UK invests £850m in tackling cyber threats
The UK government is to invest more than £850m to develop and maintain what it calls “cutting-edge” capabilities to tackle cyber threats.
This ‘world’s biggest data breaches’ infographic is terrifying
We’ve covered a great deal of the major data breaches experienced by enterprises over the last decade or so—Sony, the South Korean government, Nvidia, Honda—but there’s nothing quite like looking at them together, visualized.
Don’t adapt old IT security policies for BYOD: IBM
Morphing existing IT security policies to accommodate for bring your own device (BYOD) is the wrong way to address BYOD, according to IBM Institute for Advanced Security director, Glen Gooding.
White House Employees’ personal email accounts hacked by Syrian Electronic Army
White House Employees fell victim to the Syrian electronic Army’s Social Engineering attack – Their personal email accounts have been hijacked by Syrian Electronic Army.
Sharp increase in blended, automated attacks
FireHost announced its latest web application attack statistics, which track the prevalence of four distinct types of cyberattacks that pose the most serious threat to businesses.
Hackers take full advantage of social media sharing: security experts
Sharing on social media helps hackers sharpen “spear phishing” attacks they use to trick their way into computers, security experts said Monday.
How well does “defense in depth” really work?
“Defense in depth,” or the layering of multiple security products is a commonly employed security strategy and best practice.
Security complexity and internal breaches are key concerns
Growth in external hacking attempts, DDoS and malware attacks, and internal threats to data are the key security concerns for UK businesses.
Credit Card Redirection, the evolution of phishing
Researchers at Securi discover Credit Card Redirection attack technique to hijack credit card data during transactions on e-commerce sites.
House Fails to Repeal NSA’s Dragnet Phone Surveillance Authority
The House today narrowly defeated an amendment to a defense spending package that would have repealed authorization for the National Security Agency’s dragnet collection of phone-call metadata in the United States.
