Tag: Cyberattack
Fresh warnings about the vulnerability of national infrastructure to cyber attacks show the need for securing and monitoring associated control systems connected to the internet The commander of Britain’s Joint Forces Command has warned that UK traffic control systems and …
The chief information security officer of Just Eat has challenged the perception that all cyber attacks are sophisticated and that it is impossible to fill cyber security jobs. Many of the cyber attacks that organisations are facing exploit failings in …
NATO and assorted partners have unleashed a massive cyber-attack on the fictional country of Berylia to test their ability to defend critical infrastructure against outside attacks. The virtual country will suffer its virtual attack under NATO’s Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre …
Dell, Facebook, HP and Microsoft are a few of the big names involved. Cyberattacks are a global issue that can cause havoc regardless of who’s involved, and key members of the tech industry are uniting in a bid to fight these attacks. A …
The majority of hackers claim they can breach an organisation within hours, while most security professionals admit they do not know what to look for The majority of cyber attackers (71%) can breach a targeted organisation within 10 hours, and …
The technology environment in almost every business is composed of an amalgamation of dozens, if not hundreds, of technology products. These products may be traditional software packages, open source software, hardware products, IoT devices, cloud services, etc. A security vulnerability …
The Mirai botnet, a collection of hijacked gadgets whose cyberattack made much of the internet inaccessible in parts of the US and beyond a year ago, previewed a dreary future of zombie connected-device armies run amuck. But in some ways, …
Cyber security watchdogs and researchers are issuing warnings over risks associated with a widely used system for securing Wi-Fi communications after the discovery of a flaw that could allow hackers to read information thought to be encrypted, or infect websites …
On Friday, President Trump announced that he will not certify Iran’s cooperation with the 2015 nuclear agreement negotiated by the Obama Administration. The move doesn’t eliminate or rework the deal, possibilities its proponents feared given Trump’s longstanding criticism of the …
How cyberspies achieve their goals by using cheap tools and careful aiming We’re already used to the fact that complex cyberattacks use 0-day vulnerabilities, bypassing digital signature checks, virtual file systems, non-standard encryption algorithms and other tricks. Sometimes, however, all …
America’s advanced digital arsenal would be little help in a conflict against North Korea because the regime is so digitally disconnected, cyber warfare experts tell Cory. Obvious targets like power grids are mostly protected from widespread tampering thanks to the …
Jay Clayton Testifies Before Senate Banking Committee on SEC, Equifax Breaches Publicly traded companies should do a better job of disclosing cyber risks they face in their filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton says. “As …
Earlier this month I saw a post on Investor’s Business Daily outlining why FireEye was important to the company’s shareholders. The article got me thinking about the low awareness that Helix has with security buyers. In my opinion, it’s one …
Backup Server Reveals Secondary Malware Hit Intel, VMware, Fujitsu and Others Researchers investigating the infection of hundreds of thousands of computers with a trojanized version of a popular software utility, CCleaner, have had a lucky break that gives greater insight into the …
We’re already used to the fact that complex cyberattacks use 0-day vulnerabilities, bypassing digital signature checks, virtual file systems, non-standard encryption algorithms and other tricks. Sometimes, however, all of this may be done in much simpler ways, as was the …
In 2017, the average cost of a data breach in North America is $1.3 million for enterprises and $117 million for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), according to a report from Kaspersky Lab. Kaspersky — gasp! Yeah, yeah, the Department of …
A study has revealed that most UK local authorities have suffered cyber attacks in the past year, showing local government is a key target for cyber criminals and that legacy software is a top security concern An iGov survey of …
Almost 2 billion data records around the world were lost or stolen by cyberattacks in the first half of 2017, according to the latest findings by digital security provider Gemalto, and the number of breaches reported by companies looks set …
What spreads through the air, is invisible to users, and requires no user interaction— no clicking, no pairing, no downloading, not even turning on discoverable mode— but could bring the hurt to billions of devices? It’s an attack vector dubbed …
A British man suspected of cyber attacks on banks is back in the UK to face charges A British man has been extradited from Germany to face charges relating to cyber attacks against two of the UK’s most prominent high …
