Kevin Townsend

Executives may need to reconsider whether Amazon's Alexa personal assistant is listening to more than just their commands. Or perhaps the telephone conference attendee...

Almost since its inception in October 2016, the UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has been considering how to formalize its vulnerability disclosure process....

The Cybersecurity Industry Doesn't Have Artificial Intelligence Right Yet, But it is Promising Technology

Untangle and Malwarebytes Partner to Extend Visibility Across Managed Networks and Endpoints for SMBs

For the last decade, the Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization (AMTSO) has owned the endpoint security testing standards space. It has done much good, bringing...

The Cyber Readiness Institute (CRI) has launched a Cyber Readiness Program designed to provide practical and meaningful assistance to small and medium businesses who...

Misconfigured databases with poor or absent access controls on both cloud and in-house servers is a known and common problem. Where these databases are...

7,000 Twitter Amplification Bots Found in One Day's Search

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly becoming a de facto necessity for cybersecurity. The asymmetric nature of cyberattacks simply overwhelms traditional manual analyst defenses, and...

GCHQ Joins the NSA in Publishing its Vulnerabilities Equities Process

Adam Kujawa, Director of Malwarebytes Labs, has been contemplating the evolution of malware attack and defense, attempting to work out strategies to stay ahead...

Knowing the True Value of Data Assets Will Improve Cyber Security and Promote Meaningful Cyber InsuranceUnderstanding the value of corporate assets is fundamental to...

Brazilian Actors Expand Financial Malware Campaigns to Attack Spanish-Speaking CountriesA detailed analysis from security researchers shows how Brazilian financial malware is spreading beyond national...

Portland, Ore-based startup Acceptto has emerged from stealth today to launch its cognitive authentication platform and announce an unspecified Series A funding round from...

The United States Postal Service (USPS) has fixed an API flaw that potentially exposed data on 60 million customers. A researcher reported the flaw...

The purpose of a government committee is to be critical. If it did nothing but agree with its subject matter status quo, there would...

Leesburg, VA-based anti-phishing firm Cofense (formerly PhishMe) has discovered an uptick in the use of .com file extensions in phishing emails. 

Waltham, MA-based GreatHorn has expanded its machine-learning phishing protection system into a complete email security platform. "This major new expansion of the Company's flagship solution,"...