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2017-06-30 09:28:39 | No surprise as only half of local authorities are prepared for a cyber attack (lien direct) | Just over half (53%) of local authorities across the UK are prepared to deal with a cyber attack according to research by PwC. While the latest PwC Global CEO survey found that 76% of UK CEOs are concerned about cyber threats, only 35% of local authority leaders are confident that their staff are well equipped ... | Guideline | ||
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2017-06-30 09:27:23 | (Déjà vu) LINUX SYSTEMD BUG COULD HAVE LED TO CRASH, CODE EXECUTION (lien direct) | Developers with Canonical pushed out a handful of patches for the Linux-based operating system Ubuntu this week, including one that resolves a bug that could have let an attacker cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code with a TCP payload. Chris Coulson, a software and electronics engineer with the company, discovered the vulnerability, ... | |||
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2017-06-30 09:26:17 | Report: 70% of brits unable to tell fact from fiction, share fake news (lien direct) | Raj Samani, chief scientist and fellow at McAfee, said that 18 percent of UK respondents were warned by their employer about the dangers of fake news or manipulated data. Given the heightened awareness of fake news in recent months, you’d think more Brits would be able to tell the difference between fake and real news, ... | |||
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2017-06-29 09:35:39 | Deep Root Analytics Is in Deep Trouble With Voter Data Breach (lien direct) | Cybersecurity experts speculate that in our current state, up to 70% of cyber attacks, including breaches, go undetected in a given year. Part of identifying and stopping breaches is knowing what kind of information cybercriminals are after, and election season creates hotbeds of public information that are prime targets for a breach. The companies that ... | |||
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2017-06-29 09:29:29 | (Déjà vu) Community Led Threat Prevention (lien direct) | Community based threat detection and prevention has been a fundamental principle in Anti-Virus and Intrusion Detection Systems for years. Â Pooling the information and experience of multiple organisations to rapidly identify emerging threats, this collaborative approach enables security companies to quickly create a patch and disseminate it globally to minimise a hacker's opportunity with that specific ... | |||
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2017-06-29 09:25:35 | New report from CREST highlights the need to improve cyber security in Industrial Control Systems (lien direct) | There is a pressing need to improve cyber security in Industrial Control System (ICS) environments to avoid future breaches that could impact critical national infrastructure concludes CREST, the not-for-profit accreditation body representing the technical information security industry, in its latest position paper, 'Industrial Control Systems: Technical Security Assurance'. Â The report highlights a number of challenges ... | |||
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2017-06-29 09:21:50 | Neuroscience and security: your thoughts are safe (for now) (lien direct) | A Canadian researcher called Melanie Segado explained to us the extent to which your brain activity could be used for malicious purposes, to find out, for example, what you're thinking or to guess your PIN. Melanie, who is finishing her doctorate in neuroscience in Montreal and is co-founder of the NeurotechX community, differentiated the techniques ... | |||
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2017-06-29 09:20:04 | Nothing is safe from a hacker, even a toy, smart TV or fitness tracker (lien direct) | New research from SWNS Digital has revealed the full extent to which dishonest individuals can invade people’s privacy by way of a few clicks of the mouse. The survey, conducted by consumer security specialist, BullGuard, included responses from 2,000 UK smart device owners. Aside from smartphones, tablets and PCs, respondents own three internet-connected devices on ... | |||
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2017-06-29 09:18:56 | NATO decides cyber attacks could trigger collective defence clause (lien direct) | North Atlantic alliance is moving cyber into the domain of the military, alongside land, sea, and air capabilities. Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty which states an attack on one NATO member is considered an attack on all, is being extended into the realm of cyber warfare. Speaking to journalists on Wednesday, NATO Secretary ... | |||
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2017-06-28 16:33:17 | The Ransomware called NotPetya – Cyber Experts have their say (lien direct) | Tuesday’s global cyber attack caused havoc and disruption to all manners of businesses. Many within the cyber industry are debating whether the ransomware used was actually a strain of Petya or was it something completely new. With it first being detected in Ukraine, where companies updating a mechanism within an accounting program that had connections to ... | NotPetya | ||
