Spam counts going up? Users seeing less items in the junk-mail box? A noticeable decrease in the number of e-mail borne virus infections? If you’re using Spamhaus, you’ve probably noticed all these things and more lately. The recent inclusion of entire class b addresses on the lasso list has had a significant impact on spam [...]
09
Jun
Follow up: SMB’s acquire the bullseye
On May 27th, a magistrate from the US District court in Maine ruled that a bank had no liability for the loss of over $500,000.00 from a construction companies bank account. The construction company was compromised by external malware, which was used to steal banking credentials and the answers to security challenge questions. The bank [...]
31
May
Seven catastrophic breach risks
Not all breaches are created equally. Perhaps, more importantly, not all breaches are equally dangerous. It’s the impossible task to protect your data from an ever broadening circle of threats, attempting to keep up with a motivated and capable attacker. Faced with such daunting odds, data security has just one hope, proper prioritization of the [...]
24
May
Seriously limiting your risk
Avoid, mitigate, accept, transfer and (sometimes) deny. It’s the traditional rejoinder to dealing with risk for most organizations. In the real world, it’s usually the best of nothing but bad choices. Business needs combine with user expectations to create a literal puzzle of risk choices. We allow social networks because they are important to today’s [...]
09
May
SMB’s acquire the bullseye
The notion that cyber-incidents are motivated primarily by money is nothing new. Since 2005, the world of computer exploitation has been more profitable than the drug trade. Add in the nearly non-existent risk of prosecution and you have a brave new world for criminals. Recently, Javelin Strategy and Research released it’s Small and Medium Business [...]
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