Understanding what happens at each phase of a ransomware attack, and knowing the indicators of compromise [IOCs] to look for, increases the likelihood of being able to successfully defend against—or at least mitigate the effects of—an attack…

July 11, 2016

Security intelligence and analytics company LogRhythm has announced the opening of its new Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) headquarters in Singapore to support a growing demand for security intelligence solutions. LogRhythm opened its first office in Singapore in 2014 and…

July 6, 2016

Ransomware had compromised the $5 billion health-care provider that operates 10 hospitals and more than 250 outpatient facilities in the Washington, D.C., region, serving thousands of patients and employing more than 30,000. While exact details were not released before Security…

July 1, 2016

This year, we have seen a steady flow of high profile data breaches hitting the headlines. Whether the result of unknown web vulnerabilities, DDOS attacks or overall lax corporate data security policies, data breaches are becoming an everyday occurrence. In…

June 25, 2016

Despite an initial rush to adopt security and information event management (SIEM) tools, complex implementations and a lack of skilled staff left many companies struggling to use SIEM effectively. That’s all set to change, however, as a new generation of…

June 16, 2016

The massive data breach of US retailer Target was a wakeup call for senior business executives too often disengaged with cybersecurity issues, but surging ransomware attacks are honing CxOs’ attention on the need for automated analytics tools to detect security…

June 16, 2016