Surviving the attacks

Newly leaked documents show low-level CIA Mac and iPhone hacks Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.

CSO After Dark Mar 23, 2017 Surviving the attacks Recent global events have once again shown that our world is becoming more violent, with deaths from conflict and terror attacks on the rise. However, public discourse largely neglects the concept of personal situational awareness and self-preparedness in the event of an attack – be it terror or otherwise. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Newly leaked documents show low-level CIA Mac and iPhone hacks • Save $1,100 on the HP LaserJet Enterprise M506dh Printer By Using This Code - Deal Alert • Enterprises misaligning security budget, priorities • How worried should your organization be about cyber espionage? • How to stop insider threats • iPhone, Mac owners: How to stymie hackers extorting Apple, threatening to wipe devices • Hackers threaten to wipe millions of Apple devices, demand ransom Research/Infographic: ITS Partners 10 Examples of Employee Behaviors in the Cloud That Can Increase Risk Every CISO knows that cloud apps are being used by employees. Some are approved apps but most are not. What every CISO doesn't know is the full extent of the actions employees are taking in those cloud apps and how those actions introduce risk. We've summarized the top risky actions employees are taking in an infographic you should print and post on your door. Read More ▶ Newly leaked documents show low-level CIA Mac and iPhone hacks The U.S. CIA has had tools to infect Apple Mac computers by connecting malicious Thunderbolt Ethernet adapters to them since 2012, according to new documents purported to be from the agency and published by WikiLeaks. Read More ▶ DealPost Save $1,100 on the HP LaserJet Enterprise M506dh Printer By Using This Code - Deal Alert HP is having a spring sale, and they've discounted the LaserJet Enterprise M506dh Printer by a whopping $1,100 if you use their special code between now and 3/31. Read More ▶ Enterprises misaligning security budget, priorities Those on staff who are doing the budgeting might blindly write the same amount into the security line every year. Or the C-suite might handcuff the security personnel with a tight budget that doesn't allow for expansion into new security products. How can this be counteracted? Read More ▶ How worried should your organization be about cyber espionage? Criminal gangs are turning over millions from breaching businesses - but the organisations with the biggest budgets are the intelligence agencies of nation states. How seriously should your organisation take cyber espionage? Computerworld UK speaks with Jarno Niemela, senior security researcher at F-Secure. Read More ▶ How to stop insider threats There are a number of things that decision makers can do to protect their companies and minimize, if not eliminate, the threat of employee theft of sensitive and confidential information. Read More ▶ iPhone, Mac owners: How to stymie hackers extorting Apple, threatening to wipe devices Hackers claiming to have hundreds of millions of iCloud credentials have threatened to wipe date from iPhones, iPads and Macs. Read More ▶ Hackers threaten to wipe millions of Apple devices, demand ransom A group of hackers is threatening to wipe millions of iOS devices in two weeks if Apple doesn't pay them US$150,000. Read More ▶ Research/Infographic: ITS Partners 11 Visibility and Control Outcomes of a Mature Cloud Defense System Most everyone knows that as cloud adoption increases, the maturity of cloud security must also increase. But, before investing in the latest and greatest tools, we always recommend that CISOs start by defining what outcomes are important to them - defining what they want their cloud security system to accomplish. Download the infographic to uncover and evaluate the 11 critical outcomes you will need from your cloud defense solution. Read More ▶ Top 5 Stories 1. Inside the Russian hack of Yahoo: How they did it 2. 6 of the most effective social engineering techniques 3. How to write an information security policy 4. Cisco to patch 300 devices against flaw found in CIA archives 5. Experts divided on value of Cyber National Guard Editor's Picks 1. 15 hot, new security and privacy apps for Android and iOS 2. How to get creative with your penetration testing 3. 5 security bolstering strategies that won't break the bank 4. What's wrong with this picture? The NEW clean desk test 5. Inside an attack by the Syrian Electronic Army

You are currently subscribed to CSO After Dark as jonsan98@gmail.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy Learn more about Copyright (C) 2017 CSO Online Media Group, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 Please do not reply to this message. To contact someone directly, send an e-mail to online@csoonline.com.