US charges North Korean hackers in relation to WannaCry, Sony Pictures attack, and an attempt to steal more than a billion dollars from banks

The United States Department of Justice has charged three North Korean computer programmers with a range of cyber attacks that made headlines around the world. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog. Graham Cluley

Black History Month: Diversity in Cybersecurity Is More Important than Technology

Each February, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and other countries observe Black History Month. It’s a month-long celebration of the generations of black people who have elevated society by the way in which they’ve lived their lives. It’s also an opportunity for us to recognize that there’s still plenty of work to do […]

I Think You’ll Find It’s a Bit More Complicated Than That

I Think You’ll Find It’s a Bit More Complicated Than That The very best journalism from one of Britain’s most admired and outspoken science writers, author of the bestselling Bad Science and Bad Pharma. In Bad Science, Ben Goldacre hilariously exposed the tricks that quacks and journalists use to distort science. In Bad Pharma, he […]

Marriott Confirms Less Than 383 Million Unique Guests Affected in Starwood Data Breach

Marriott has confirmed that the number of guests affected in the breach of Starwood’s guest reservation database is down from the originally estimated 500 million to “fewer than 383 million unique guests.” At this time, the hotel giant is unable to confirm an exact number of guests impacted. According to the statement, approximately 5.25 million […]

How Many Web Applications Does Your Organization Have? It’s More Than You Think

“Automation has saved a tremendous amount of time. We went from a day per app to review and now we are essentially reviewing through automation 18,000 scans a day with only 20 AppSec engineers. You do the math — 18,000 deploys a day with 20 engineers — you can’t scale that manually.” – Senior manager […]