Fake CISO Profiles on LinkedIn Target Fortune 500s

Someone has recently created a large number of fake LinkedIn profiles for Chief Information Security Officer CISO roles at some of the worlds largest corporations. Its not clear whos behind this network of fake CISOs or what their intentions may be. But the fabricated LinkedIn identities are...

Pro-Syria Cyberespionage Campaign Uses Social Engineering

It’s a tried-and-true plotline for many a corny movie: the lonely soldier on the front lines falling for a girl who turns out to be the enemy. If you apply a 2015 reality to that scenario, you have the lonely soldier Skyping with an alluring woman who turns out to be an enemy hacker dropping cust...

Facebook And Twitter Erode Your Company's Security From Within. Here's How To Stop It.

The “up side” of social networks like Facebook, Twitter and G+ are well known. But the down side of these networks for both users and for organizations that employ them are only now becoming clear. Worms, malware and spam are just the beginning of the security problems engendered by the social ne...