Day: June 7, 2017

Information Security, IT & TECHNOLOGY

What We Learned From This Month’s European GISWS Report

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What We Learned From This Month’s European GISWS Report

What is the GISWS? Since its first release in 2004, the biennial (ISC)²® Global Information Security Workforce Study (GISWS) has been gauging the opinions of information security professionals; and in turn, providing detailed insights into the important trends and opportunities within this increasingly crucial profession. This year, the study conducted its largest-ever global survey of [...]

Information Security, IT & TECHNOLOGY

Faces of ISACA: Michael Thiessmeier, Senior Manager, Technology & Security Risk Management, Oportun

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Faces of ISACA: Michael Thiessmeier, Senior Manager, Technology & Security Risk Management, Oportun

Editor’s note: The ISACA Now series titled “Faces of ISACA” highlights the contributions of ISACA members to our global professional community, as well as providing a sense of their lives outside of work. Today, we spotlight risk management professional and ISO delegate Michael Thiessmeier. Perhaps owed to his military background, Michael Thiessmeier believes that knowing how [...]

IT & TECHNOLOGY, Palo Alto Networks

Traps Sniffs Out Ursnif Banking Trojan

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Traps Sniffs Out Ursnif Banking Trojan

Ursnif (a.k.a Gozi), the well-known banking Trojan, continues to target millions of users all around the world. Unit 42 recently published a breakdown of the distribution networks used to deploy banking Trojans like Ursnif, specifically targeting Japan and several European nations. With its malware analysis evasion techniques, Ursnif has proven difficult for traditional security tools to [...]