards with magnetic stripes to EMV chips was supposed to stomp out card cloning, except cybercriminals appear to have figured out a workaround.
Microsoft to Remove Windows Updates Using SHA-1 Hash
Microsoft strikes another nail in the SHA-1 coffin with the announcement that all updates that had been signed using SHA-1 hash will be removed from the Microsoft Download Center.
FBI Warns of DDoS Attacks Abusing Network Protocols
The Federal Bureau of Investigation warned in a “private industry notification” last week that attackers are increasingly using amplification techniques in distributed denial-of-service attacks. There has been an uptick in attack attempts since February, the agency’s Cyber Division said in the alert.