by Infospectives | May 15, 2016 | Corporate Security
In mid May we found out the Bank of Bangladesh lost a reported $81m when crooks managed to fraudulently redirect funds to shady recipients via the Swift international money transfer system. Then we found out it had happened again…and again…and...
by Infospectives | May 6, 2016 | Corporate Security
The first post called out fairly damning findings about the state of vendor security governance at most firms, and looked at the criticality of: Early engagement Doing triage Clarity about vendor selection criteria and contractual requirements Building in means to...
by Infospectives | Apr 7, 2016 | Corporate Security, Featured
We are all increasingly dependent on third parties for our security, and most folk are doing a shockingly bad job of managing related risks. Target and their air conditioning supplier, OPM and just about all their key suppliers, Mossack Fonesca and 2.6 BILLION odd...
by Infospectives | Feb 14, 2016 | Corporate Security, InfoSec, Security for all
So it’s happened…Microsoft have made downloading their latest operating system non-optional for most of you It will be downloaded onto any Windows 7, 8 or 8.1 machine with automatic updates enabled, and will automatically initiate the installation (albeit...
by Sarah Clarke | Jan 30, 2016 | Corporate Security, Featured, InfoSec
Norse Corp is in trouble – Just a company-specific blow, or raising bigger questions about threat intelligence value? Today Brian Krebs quoted sources who say Norse Corp is in serious trouble, to the point where an emergency buy out by CloudFlare has reportedly...