Risk Management August 30, 2022

How and Why Do Teens Become Cyber Criminals?

4 min read - The search to find the mastermind of the attacker group Lapsus$ led to a home outside Oxford, England. The suspected leader was a 16-year-old. He helped take down some of the world’s biggest companies, including Microsoft, from his mother’s house.…

News January 5, 2022

FBI Email Account Abused to Send Out Warnings of Fake Cyberattacks

2 min read - Someone used an FBI email account to send out messages warning recipients of fake cyberattacks that targeted their systems. Highlights of the Hack According to Bleeping Computer, researchers at the Spamhaus Project observed two waves of fake emails reaching more…

Fraud Protection August 13, 2021

Most Digital Attacks Today Involve Social Engineering

3 min read - On May 14, the FBI marked a sobering milestone: the receipt of its six millionth digital crime complaint. It took just 14 months for the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) to reach its new threshold. Digital crime complaints are…

News February 12, 2021

Zoom Bombing: How to Keep Intruders Out of Video Meetings

2 min read - Video meeting company Zoom rolled out new options to counter the threat of “Zoom bombing.” Suspending and Reporting Zoom added two new security features in November 2020 that customers could use to address disruptive and uninvited callers, or Zoom bombers.…

Advanced Threats August 8, 2019

From Backhoes to Operating Systems: The Top Five ATM Security Weaknesses

6 min read - Here are the top five ATM security vulnerabilities that X-Force Red, IBM Security's team of veteran hackers, has uncovered during its many years of performing ATM penetration tests.

Advanced Threats August 7, 2019

Package Delivery! Cybercriminals at Your Doorstep

6 min read - IBM X-Force Red investigated how cybercriminals might seek to exploit package deliveries to hack into corporate or personal home networks right from the office mailroom or from someone's front door.

Intelligence & Analytics August 6, 2018

7 Ways to Identify Darknet Cybersecurity Risks

5 min read - Explore seven characteristics of security risk from the dark and hidden web. Learn how organizations can capture the latent value of dark-sourced threat intelligence.

Data Protection June 26, 2018

Why Your Teen Should Develop Hacking Skills This Summer

4 min read - Hacking skills promote empathy, grit and creative problem solving — characteristics that can take teens far in their future careers, whether they pursue cybersecurity or any other field of study.

CISO June 6, 2018

Cybersecurity at the World Cup: What You Should Know

6 min read - Global sporting events require heightened cybersecurity because of the expanded digitization of sports venues.

CISO May 29, 2018

What Are the Legalities and Implications of ‘Hacking Back’?

3 min read - The concept of "hacking back" opens up a wide range of cyber defense tools to IT and security managers. Lawmakers are interested in new rules that allow for more flexibility with these activities.