Monday, June 11: Dtex, Insider Threat in the News — DOJ Makes $21M BEC Bust, Insider Error Caused 3 of 7 Breaches Reported in California Last Week
This morning, the US Department of Justice announced that 74 arrests were made during operation “Wire Wire.” The multi-national law enforcement agency effort collared criminals running Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams. BEC is aimed at businesses’ most trusted insiders, which are those that have the ability to approve payments and ... Read More
How Edward Snowden made us think about and forget the Insider Threat
Five years ago, the news media went into a frenzy after The Guardian revealed details about National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance activities. The news was based on classified documents that former NSA IT contractor Edward Snowden stole while he had privileged access to NSA systems and data. It provided clarity ... Read More
Monday, June 4, Dtex in the News: Got Vulnerable People? Facebook has 2 Billion, Dtex Provides Dark Reading Advice on How to Protect Them
When thinking about the insider threat, it is easy to focus on Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning, and lawsuits between companies like Uber and Waymo. This is because the term itself conjures images of a malicious actor with deep access to systems and information that firewalls are (hopefully) protecting. This is ... Read More
Tuesday, May 29: Dtex CEO Talks GDPR on NBC; Coke Insider Breach Nothing to Smile About, Ransom is New Ransom
Our CEO Christy Wyatt recently joined Scott McGrew on NBC Press:Here, the Silicon Valley version of “Meet the Press.” Alongside Reuters’ Joe Menn and USA TODAY’s Laura Mandaro, the four had a lively discussion on privacy, security and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Some of the topics covered included ... Read More
Monday, May 21: Dtex ITIR Headlines; FBI’s $9 Billion Budget Request Highlights Insider Threats
Last week, Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Director Christopher Wray asked several United States Senate committees to approve his $8.92 billion fiscal 2019 budget request. In a detailed speech, Wray explained that the bureau will use the funds to defend the nation against foreign and domestic threats that included (among ... Read More
Vulnerability & the Human Element: Insights from the 2018 Insider Threat Intelligence Report
Yesterday marked an exciting day for Dtex, as we released one of our keystone pieces of independent research: the 2018 Insider Threat Intelligence Report. This report is our annual effort to look back on findings from the previous year’s User Threat Assessments - gathered across our diverse customer base - ... Read More
Monday, May 14: A look at the Insider Threat and Dtex in the News
It’s only Monday. Like clockwork, we are seeing another data breach that now appears to be the result of a malicious insider. On Friday, the San Francisco (CA) Department of Public Health notified the California State Justice Department that a breach at Nuance Communications (NASDAQ: NUAN) exposed personal information (PII) ... Read More
News Roundup, Week Ending 5/4/18: Dtex, Insider Threat in the News; Smithsonian Computer Network Used in Insider Attack
This week, the Justice Department announced that Martin Mehran Taheri of Sterling, VA plead guilty to illegally accessing and then sabotaging the computer systems of his former employer, which is HQ’d in Reston, VA. The release tells the classic insider threat tale of how a former employee used credentials he ... Read More