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2017-06-28 10:19:43 | MP Cyber Attack Further Proof That Weak Passwords Are The Biggest Threat To Data Security (lien direct) | Leading Identity and Access Management specialists My1Login says that weak passwords and poor ID management are likely to have contributed to the MP email cyber attack at the weekend. Parliament was hit by a “sustained and determined” cyber-attack last Friday, with hackers attempting to gain access to MPs’ and their staffers’ email accounts. Both houses ... | Guideline | ||
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2017-06-28 10:11:12 | Mobile Ransomware: An Evolving Threat for Developed Markets (lien direct) | Mobile ransomware actors are focusing their attacks on wealthy countries. Developed markets not only have a higher level of income, but also a more advanced and more widely used mobile and e-payment infrastructure. According to Kaspersky Lab's annual ransomware report for 2016-2017, this is appealing to criminals because it means they can transfer their ransom ... | |||
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2017-06-28 10:06:14 | New Research Shows Cybersecurity Battleground Shifting to Linux and Web Servers (lien direct) | WatchGuard®'s latest quarterly Internet Security Report reveals that despite an overall drop in malware detection, Linux malware made up more than 36 percent of the top threats identified in Q1 2017. The increased presence of Linux/Exploit, Linux/Downloader and Linux/Flooder attacks highlights the need to protect Linux-based IoT devices and Linux servers from the internet with ... | |||
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2017-06-28 09:54:54 | Organizations award hackers up to $900,000 a year in bug bounties (lien direct) | A new HackerOne report examines over 800 hacker-powered programs from organizations including Airbnb, GitHub, General Motors, Intel, Lufthansa, Nintendo, U.S. Department of Defense, Uber, and more. Findings are based on nearly 50,000 resolved security vulnerabilities and more than $17 million in bounties awarded. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Help Net Security | Uber | ★★★ | |
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2017-06-28 09:51:18 | Hackers threaten South Korean banks with DDoS attacks (lien direct) | KB Kookmin Bank, Shinhan Bank, Woori Bank, KEB Hana Bank, NH Bank and two other South Korean banks were reportedly threatened with DDoS attacks last week. The Armada Collective hacking group has issued a ransom demand of approximately £245,700 to seven South Korean banks, threatening to launch distributed denial of service attacks against each of their organisations. ... | |||
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2017-06-28 09:49:52 | \'Vaccine\' created for huge cyber-attack (lien direct) | Security researchers have discovered a “vaccine” for the huge cyber-attack that hit organisations across the world on Tuesday. The creation of a single file can stop the attack from infecting a machine. However, researchers have not been able to find a so-called kill switch that would prevent the crippling ransomware from spreading to other vulnerable computers. ... | |||
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2017-06-27 13:35:56 | Farsight security research indicates that WannaCry-like attacks represent \'just another day at the office\' (lien direct) | We all remember WannaCry; the scale of the attack, spanning over 150 countries and almost a quarter of million computers. In the UK, at least, this was accompanied by a media frenzy, largely due to the highest profile victim of the attack being the National Health Service. As a highly emotional target here in the ... | Wannacry | ||
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2017-06-27 13:34:37 | Stephanie Daman – The Cyber Industry has lost an inspirational soul (lien direct) | The CEO of Cyber Security Challenge UK, Stephanie Daman, has passed away peacefully at the age of 56 following a long battle with cancer. Stephanie was a remarkable role-model who inspired all of those with whom she came into contact. She cared passionately about Cyber Security Challenge UK and it’s twin missions to find and nurture talented people to ... | |||
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2017-06-27 09:48:20 | What does the GDPR mean for SMEs? (lien direct) | The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force in the UK in May 2018 and is anticipated to have a significant impact on businesses across the country. The GDPR is a replacement for the Data Protection Act 1998, and will apply to all organisations that process, handle and store any personal data of ... | |||
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2017-06-27 09:45:18 | Majority of cyber professionals not confident UK government can protect itself from cyberattacks (lien direct) | Tripwire, Inc., a leading global provider of security and compliance solutions for enterprises and industrial organisations, today announced the results of a survey of 350 information security professionals that found 69 percent are not confident in the ability of the U.K. government to protect itself from cyberattacks in 2017. The survey was conducted June 6-8, ... | Guideline | ||
