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What are some ‘new’ News in security? So as to shake things up we need to look for major news:
- Consistent ransomware infections
- Any news on quantum computers that would make things more dangerous (encryption is lost etc)
- Other news in cybersecurity conventions
Still looking, while reviewing the Cybersecurity keyword and the only changes that happened on Google search is that many of the main online magazines lost the cybersecurity keyword and thus I reduced some of their rankings, but since they all lost no changes were made, the table just got tighter.
Also the Staysafeonline website made it closer to the pack by having a high cybersecurity ranking (likely due to wanting a high ranking)
On a general note, why should Security News be scrutinized?
http://oversitesentry.com/why-security-news-scrutinized-to-nth-degree/
Vulnerabilities of software allow hackers to develop attacks to break into your systems.
The key is the timeline between when a vulnerability is introduced and when a vulnerability has been patched and solved. So we need to know when vulnerabilities are introduced and when they are patched. This means a constant knowledge of news – patching and updating. Which patch will have higher impact on your environment? The only way to gauge this risk analysis is to be up-to-date on the security news.(as discussed in this post): http://oversitesentry.com/what-is-your-risk-level/
My current ranking system(as of today 5/25)
%first-second-third-fourth% value- fifth%
- Cybersecurity value (subjective (my prerogative) (first value)
- Industrylinks (‘Cybersecurity’ keyword) (if second value)
- Industry links (Google ‘news security’ keyword ) (if third value)
- Recent updates frequency (if 4th value)
- video/audio(podcasts) relevance my subjective value – I am giving Irongeek.com a 10 and going down from there, but these are initial values, I may change them in the coming months
%1-2-3-4-5=total%
Top informational sites 1-10
1. Threatpost has many good posts. %9-10-10-10-2=41% good value and very high Google rankings, some video
2. Dark reading is an InformationWeek Security blog with good Security topics updated frequently %9-8-10-10-2=39% good value and high Google rankings with some video
3. SCMagazine – Security magazine consistently has good Security articles and has been honored with national honors from ASBPE http://www.scmagazine.com/sc-wins-three-top-national-honors-from-asbpe/article/511656/ %9-8-8-9-3=397% Good content and high value, some video
4. TechNewsWorld has a decent number of good articles http://www.technewsworld.com/perl/section/cyber-security/ %8-8-9-9-0=34% Good value and high Google rankings, no video
5. Reddit section “netsec” https://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/ has very good posts frequently – Lots of new good posts. %10-5-8-10-0=33% High value, decent ranking, high updates, no video
6 . Homeland Security News Wire http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/topics/cybersecurity Has many relevant cybersecurity news stories. %5-7-9-8-0=29% Some value, but high Google ranking, high updates, no video
7. With a special interest in KrebsonSecurity David Krebs has authored “SpamNation” is looked at for computer breach news – He was a journalist, now Darknet reviewer and more. %10-0-8-10-0=28% High value, but does not focus on Cyber security so does not have high Google ranking, no video
8. Internet Storm Center SANS is an Industry leader in Security certification and training – it remains the place to go to work on a technical skillset within Cyber security and this is their daily log of current events. interesting to note there is not much “news” according to Google in this site, but high value and freq with decent podcasts good frequency %10-0-0-10-7=27%
9. Adding IronGeek.com as it is the video repository for constant reviews of latest Security conferences. If you want to stay up to speed on detailed and up-to-date Cybersecurity information then here you have to check. %8-0-0-9-10=27% Good value in Cybersecurity and update frequency and volume of Cybersecurity relevant videos. but no keyword search visibility compared to others
10. Stay safe online, A national Cybersecurity Alliance effort to help people improve Cyber Security %8-10-0-9-0=27% decent value, some Google value and high freq, no video
11. Graham Cluley has a blog is relevant and timely(as he promotes it is award winning) http://grahamcluley.com/ %6-0-6-10-4=26% decent value, higher Google rankings and good freq, some video
