Salted Hash

Does attack attribution really matter? CSO's Fahmida Rashid and Steve Ragan argue that what, when and how a breach happened are the most immediate concerns. Who did it comes later.

CSO's Fahmida Rashid and Steve Ragan dig into the latest phishing attempts (and how to sidestep them), plus the debate over application security, and some cool new tools.

So much of security comes down to 4 little words: Keep it simple, stupid. CSO’s Steve Ragan and Fahmida Rashid explain why there’s no magical mystery cure for ransomware. Also, how much is data from the Equifax breach worth? (Hint: It's a whole lot less than you might think.)

Reporters Fahmida Rashid and Steve Ragan talk about antivirus vendor Kaspersky Lab, a Russian-based company that various U.S. agencies have flagged as untrustworthy. Should you use it?

Executives at cloud services vendor Akamai -- David Lewis, global security advocate; Andy Ellis, CSO; and Charlie Gero, CTO -- talk with host Steve Ragan about the evolving role of security in the enterprise.

It's been one year since the Dyn cyberattack, a distributed denial-of-service attack that affected traffic to a number of high-level domains. Host Steve Ragan talks with Josh Shaul, vice president of web security at Akamai Technologies, about the event's impact.

Salted Hash looks at recent Office 365 phishing examples, discussing why they work and what can be done about them.

A solid backup policy and frequent awareness training can reduce the risk of ransomware, but unintentional breaches by insiders are still a worry for administrators. Watch as Steve Ragan and Michael Nadeau talk security strategy.

The Matrix Banker malware, first found in Latin America, is now gaining a foothold in diversified targets. Steve Ragan breaks down the threat with Justin Fier, director for cyber intelligence and analysis at Darktrace.

Would you give up a customer's data or credentials if that was the demand in a ransomware attack? That's just one of the nightmare scenarios that Steve Ragan and Rick McElroy talk about on this week's episode.