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2017-06-27 09:42:40 | Nearly half of UK office workers believe automation will have a positive impact on their organisation, finds new study (lien direct) | Capgemini, a global leader in consulting, technology and outsourcing services, today revealed findings of its research showing that nearly half (48%) of UK office workers are optimistic about the impact automation technologies will have on the workplace of the future. However, the cost of implementation and lack of infrastructure are big barriers to adoption for ... | Guideline | ★★★ | |
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2017-06-27 09:36:16 | AA password reset email cockup crashes servers (lien direct) | UK car insurance giant the AA caused all sorts of confusion on Monday after accidentally sending out a “password update” email to people. The alert led to motorists rushing to log into the motoring organization’s website to change their passwords, only to overload the servers and effectively run them over. Brits were furious after discovering ... | |||
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2017-06-27 09:34:44 | AES-256 encryption keys cracked by hands-off hack (lien direct) | DUTCH RESEARCHERS have discovered a way of cracking AES-256 encryption using reasonably cheap gear and wireless tech. Fox-IT explains that it, and an other company called Riscure, have created a new method for slurping up security that is enabled through proximity and relies on the monitoring of electromagnetic signals in what is known as a ... | |||
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2017-06-27 09:32:47 | Cybersecurity battleground shifting to Linux and web servers (lien direct) | Despite an overall drop in general malware detection for the quarter, Linux malware made up more than 36 percent of the top threats identified in Q1 2017. This attack pattern demonstrates the urgent need for heightened security measures to protect Linux servers and Linux-dependent IoT devices, according to WatchGuard Technologies. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: ... | |||
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2017-06-27 09:31:06 | HMS Queen Elizabeth is \'running outdated Windows XP\', raising cyber attack fears (lien direct) | Fears have been raised that Britain's largest ever warship could be vulnerable to cyber attacks after it emerged it appears to be running the outdated Microsoft Windows XP. As HMS Queen Elizabeth left its dockyard for the first time to begin sea trials, it was revealed the £3.5billion aircraft carrier is apparently using the same software ... | |||
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2017-06-26 12:15:03 | Parliament hit by cyber attack – Cyber Industry reaction (lien direct) | A cyber attack on Westminster has compromised up to 90 parliamentary email accounts officials have confirmed. The incident which took place over the weekend saw hackers launch a sustained and determined attempt to access MPs email accounts by searching for weak passwords. Parliamentary officials were forced to lock MPs out of their email accounts to ... | ★★ | ||
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2017-06-26 10:22:02 | IISP Launches New Skills Framework for Information Security Professionals (lien direct) | The not-for-profit, Institute of Information Security Professionals (IISP) has launched a new version of its Skills Framework, which is widely accepted as the de-facto standard for measuring the knowledge, experience and competency of information security information assurance professionals. First introduced in 2006 and developed by world-renowned academics and security experts in collaboration with industry, government ... | |||
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2017-06-26 10:04:19 | Business demands for agility and innovation prompt rise of cloud native applications: adoption is set to double by 2020 (lien direct) | New research from Capgemini, a global leader in consulting, technology and outsourcing services, indicates a significant step change in enterprise cloud adoption through the increased use of cloud native applications – applications and services built to perform optimally in the cloud, leveraging Platform as a Service (PaaS). Driven by recognition that cloud-native applications can enable ... | Guideline | ||
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2017-06-26 09:55:49 | Bankers Are Hiring Cyber-Security Experts to Help Get Deals Done (lien direct) | Companies and investment funds are adding an extra layer of scrutiny to acquisitions by screening targets for cybersecurity risks, as global computer attacks raise awareness. That's prompting offers specifically tailored to takeovers by a variety of players, from consultants like Deloitte LLP to software providers including Intralinks Holdings Inc. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Bloomberg | Deloitte | ||