12. NakedSecurity by Sophos (AV company)keeps up on malware news (antivirus etc) %7-0-10-8-0=25% decent value, and high Google rankings, good freq, no video
13. Bruce Schneier, a security expert writing about cyber security since 1998 – excellent theorist and book writer. %9-0-5-9-0=23% high value, low Google, but good freq , no video
14. ZDNet Zero Day blog by ZDNet – new info about hacker some value – no Google ranking high freq. %9-0-0-10-4=23% some video included
15. SucuriBlog http://blog.sucuri.net/ WordPress developer Blog about security, Has other topics , we use this plugin has excellent WordPress insights %8-0-6-8-0=22% starting to get lower on list for value, and has little Google ranking but good freq
16. http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/ Decent news topics general in nature. And don’t forget Infosec magazine’s Blogs: http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/blogs/ %7-5-0-10-0=22% decent value, and decent Google rankings – high freq , no video
17. Real Clear Future http://www.realclearfuture.com/ many top tech articles – a good place to keep up on news. medium value and low Google, high freq %8-0-0-10-3=21% very few videos
18. The Register a classic IT news site has some interesting angles. %8-0-0-10-1=19% medium value and low Google, high freq no video
19. Rand Corp Blog is where the Cybersecurity researcher Martin Libicki writes – Rand Corp is a prestigious science research institution among other items. %5-5-0-8-0=18% medium low value, some Google and high freq no video
20. Securelist Blog (A Kaspersky Lab endeavor) and their Twitter feed seems to be in Germany: Kaspersky_DACH %7-0-0-9-2=16% Their posts must not have Security so Google can pick up, but has more value with decent freq, a couple of videos
21. Veracode Blog focused on application development security topics %6-0-0-7-3=16% lower value and less frequent with no google values, some videos
22. Rapid7 has a Security Blog well researched posts:
https://community.rapid7.com/community/infosec/blog %7-0-0-8-0=15% ,edium value and some freq No keyword rankings. no video
23. Cisco’s Talos Blog Excellent threat research and more %9-0-0-6=15% high value, but low freq and no keywords in Google
24. Malwarebytes Unpacked the https://blog.malwarebytes.org/ Blog of malwarebytes (excellent AV app).%5-0-0-9-0=14% lower value, but higher freq and no Google values, no video
25. Securosis a blog with good content (sometimes does not post frequently) %7-0-0-7-0=14% the decent content is not on Google due to low freq, no video
26. SANS Digital Forensics Blog is a good forensics blog with some new posts %6-0-0-8=14% lower value, but higher freq qith no Google values
27. Taosecurity Richard Bejtlich’s security blog – Excellent when updated – Check a recent video of Richard Bejtlich (Chief Security Strategist FireEye) adding Fireeye blogs to this line. %6-0-0-7-0=13% lower value and less frequent with no google values. no video
28. White Hat Security Blog https://www.whitehatsec.com/blog/ White Hat security is a company that consults on application security – I have seen some of their researchers. %5-0-0-7-0=12% no video
29. ISACA Now Blog http://www.isaca.org/Knowledge-Center/Blog/default.aspx which is the Information Systems Auditing and Control Association Blog %5-0-0-7-0=12% no video
30. TrendMicro Security Intelligence Blog is kept up and has good topics %6-0-0-6-0=12% lowmed value and lowmed freq and no google value, no video
Wow – after that video add of Irongeek and some rearranging – no more Googleonline and Bitdefender in top30
31. Google Online Security Blog is good to review periodically http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/ %4-0-0-5=9% low value and low freq and no Google value
32. Adding Bitdefender LABS as they have some good posts (including new Ransomware tool https://labs.bitdefender.com/) %4-0-0-3=7% low value and low freq and no Google value
Adding new blogs to review periodically:
http://www.freeforensics.org/ A blog started in March 2016 – about forensics and other topics (ransomware details)
moving IBM Security out of top 30 X-Force website and the blog page X-Force bloggers is good, but updated infrequently & pro IBM of course.
Also moved BugSEC as it is not updted often but is blog decent review of Cyber threats – from a security company in Israel
MUST SEE LINKS:
US-CERT: United States Computer Emergency Response team https://www.us-cert.gov
HIPAA: http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/srsummary.html PCI: https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/