Where is the greatest potential for the implementation of blockchain in healthcare? Attorney Steven Teppler discusses the possibilities for the distributed ledger technology as well as its security pros and cons.
Mark Karpeles, the former head of hacked Tokyo-based bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, has continued to maintain his innocence during the closing arguments in an embezzlement trial against him, Japanese local media report. Prosecutors are seeking a 10-year prison sentence for the French national.
In the aftermath of the Marriott breach, it's fair to characterize Gartner's Avivah Litan as mad as hell and not wanting the U.S. to take it anymore. Going into 2019, Litan has policy and technology recommendations for national cyber defense.
Israel-based Yehuda Lindell, a cryptography professor, describes how to use secure multiparty computation technology to protect cryptographic keys and describes other potential security applications.
Our goal with this report has always been to track the ever-shifting contours of the cyber-threat landscape and communicate what
we're seeing to our readers.
Generally speaking, the TLI is based on the premise that if organizations are seeing more threats more frequently, then things are
getting worse. If the...
Why is ramping up vendor risk management such a critical component of compliance with the EU's General Data Protection Regulation? Attorney Steven Teppler provides insights.
Financial fraud can be notoriously hard to detect and easy to cover up. But does blockchain technology with its distributed digital ledger now offer a new tool to help organizations reduce risk and prevent fraud? Which key business and technical factors will help blockchain scale for the large enterprise? Attend this...
Threat actors increasingly look toward illicit cryptomining as an easy source of income. Cryptomining is the production of virtual currency, also known as cryptocurrency, such as Bitcoin and Monero. It comes at the expense of system performance and power consumption. Moreover, threat actors are infiltrating networks...
A new exploit opportunity has fallen into the laps of Cybercriminals. They have now set their sights on the virtual (and volatile) world of cryptocurrency. Since the start of 2017 various currencies have rocketed and tumbled in value - this represents a valuable new opportunity for cybercriminals to increase their...
An analysis of a crackdown on criminals' use of encrypted communications leads the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report. Also: a preview of ISMG's Healthcare Security and Legal & Compliance summits, including expert insights on vendor risk management.
As organizations investigate public and private blockchains to secure transactions and facilitate peer-to-peer transactions, they must ensure they know who's responsible, what the system is doing, what the cybersecurity and legal risks are and who's managing it, says attorney John Salmon.
Among cybercrimes, financial fraud in particular can be notoriously hard to detect and easy to cover up. But is blockchain technology, with its distributed digital ledger, a new tool to help organizations reduce risk and improve the overall cybersecurity posture? Or is it potentially a source of further cybersecurity...
Cryptojackers and eavesdroppers are continuing to exploit a one-time zero-day flaw in unpatched MikroTik routers, despite a patch that's been available for six months as well as the actions of a vigilante "gray hat" hacker who's forcibly "fixed" 100,000 vulnerable routers.
An analysis of attacks against cryptocurrency exchanges over nearly two years shows hackers have inflicted $882 million in damages, according to the Russian security firm Group-IB. The tally of losses is likely to grow next year, the company warns.
At RSA Conference 2018 Asia Pacific & Japan, Information Security Media Group conducted dozens of video interviews with industry thought leaders. Here are the highlights.
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