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2017-06-26 09:54:26 | Japan sees surge in demand for cyber insurance as attacks increase (lien direct) | There has been a sharp increase in the number of policyholders – mainly companies – taking out cyber insurance, which compensates losses caused by cyber attacks. The number of victims whose personal information was stolen last year from companies and other entities rose by more than 10 million from the previous year. The estimated compensation ... | ★★ | ||
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2017-06-26 09:53:15 | Cyber security set to dominate at \'Five Eyes\' meeting in Canada (lien direct) | Thwarting the encryption of terrorist messaging is priority number one between the so-called 'Five Eyes' intelligence alliance. The alliance, which comprises of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States, will meet in the Canadian capital of Ottawa on Tuesday. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: SBS | ★★★★ | ||
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2017-06-26 09:52:06 | UK electricity grid cyber-attack risk is \'off the scale\' (lien direct) | Concerns over the threat posed by cyber-attacks on power stations and electricity grids is “off the scale†in the UK energy sector, according to a leading industry figure. No other country in the world has an energy industry as worried about the risk from cyber threats, such as the WannaCry ransomware attack that recently hit ... | Guideline | Wannacry | ★★★★ |
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2017-06-26 09:50:40 | Parliament cyber-attack \'hit up to 90 users\' (lien direct) | Up to 90 email accounts were compromised during the cyber-attack on Parliament on Friday. Fewer than 1% of the 9,000 users of the IT system were impacted by the hacking, said a parliamentary spokesman. The hack prompted officials to disable remote access to the emails of MPs, peers and their staff as a safeguard. View ... | ★★ | ||
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2017-06-23 13:18:40 | 198 Million US Voter Records Leaked (lien direct) | Earlier this week, it was reported that 198 MILLION US voter records were leaked on a public Amazon S3 storage server owned by a Republican data analytics firm, Deep Root Analytics. This is reportedly the biggest leak of its kind in history. Various databases were found on the server, containing personal information of American citizens, ... | ★★★ | ||
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2017-06-23 11:10:48 | Westfield CIO: Data And Personalisation Are Key To Shopping Centre Survival (lien direct) | Shopping is fast becoming an online activity, but Westfield has a plan to keep consumers coming back to its two London facilities. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Silicon UK | ★★★★★ | ||
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2017-06-23 11:09:03 | Fraudster Made £100K from Online Banking Bug (lien direct) | An online fraudster has been jailed after pocketing nearly £100,000 by exploiting a glitch in his online banking platform. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Info Security Magazine | ★★★ | ||
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2017-06-23 11:07:27 | Variant of Marcher Android malware poses as Flash Player update (lien direct) | Developers of the Android banking malware Marcher are now disguising the trojan as an Adobe Flash Player update, the cloud security company Zscaler has reported in a Thursday blog post. View Full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: SC Magazine | |||
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2017-06-23 11:05:18 | Blockchain: Helping secure digital identities (lien direct) | Blockchain allows individuals, independent of each other, to rely on the same shared, secure and auditable source of information for managing identity. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Information Age | |||
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2017-06-23 11:00:26 | Cybersecurity Ventures Predicts 3.5 MILLION Cybersecurity Jobs by 2021! (lien direct) | This week, Cybersecurity Ventures released their latest report, predicting that by 2021, there will be 3.5 million unfilled cybersecurity jobs; a dramatic and noticeable increase from previous estimates. Previous reports have estimated much smaller estimates when predicting the skills gap of the future; the 2015 report by Symantec reported a projected shortfall of 1.5 million from the ... | |||
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2017-06-23 10:34:07 | A Quantum Encryption Solution is Here! (lien direct) | Encryption gateway vendor eperi and Deutsche Telekom have presented a joint quantum encryption solution that will prevent even the most advanced computers from cracking encryption algorithms. The approach, one of the first of its kind, will also be able to protect data in SaaS applications like Office 365, Salesforce or custom apps against this threat. Key ... | |||
