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itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-13 11:39:49 (Déjà vu) Swedish Transport Agency hit by DDoS attack (lien direct) >Sweden’s Transport Agency has been hit by a series of DDoS attacks forcing the official website of Transportstyrelsen to go offline. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Hackread
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-13 11:36:37 Ransomware sale value in the millions! (lien direct) >$6million. That is the total estimated value of ransomware sales on the dark web market places. Crazy to think it used to cost $250,000 only a year ago. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: ZDNet
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-13 11:33:15 Hyatt Hotel Breached (lien direct) >The international resort giant Hyatt Hotels has suffered a data breach, exposing visitors payments card information from 41 hotels in 11 countries. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: IB Times ★★★★
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-13 11:28:13 Fob flaw allows clones to be made for Subaru Cars (lien direct) >A vulnerability in the key fob system used by various Subaru models could be used by hackers to hijack the vehicles. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Bleeping Computer ★★
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-13 11:22:22 (Déjà vu) Equifax hacked again (lien direct) >Equifax has had its contract with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) temporarily suspended after the credit reporting company had its website compromised again. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: IB Times Equifax ★★★★★
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-13 11:18:43 Pay Attention to These 5 Security Tips When Buying Cryptocurrencies (lien direct) >There are many ongoing discussions about the use of blockchain across various industries and markets.   In short, it is the distributed ledger technology or underlying foundation of Bitcoin, one of the most high-profile cryptocurrencies.   There are both public and private blockchains, and each has its own set of strengths and weaknesses regarding security. ... ★★★
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-13 11:17:18 Security in the Internet of Things – an Inconvenient Truth (lien direct) >The current political events in Barcelona provide us with a barely-needed reminder that we live in changing times.  I was in the city as part of the Trustonic team exhibiting at IoT Solutions World Congress last week and took some time to speak with fellow vendors. I soon saw some fantastic product demonstrations that drew ... ★★
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-13 11:15:36 Sophos Supports Preservation of History of Computing and Security by Becoming Foundation Sponsor for The National Museum of Computing (lien direct) >Sophos , a global leader in network and endpoint security, has become a Corporate Foundation Sponsor at The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC), where the history of computing and security can be seen in action with the world's largest collection of functioning historical computers. Sophos has committed to sponsor the museum until 2020, and will ... Guideline
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-12 15:33:32 Incapsula network to expand, in a bid to increase Performance and Speed Attack Mitigation (lien direct) >Imperva have announced this week that they are expanding their Incapsula network. Alongside this expansion of the Incapsula network, Imperva will also be engaging in a significant investment in second-generation DDoS attack mitigation technology. This investment will facilitate Imperva being able to perform faster, and will also mean the introduction of an industry-leading 10 second ... Guideline ★★★★★
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-12 14:49:16 The simplicity of equality with Brian Brackenborough, Unsung Hero Award Winner (lien direct) >When I was nominated for this award thingy they asked me if I'd like to write a blog, yes I said – why wouldn't I? Millions of eyes reading my words and all that attention I'll get, it's a no brainer I thought. And what better a subject to talk about than that equality thing, ... ★★
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-12 11:34:44 (Déjà vu) New BTCWare ransomware discovered (lien direct) >A variant of the BTCWare ransomware has been discovered and is targeting victims and appending the .[email-id-id.payday extension to encrypted files. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Bleeping Computer ★★★★
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-12 11:29:50 (Déjà vu) Hackers steal top secret Australian Department of Defence Data (lien direct) >Top secret information about the Australian Department of Defence has been revealed to have been stolen in 2016.. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: IB Times ★★★★
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-12 11:24:00 (Déjà vu) Republican phone polling firm hacked (lien direct) >The data of hundreds of thousands of Americans who submitted donations to political campaigns have been exposed after a Republican phone polling firm was hacked. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: ZDNet ★★★★
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-12 11:17:48 Phishing campaign targets Netflix (lien direct) >A phishing scam is targeting the users of Netflix with cyber attackers trying to cypher users personal information such as email addresses. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: IB Times ★★★
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-12 11:03:53 New research reveals worrying complacency in European DDoS mitigation (lien direct) >A new European report released today by CDNetworks, the global content delivery network (CDN) and cloud security provider, has revealed that spending on DDoS mitigation in the UK and DACH has increased sharply over the last twelve months. This has led to widespread confidence amongst IT heads in their DDoS resilience. But despite the greater ... ★★★
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-12 10:56:41 EMEA Organisations continue to migrate to Office 365, with a security strategy at the forefront (lien direct) >Businesses in EMEA are increasingly turning to the Microsoft Office 365 productivity suite, yet with all the recent cyber attacks, security concerns remain one of the biggest barriers to cloud adoption. This was one of the findings from a global study of more than 1,100 organisations conducted by Barracuda Networks, Inc. (NYSE: CUDA), a leader in ... Guideline ★★★★
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-12 10:50:15 Top Ways to Stop Hackers Gaining Access to Your Systems via Smart-Home Gadgets (lien direct) >Most people these days are aware of the prevalence of hackers and the fact that they're continually finding new ways and techniques to get access to information and crash systems. However, lots of consumers don't realize how much they are actually putting themselves at risk by not securing their smart-home devices. With more and more ... ★★★★★
