Security experts: Research 1 in 5 employees would sell passwords
Research finding issued by SailPoint Technologies with its annual Market Pulse Survey – included findings that: a) one in five employees surveyed would sell their security passwords for the right price, b) 65% of respondents used a single password across multiple applications, and c) one in three employees purchase SAAS applications without informing IT, d) […]
Expert Comments on Apple’s iMessage Flaw
Apple’s iMessage system has a cryptography flaw that allowed researchers to decrypt a photo stored in iCloud, the Washington Post reported on Sunday. Here to comment on this news is Security Experts from Tripwire. Tim Erlin, Director, Security and IT Risk Strategist at Tripwire: “When researchers and software companies work in partnership around security research, […]
From Cybersecurity To Power Failures Can UK Boardrooms Afford To Ignore Security Risks?
Cybersecurity remains a key concern and a real threat to many businesses. As a recent study of 150 board members in the UK shows, the estimated average cost of lost data over one year could amount to as much as £1.2 million. Yet there still remains a lack of boardroom governance across the UK’s major […]
The rise of cyberattack on critical public infrastructures and how to prevent them
In an episode of the TV show “Sherlock,” a pair of bad guys die in a crash after a hacker takes complete control of their car. In an episode of “Homeland,” the vice president is assassinated with his own pacemaker when a cyberattacker takes control remotely and stops his heart. On “CSI: Cyber,” a hacker […]
Organic Denial of Service, When DoS Isn’t an Attack
Denial of service attacks are so common now that “DoS attack” hardly needs explanation, even to the lay person. The phrase “DoS attack” instantly conjures images of banking sites that refuse to load, and gaming consoles unable to connect. The other instant reaction is to think of the attackers such as Anonymous, the Qassam Cyber […]
