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‘Shamoon’ Virus That Devastated Saudi Oil Co. Likely to Have Done More Damage

Last month, Saudi Aramco was hit with a massive cyber attack. The "Shamoon" virus that infected Aramco has probably done a lot more damage than what's been publicly reported, according to CIO.com blogger Constantine von Hoffman. Here&#

Sep 18, 2012 4 mins
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Cybersecurity News Roundup: Emma Watson is the New Face of Cyber Evil

This week's cybersecurity news roundup has stories on Microsoft's takedown of the Nitol botnet; a Hacktivist who was arrested for threatening to ruin an FBI agent's life; the Australian Attorney General who wants to punish Twitter &quo

Sep 14, 2012 4 mins
Cybercrime Security
news

Intel’s Vision For a Wireless Future Could Be Bunny Ear PCs

In the closing keynote at its Developer Forum, Intel CTO Justin Rattner wore headgear that moved artificial bunny ears according to his mood. Don't laugh -- wireless technology that can connect devices to monitors, charge batteries and authentic

Sep 14, 2012 6 mins
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Cybersecurity Expert: US Critical Infrastructure Threat is Real – but ‘the Sky Isn’t Falling’

In a Q&A with WurldTech CTO Nate Kube, CIO.com blogger Constantine von Hoffman addresses the current cyber threat to American utilities and what sort of government regulations are needed to help protect U.S. critical infrastructure.

Sep 13, 2012 6 mins
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Black Hat, Defcon Security Horror Stories Show Enterprise Vulnerabilities

To reduce cyber risk, itu2019s important to invest in a combination of people, process, and technology to stay a step ahead of the bad actorsrn

May 23, 2018
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how-to

Black Hat, Defcon Security Horror Stories Show Enterprise Vulnerabilities

Java hacks, VPN hacks, firewall hacks and even hotel room key hacks. Nothing is safe anymore, judging from an analysis of presentations at Black Hat and Defcon this summer. The lesson for enterprise CIOs? Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Sep 12, 2012 5 mins
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opinion

IT Security Hack 1, AntiSec 0: Stolen Apple UDIDs Didn’t Come from FBI

The IT Security Hack blog told you so. AntiSec's too-good-to-be-true story about Apple UDIDs it stole from the FBI proved to be false. App-developer Blue Toad said it was the source of the stolen Apple data.

Sep 11, 2012 2 mins
Cybercrime Security
how-to

How to Secure Your Future With Robust Risk Assessment

Richard Gardner, CEO of Modulus Financial Engineering, offers his advice on how to avoid, prevent and mitigate the risks associated with high-volume automated software -- and the employees who wrote the code.

Sep 11, 2012 10 mins
Cybercrime Physical Security Regulation
opinion

Weekly Cybersecurity Roundup: Bandits Bust Bitfloor for $250K in Bitcoins and More

This week's IT security roundup has stories on a Bitcoin robbery that resulted in a shutdown of the online-currency exchange; a security fix from Apple meant to address controversial Java flaws in Mac OS X; the first ever Irish-language ransomwa

Sep 7, 2012 4 mins
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opinion

Norton ’12 Cybercrime Report Magically Makes $278B in Damages Disappear

CIO.com blogger Constantine von Hoffman says Norton's 2012 cybercrime report commits a huge sin of omission and just plain doesn't make sense.

Sep 6, 2012 4 mins
Cybercrime Security
opinion

Purloined Apple IDs: Either the FBI or AntiSec is Lying

An anti-government hacktivist group says it stole millions of Apple IDs from an FBI agent's laptop. The FBI says it never had any of the data. Somebody is lying, according to CIO.com blogger Constantine von Hoffman, and it shouldn't take lo

Sep 5, 2012 5 mins
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