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-11 14:55:57 Nozomi Networks Selected by FireEye for ICS Protocol Depth and Technical Excellence (lien direct) >Nozomi Networks, the pioneer in real-time cybersecurity and operational visibility for industrial control systems (ICS), today announced a new partnership with FireEye to provide next generation ICS security that extends visibility across IT and OT environments. “Adversaries are increasingly targeting critical infrastructure around the world and operators are prioritizing cybersecurity for industrial control systems and other types of ... ★★
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-11 14:28:15 Cloud giant Accenture left sensitive data left exposed on Servers (lien direct) >Accenture, the cloud and technology giant has admitted it left a massive store of private data across four unsecured cloud servers, potentially exposing passwords and decryption keys. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: ZDNet ★★
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-11 14:24:23 (Déjà vu) 700,000 Britons affected by Equifax breach (lien direct) >Equifax has revealed that almost 700,000 UK customers have had their data hacked following on from the major cyber-attack. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Guardian Equifax ★★
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-11 14:16:14 46gb of medical data left exposed (lien direct) >The medical data of over 150,000 American was left exposed and unsecured on an Amazon server. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: IB Times
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-11 14:12:17 (Déjà vu) Flaw uncovered in Windows DNS client (lien direct) >A major flaw found in Microsoft has been fixed. The bug affected DNS client’s included Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2016. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Bleeping Computer
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-11 10:34:32 Building better defences by establishing a deeper understanding of cyber security threats (lien direct) >The SWIFT Institute has published three new working papers, each aiming to contribute towards the establishment of better cyber defences for the financial industry. The research papers focus on enabling financial institutions to get ahead and stay ahead of their cyber adversaries by providing a better understanding of the actors involved, examining a means to ...
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-11 10:33:05 Differing attitudes in Europe to app security (lien direct) >Many of us Brits like to think we are different to our continental neighbours. There are plenty of things that point to us being unique and our mobile habits seem to back this up. Research shows that us Brits really do think differently to our European counterparts. A global study by A10 Networks found that ...
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-10 11:53:23 Cyberstalker uncovered through VPN log (lien direct) >A man from Massachusetts was arrested on cyberstalking charges after he was uncovered by PureVPN after he tried to hide his online activity. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Help Net Security ★★★★★
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-10 11:49:58 US Govt agencies unite to implement secure standards for sending information (lien direct) >NIST and DHS Standards have come together for the creation of a new set of standards aimed at securing the process of routing information between major internet entities. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Bleeping Computer
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-10 11:44:23 (Déjà vu) Apple fixes MacOS encrypted disk password bug (lien direct) >A flaw discovered in macOS High Sierra when users were shown the volume’s password when they requested a password hint, has been fixed. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Silicon UK ★★★★★
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-10 11:15:13 (Déjà vu) Forrester hit by data breach (lien direct) >Forrester, one of the worlds leading market research and investment advisory firms, has been hit by a data breach. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: IB Times UK Guideline ★★★★★
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-10 11:09:43 Fortinet Survey Reveals Almost Half of IT Decision Makers Believe Board Members Still Do Not Treat Cybersecurity as a Top Priority (lien direct) >Patrice Perche, senior executive vice president, worldwide sales and support at Fortinet “Over the years, we've seen that cybersecurity has become a key investment for organizations, with more and more C-level executives considering it as part of their broader IT strategy. As organizations now embrace digital transformation and turn to technologies like the cloud, cybersecurity ... ★★★
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-10 11:07:52 SunTec Xelerates with Microsoft Azure, creates a new IT vision for the Financial Services industry (lien direct) >SunTec, whose technology powers the financial services and is delivered to over 300 million consumers worldwide, today announced the successful validation, verification and deployment of the Xelerate on Demand Service (XoDS) on Microsoft Azure. The verification process began in March 2017 and completed in July 2017. Banks using Public Cloud services can now deploy the ... ★★★★★
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-10 11:06:39 Nexus launches new cloud service for digital PDF signing (lien direct) >Identity and security company Nexus Group launches a new cloud service for digital PDF signing. “No integration is needed: you just sign up for a subscription, and your users can start making secure electronic signatures straight away,” says Daniel Ericsson, head of signing solutions at Nexus. The new service, Nexus GO PDF Signing, costs €199 per month plus €1.50 per document  signed – no matter how many people are signing ...
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-09 10:47:21 Barclays delivers skills boost with Cyber Security Challenge UK competition (lien direct) >This weekend, Barclays and Cabinet Office-backed security initiative Cyber Security Challenge UK, hosted an immersive competition to test the skills of thirty cyber enthusiasts. The competition required contestants to adopt the role of interns at a fictitious cyber security firm, who had to defend their company from a cyber-attack, triggered by an insider, all while ...
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-09 10:42:30 GDPR – Why it\'s Time for the Board to stop Passing the Buck (lien direct) >The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect in the UK on 25 May 2018. Yet, many organisations remain in denial, with a typical mindset being: 'if I ignore it long enough, it will probably go away', or even, 'I don't think it really applies to me'.  Ultimately though, any business that holds personal ...