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2017-06-23 08:51:20 | Learning the lessons from cyber attacks (lien direct) | Cybercriminals have been known to target businesses across all sectors. Recent high-profile cyber attacks have successfully breached well-known brands including telecoms providers, retailers and banks. Evidently, all industries are potentially vulnerable. As businesses become ever more negatively affected by cyber attacks, lessons need to be learnt and effective cyber defences implemented in order to protect ... | |||
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2017-06-23 08:47:32 | Local authorities need data system refresh within 18 months (lien direct) | Phoenix Software today reveals that local authorities are unable to store and analyse data effectively. Independent research it commissioned alongside VMware among local authority IT leaders shows the majority believe their current data analysis capabilities (75 percent) and data storage capabilities (72 percent) will need a refresh within the next 18 months and this refresh ... | Guideline | ||
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2017-06-22 11:14:49 | (Déjà vu) Locky Ransomware Returns, but Targets Only Windows XP & Vista (lien direct) | The Locky ransomware is back, spreading via a massive wave of spam emails distributed by the Necurs botnet, but the campaign appears to be a half-baked effort because the ransomware is not able to encrypt files on modern Windows OS versions, locking files only on old Windows XP & Vista machines. View Full Story ... | ★★ | ||
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2017-06-22 11:09:41 | Median Dwell Time for Hackers Drops to 49 Days (lien direct) | The dwell time for hackers inside victim networks fell by nearly half over the past year, although the time from intrusion to containment of such threats remained virtually the same, according to Trustwave. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Info Security Magazine | ★★★★ | ||
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2017-06-22 11:07:15 | AdGholas malvertisers experiment with ransomware, delivered through AstrumEK (lien direct) | The AdGholas malvertising threat group conducted a new campaign in May and June 2017 using the Astrum exploit kit to infect victims with Mole ransomware – an unusual change-up for these adversaries, who historically have favored banking trojans, according to researchers from Trend Micro and Proofpoint. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: SC Magazine | |||
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2017-06-22 11:05:24 | The Queen\'s Speech: a technological revolution? (lien direct) | The Queen’s Speech outlined a number of technology-centred initiatives aimed at bolstering the economy, driving innovation, defending online safety and meeting environmental targets. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Information Age | ★★★★ | ||
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2017-06-22 09:35:49 | IoT the top priority in driving digital transformation says new global research report (lien direct) | IoT has become the leading technology for digital transformation and is the number one priority for 92 per cent of organisations, according to global research findings published today by Inmarsat (LSE:ISAT.L), the world's leading provider of global mobile satellite communications. The Inmarsat Research Programme study focusing on the enterprise application of the Internet of Things ... | Guideline | ||
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2017-06-22 09:32:54 | Ransom-Aware: Carbon Black Survey Finds 7 of 10 Consumers Would Consider Leaving a Business Hit By Ransomware (lien direct) | WannaCry brought the threat posed by cybercriminals into the public consciousness in a way that had not really been seen before. Temporarily crippling the NHS brought the dangers of cyber-attacks to reality and demonstrated that organisations need to be taking the problem of all forms of cybercrime seriously. Ransomware is a particularly devastating form of ... | Wannacry | ||
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2017-06-22 09:28:24 | Top tips for protecting your brand against cyber attacks (lien direct) | MarkMonitor®, the global leader in enterprise brand protection is advising businesses to act now in order to protect themselves against cyber attacks. These attacks come in all different shapes and sizes, and as we have seen from recent global attacks, no brand can truly consider themselves safe. What's more, with both the rate and sophistication ... | Guideline | ||
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2017-06-21 10:43:12 | Has Skype been HACKED? Microsoft\'s messaging service crashes worldwide following claims that it has been attacked by cyber criminals (lien direct) | Skype has crashed for millions of people around the world, following recent updates by Microsoft. The problems began yesterday, but have continued through to today, with users in Europe appearing to be the worst affected. A group of cyber criminals has claimed that they are behind the attack, but this is yet to be confirmed ... | ★★★ |
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