Stories about: Infinity

In the adversarial environment of information security, new types of attacks emerge constantly. Just recently, a very highly targeted phishing attack against CEOs used the pretext of a federal grand jury subpoena to lure executives to a site hosting malware. Let's face it: Most of the innovation in this industry is on the other side, the "dark" side. We are unfortunately forced to keep reacting to new ingenious attacks every few years.

When Michael Chertoff took over 11 months ago as the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, he vowed that the department would adopt a risk-based approach. No one really argued. It made sense to focus resources on the country's biggest risks.

Private sector organisations are conducting their own cybercrime investigations with little regard for legal sanctions including the Telecommunications (Interception) Act, it was revealed in a parliamentary hearing into cybercrime.