Internal threats

A secure system – especially a system that is used to provide security – has to be trusted. But what underpins that trust? What proof do we have that the main components of our trusted system are implemented properly and won’t fail at a critical moment?

Children today are often far more active Internet users than their parents. Is it safe enough for children to use without fear of facing inappropriate content? To find out we decided to investigate potential online threats to children.

In this blogpost, we will review in detail the possible vectors for an attack launched on a corporate network from an infected computer within it.

Hotels used to offer customers free tablets while using their facilities. In one such hotel a free iPad especially installed in my room included a lot of private personal information from previous guests.

With the emergence of wearables, the convergence between the virtual and the physical world makes people feel more natural using technology all the time. Unfortunately, the emergence of new technologies also entails new security risks.

Now that the Internet of Things is all the rage, I wanted to take a look at a trend in IoT that I find particularly exciting and that’s wearable devices.

Many parents are only too aware of the dangers lurking online and want to shield their children from harmful content. But how do they go about it?

In 2014 we expect significant growth in the number of threats related to economic and domestic cyber-espionage, with cyber-mercenaries/cyber-detectives playing an active role in such attacks. The full report is available here

In 2014 we expect significant growth in the number of threats related to economic and domestic cyber-espionage.

Companies are increasingly falling victim to cyber-attacks. According to a recent survey conducted by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International, 9% of the organizations polled were the victims of targeted attacks – carefully planned activity aimed at infecting the network infrastructure of specific organization. The extensive use of digital devices in business has created ideal conditions

Learn about incidents related to the storage and transfer of corporate documents via a personal mailbox or a cloud service and the use of software for P2P file sharing.

Last weeks have been quite busy with announcements of either master keys or Chinese master keysbeing unveiled, both qualifying as critical vulnerabilities for the Android platform. Although things have finally calmed a bit, we are still waiting for the final act in Las Vegas at Black Hat USA, where Jeff Forristal (the researcher who discovered one of the

According to surveys conducted in Europe and the United States, company employees spend up to 30% of their working hours on private affairs.

Portable applications, stored on removable media, are very convenient. However, such applications can also pose a threat to information security.

The experience of many information security officers shows that only a small portion of security incidents take place as a result of meticulously planned and sophisticated targeted attacks, while most incidents are due to a lack of effective security and control measures.