Risk seems to be closing in around us in security terms: Now the Security magazine blog is warning of “6 Links Between Social Media and Violence You Haven’t Thought About”. On its perverse side, social media posting is being linked to mental health, righteous indignation, long -term relationships, fixation and even attack planning. Says Security: […]
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has updated its guidance from 2015 on home network security via the internet. “Home network security,” DHS explains, “refers to the protection of a network that connects devices to each other and to the internet within a home. Whether it’s staying in touch with friends and family, paying your […]
From In Homeland Security comes a reminder of what Memorial Day is all about. “Why we should remember Memorial Day may be a strange question to contemplate. But as we approach this most solemn of all American holidays, far too many of us will think only of barbecues and the kickoff to summer. How many […]
Wired magazine reports that some home and small business routers have become infested with intrusive code and thus a security menace: “Home routers have become the rats to hackers’ bubonic plague: An easily infected, untreated and ubiquitous population in which dangerous digital attacks can spread. “Now security researchers are warning that one group of […]
Anybody looking for you? Got a cellphone? Lisa Vaas on Naked Security reports how it’s now possible easily to “find the real-time location of nearly any US (cell)phone to as close as a few hundred yards.” Security blogger Brian Krebs broke this news earlier this month and it’s now being elaborated on somewhat. Krebs wrote […]
The DarkReading blog has a valuable series of posts on providing information security, a discipline that some organizations don’t understand or practice very well. It’s becoming all the more focal as cyber threats mount in these digital times. The series of slides is entitled “5 Ways to Better Use Data in Security.” It’s worth spending […]
A forthright announcement the other day by Twitter – that it had accidentally placed some user passwords in jeopardy – brought, no surprise, an uproar from the press and some users. The Securiosis blog uses this episode to spark a discussion of the need to adopt “just cultures” in organizations – that is, to understand […]
A school safety security report – the first ever – has been issued by Safe and Sound Schools, which was established after the Sandy Hook school shooting tragedy in Newtown, Conn., on December 14, 2013. “The report,” explains the Security Industry Association blog, illustrates several school safety issues, including a communication gap between educators and […]
Experiencing the security of good business practice is getting harder to count on. You don’t have to read far to find that fraud in various forms, but often digital, is closing in, as in the instance of travel fraud, via airline tickets. Bruce Schneider directs us to an article on that subject. “Every day,” writes […]
Because community banks have vaults, does that make them safe from a new form of security risk – cybersecurity? No, warns the Security magazine blog. “Though banks have long been in the forefront of cybersecurity preparation,” write Seth P. Berman and Thomas J. Curry, “they continue to be top targets of cyber criminals. This can […]