Tag: hackers
Buckle Up: It’s Time for 2024 Security Predictions
It doesn’t take a prophet to know that computer security will be in the news in 2024, and probably not in a good way. What we don’t know are the particulars of how cybercriminals will be trying to penetrate defenses Read more…
DARPA Issues Cyber Challenge to Find and Fix Security Vulns with AI
Today at Black Hat USA conference, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) announced the AI Cyber Challenge (AIxCC), a two-year competition to build artificia Read more…
Data Leaders Share Thoughts on World Backup Day
As far as holidays go, World Backup Day does not generate the excitement of Christmas or Halloween. There is no mascot, such as a “Backup Bunny” (sorry, Easter), nor any imbibing of adult beverages, as on St. Patrick Read more…
Data Under Attack During COVID-19
Sandia National Laboratories and IQVIA are among the biotech organizations that are working to safeguard sensitive biological data from cybercriminals that are using the COVID-19 pandemic as cover to expand their attacks Read more…
Why Security Pros Need To Think Like Data Gurus
In the information security space, innovation is the name of the game. When your adversary ups her game, you must take steps to improve yours too. But according to security experts, today's cyber threats have grown so so Read more…
Mr. Robot Thrills Elastic Crowd with Real-World Hacks
Have you ever watched a hacking scene in a TV show or a movie and cringed at the flashing lights, the whirring sirens, and other ridiculous depictions of technology? The folks behind the hit hacker drama Mr. Robot sure h Read more…
Hacker Hunting: Combatting Cybercrooks with Big Data
When it comes to cybersecurity, the big data explosion represents both a liability and an asset. On the one hand, big collections of data represent a treasure trove that hackers would love to get their dirty little mitts Read more…
Masking Technical Complexity in the Security Data Lake
Today's growing cybersecurity threat demands a sophisticated response, one that increasingly involves the utilization of big data technologies like parallel file systems and machine learning. However, some security exper Read more…
Cybersecurity Grabs the Big Data Spotlight
For all the good that big data can bring your company, it also introduces certain risks. Thanks to a growing awareness about the importance of cybersecurity as a result of recent high-profile breaches, businesses will ha Read more…
Criminals Are Using Big Data Tech, And So Should You
If your company's big data collection fell into the wrong hands, it could be devastating. That's not news. But what you might not be aware of is the fact that cybercriminals are increasingly using advanced analytic tools Read more…
Pulling the Threads of Big Security Data
New software from Exabeam promises to help security researchers spot malicious users by "pulling the threads" of big security data and thereby uncovering patterns that otherwise would be difficult to discern. The new Read more…
The Dark Web Gets a Little Brighter, Thanks to Big Data
Illegal drugs. Stolen credit card numbers. Hitmen for hire. These are some of things you can find on the Dark Web, a part of the Internet that's not indexed by traditional search engines and where people browse in comple Read more…
Big Data-Powered Authentication Gives Security a Much-Needed Boost
Trillions of dollars are at stake in the ongoing battle against cybercriminals and fraudsters. Whether it's Russian cybercriminals hacking into retail chains or a kid in New Jersey filing fraudulent claims, stolen creden Read more…