Why Cybersecurity Needs to be a Part of Your ESG

What is an ESG? Environmental, social, and corporate governance ESG documentation is a way to visualize and evaluate how an organization is working for the betterment of social goals and how that organization is responding to the cry for greener, more aware, and more responsible, sustainable...

Credential Stuffing and Account Takeover -- The Business View

Account takeovers ATOs, in which criminals impersonate legitimate account owners in order to take control of an account, cause tremendous pain for businesses in all industries. This pain may be monetary, such as losses from stolen accounts, but may also include a number of related problems, like...

PCI DSS compliance: why it’s important and how to adhere

PCI DSS is short for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard. Every party involved in accepting credit card payments is expected to comply with the PCI DSS. The PCI Standard is mandated by the card brands, but administered by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council PCI SSC. The...

Embracing Data Privacy Day

January 28 is Data Privacy Day, commemorating the Council of Europe Treaty known as Convention 108, the first legally binding international treaty on data protection signed on January 28, 1981. This "holiday" was originally celebrated in Europe where it is known as Data Protection day. But in 200...

Reputation management in the age of cyberattacks against businesses

Avid readers of the Malwarebytes Labs blog would know that we strive to prepare businesses of all sizes for the inevitability of cyberattacks. From effectively training employees about basic cybersecurity hygiene to guiding organizations in formulating an incident response IR program, a...

Australia Anti-Encryption Law Triggers Sweeping Backlash

A controversial Australian bill, which could give the government access to data protected by end-to-end encryption, was passed Thursday. The bill, called the Assistance and Access Act, empowers Australian police to essentially force companies that are operating in the country to help the governme...

Facebook Security Exec Calls for Tightened Data Privacy

Facebook’s outgoing chief information security officer Alex Stamos has urged the social media company to rethink its approach to data privacy. The executive, whose exit has been widely reported on for months, wrote an internal note to staff that called for changes in how Facebook approaches data...

The Equifax Breach from a Geo Political Perspective

The Equifax breach stole names, addresses, birth dates, and credit card numbers for over 200,000 consumers. One might immediately assume that cyber criminals made the attack in order to sell the information to identity thieves who will run up fraudulent charges, file fake tax returns, defraud...