Latest editorial and guest blogs on information security careers

India Insights with Geetha Nandikotkur

News and Viewpoints from ISMG's India Team

Protecting India's Government From Cyberattacks

Geetha Nandikotkur • September 18, 2018

India is seeing a surge in government website defacements and data leaks that apparently are tied to nation-states. But if key stakeholders from all sectors collaborate, using appropriate skills and technologies, they can fight off these threats.

OCBC Bank Service Outage: The Implications

Patch Reportedly Opens Door to Fake Aadhaar Entries

Euro Security Watch with Mathew J. Schwartz

Tracking security and privacy trends across UK, Europe and beyond

Why Cybercrime Remains Impossible to Eradicate

Mathew J. Schwartz • September 18, 2018

More evidence that running cybercrime schemes remains inexpensive and accessible to anyone with criminal intent: To send spam emails, admitted botnet herder Peter Levashov quoted customers $500 for 1 million emails. And that was just his 2016 pricing.

Election Security: FBI Combats Information Operations

Secure 2018 US Elections: It's Too Late

The Fraud Blog with Tracy Kitten

Tracking fraud incidents and trends wherever -- and however -- they occur.

Information Sharing: A Powerful Crime-Fighting Weapon

Tracy Kitten • November 12, 2016

The success of Operation SAMBRE, a global cybercrime investigation into the theft of billions of dollars from banks throughout the world, proves why information sharing between law enforcement and the private sector is key to battling cybercrime.

London Summit: Inside a Cyber Takedown

Will Faster Payments Mean Faster Fraud?

The Public Eye with Eric Chabrow

Keeping tabs on federal government efforts to protect citizens' privacy

Trump Campaign Aide Knew Early About Hacked Democratic Emails

Eric Chabrow • October 31, 2017

Former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos learned that Russia had thousands of pilfered emails containing "dirt" on Hillary Clinton three months before they appeared online, according to court documents.

Dearth of Support for Kaspersky at Congressional Hearing

'Private Citizens' Sue Trump Campaign for Exposing Their PII

Safe & Sound with Marianne Kolbasuk McGee

Insights on the security and privacy of healthcare information.

Database Hijackings: Who's Next?

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee • January 5, 2017

Hackers have apparently hijacked potentially thousands of vulnerable MongoDB databases and demanded ransoms for the return of critical data, with some victims paying up, according to security researchers.

Epic Systems vs. Tata: Key Security Questions

RSA Guide for Healthcare Security Pros

The Expert's View with Jeremy Kirk

Insights from industry experts

The Moral Responsibility of Social Networks

Jeremy Kirk • August 31, 2018

Does social media fuel toxic politics and racial tension? We're still in the early of days of understanding the long-term effects of social media on society, but the early signs aren't good. It's time for social networks to take moral responsibility for content on their networks - even if they don't want it.