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-09 10:31:20 Nearly 80 per cent of IT executives lack control over password security in their organisations (lien direct) >A new study from LastPass and Ovum reveals that despite the clear and present danger that weak passwords pose to organisations, many remain focused on implementing technology based on policy, not the user, to address the problem. More than half of IT executives surveyed rely on employees alone to monitor their own password behaviour, subsequently ... LastPass
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-06 14:32:11 Ransomware attack hits Englewood (lien direct) It has been reported that the city of Englewood was hit by a ransomware virus attack with all city internal systems said to have been affected. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: KDVR ★★★
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-06 14:19:14 Major breaches make you wonder if your information will ever be safe (lien direct) Equifax, Sonic, CeX, Zomato – S0me of the largest data breaches have happened in 2017 and have been on a scale not seen before. This has got people asking the question: Is our data ever safe? View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Washington Post Equifax
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-06 14:13:53 Malware campaign targeting various sectors in US and South Korea (lien direct) Cyber attackers have been found to be using the FormBook malware campaign and are targeting the aerospace, defence, and manufacturing sectors in the US and South Korea. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Silicon
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-06 12:35:07 (Déjà vu) Winners of Security Serious Unsung Heroes 2017 announced! (lien direct) The second annual Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards  winners were revealed on Tuesday night in a light-hearted and entertaining ceremony at St Bart's Brewery in London. The awards celebrate the people, not products, of the cyber security industry on the front lines of organisations battling cyber threats and often saving the companies they work for ... ★★★★★
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-06 10:28:00 Veritas Study: Organisations worldwide mistakenly believe they are GDPR compliant (lien direct) A study from Veritas Technologies, a leader in multi-cloud data management, has found that organisations across the globe mistakenly believe they are in compliance with the upcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).   According to findings from The Veritas 2017 GDPR Report, almost one-third (31 per cent) of respondents said that their enterprise already conforms ... Guideline ★★★★
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-06 10:24:50 University of Cambridge and MIT CSAIL lead allied forces tackling rogue state developing Weapons of Mass Destruction, in life-like cyber competition (lien direct) Top talent from UK and US universities have fired up their laptops to battle a dangerous rogue state developing Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) in the life-like cyber security competition, Cambridge2Cambridge (C2C).   The government and industry backed competition – which is the brainchild of two of the most prestigious universities in the world, the ... ★★★★
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-06 09:30:14 Imperva Incapsula\'s Q2 Global DDoS Threat Landscape Report: The key findings (lien direct) DDoS attacks still have the ability to strike fear into the hearts of security professionals and web server administrators everywhere. The flooding of a targeted system can be a logistical nightmare for organizations of all kinds, affecting normal business function massively. This week Imperva Incapsula released their Q2 Global DDoS Threat Landscape Report, which represents ...
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-05 11:21:34 NATO soldiers phones targeted by Russian hackers (lien direct) It has been revealed by the Wall Street Journal that Russian hackers have been targeting NATO soldiers deployed in nearby countries like Poland and the Baltic states. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Engadget ★★★
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-05 11:14:00 Cyber attackers changing their methods (lien direct) Cyber criminals are changing their methods of attack, with recent incidences indicating a shift to social media as they aim at new targets. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Threatpost
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-05 11:07:24 Cyber security must be enhanced at the US financial regulator (lien direct) One of Wall Street’s top regulators, the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), must increase its defence systems against potential hackers. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Reuters
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-05 11:02:05 Brazilian banking the target of a new banking trojan (lien direct) The Brazilian financial sector is the target of a new phishing campaign by cybercriminals who are using legitimate VMware binary to spread banking trojans. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: SC Magazine
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-05 10:58:45 Fast Food chain Sonic warns payment cards could be hacked (lien direct) Sonic Corp, a US fast-food chain operator has warned that some of its drive in outlets may have been attacked by malware, allowing hackers to access customers’ debit cards and credit information. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Reuters
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-05 10:46:02 NuData\'s NuDetect is the Leader in Innovative Category (lien direct) NuData Security today announced that it has been designated Leader in the Innovation category in the 2017 Identity Proofing Platform Awards by Javelin Strategy & Research. NuData's NuDetect enables organizations to detect good from fraudulent users with unparalleled accuracy, at the time of account creation, protecting customers against account takeovers and brands from fraud. The ... Guideline ★★
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-04 13:52:34 Data breach hits 6,000 Indian businesses (lien direct) Critical information of over 6,000 Indian businesses has been leaked in what could be the biggest breach affecting Indian organisations. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Economic Times ★★★★
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-04 13:47:41 Equifax ex-CEO: Hacked data wasn\'t encrypted (lien direct) The customer data hacked by the cyber attackers during the Equifax data breach was not encrypted. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: CBS News Equifax ★★★★
itsecurityguru.webp 2017-10-04 13:42:51 Every Yahoo account hacked from 2013 breach (lien direct) It has been revealed that every user who had a Yahoo account in 2013 was likely to have been affected by the breach. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: NPR Yahoo ★★★★★
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