UK cyber security innovator Glasswall Solutions predicts decline of mass cyber-attacks as criminals opt for more tailored methods, with awareness growing that anti-virus technology fails to provide full protection Glasswall Solutions, the pioneering UK-based cyber security company, today reveals its five top predictions for 2019. The list covers the developments that Glasswall’s team of experts believes will have biggest impact on cyber security over the next 12 months. “2018 was a year of major cyber-attacks that took many forms, from all-too-common hacks, ransomware and phishing to new, sophisticated crypto-jacking,” said Greg Sim, CEO, Glasswall Solutions. “The digital landscape is becoming…
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Cybercriminals are using a potent mix of Gandcrab ransomware along with Vidar, a data stealing malware. This new mix of malware is able to steal a variety of sensitive data, including all web browsing history, cryptocurrency wallets, messaging content or various credentials. This latest scourge of the Internet was discovered by security researchers at Malwarebytes Labs. Expert comments below: Mike Bittner, Digital Security and Operations Manager at The Media Trust: “What makes this new mix novel and potent is its multi-pronged effort to establish an infection path—its use of the digital ad supply chain to spread its reach, two exploit kits…
News broke today that the U.S. National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) has started to distribute informative materials ranging from brochures to videos to privately held companies around the country promoting increased awareness of rising cybersecurity threats from nation-state actors. Sam Curry, Chief Security Officer at Cybereason: “Today there are two types of businesses, those that have been hacked and those that will be. We live in a world where businesses today have a much harder task of keep adversaries at bay because of the increasing network attack surface that security teams have to monitor. I welcome the NCSC’s new campaign to educate…
In response to the news today that Singapore Airlines has suffered a software glitch that exposed customer data, please see below for comment from Kaspersky Lab. “While the sum of customers affected by Singapore Airline’s data breach is not large, the fact that sensitive details such as passports and email addresses were accessed is particularly worrying. Customers whoentrusttheir privateinformation to the care of a business should be safe in the knowledge that their data is being kept in a secure manner– and this breach, which was caused by aone-off software bug,has exposed some of the airline’s most loyal customers. “It’s commendable that Singapore…
Following the news that a hacker that goes by the name of Hax Stroke has claimed to have launched a DDoS attack on GitHub last Wednesday after the company’s website experienced an outage, please see below comments from Sean Newman, director of product management at Corero Network Security. Sean Newman, Director of Product Management at Corero Network Security: “The latest claimed DDoS attack on GitHub is not the sort of welcome to the New Year that any organisation would wish for! And the main concern here, for any online business, should be that there appears to be no real motive for…
Following the news today that UK contactless card fraud has doubled, I wanted to get in touch to offer comment from David Orme, Senior Vice President of IDEX Biometrics, which explores the role of biometrics in protecting consumers against rising levels of contactless card fraud. In the comments below, Orme discusses the future of biometric authentication, including fingerprint recognition, on a grand scale and the importance of this as the UK continues to move towards a more cashless society. Expert comments below: David Orme, SVP at IDEX Biometrics: “The recent news thatUK contactless card fraud has doubledserves as a stark reminder that…
ISACA and DMDII study also identifies need for major improvements to security awareness programs at manufacturing organizations SCHAUMBURG, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Though the manufacturing sector does not attract the sheer volume of total cyberattacks as other areas of the economy, research has shown that coordinated cyber espionage targets manufacturing more than any other sector.1 For this reason, ISACA and the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII) recently partnered to conduct a survey that explored the cybersecurity challenges faced by the global manufacturing industry. Survey findings showed that manufacturers still face security concerns, including those related to Internet of Things (IoT)-integrated devices and…
In light of a new statement issued today by Professor Alan Woodward (University of Surrey), warning that errors made when signing up to online services can often result in people handing over the keys to their digital lives and becoming the victims of fraud, Brett Beranek, Director of GM, Enterprise Security at Nuance Communications commented below. Brett Beranek, Director of GM, Enterprise Security at Nuance Communications: ‘This is the latest line in a long list of expert warnings, all highlighting the need for increased security solutions in our digital landscape. After all, the fraudster of today is more sophisticated, more skilled and more determined than…
Recent findings on Page Cache Attacks by a research team of experts from Graz University of Technology, Boston University, NetApp, CrowdStrike, and Intel detail a first-of-its-type, hardware-agnostic (unlike Spectre & Meltdown) side-channel attack that can remotely target operating systems such as Windows and Linux and effectively exfiltrate data, bypassing security precautions. An expert with Juniper Threat Labs offers perspective. Mounir Hahad, Head at Juniper Threat Labs at Juniper Networks: “This attack class presents a significantly lower complexity barrier than previous hardware-based side-channel attacks and can easily be put into practice by threat actors, both nation state as well as cyber gangs. In particular, password recovery via unprivileged applications is a…
A young man has confessed to being responsible for the data breach that affected hundreds of German politicians, which he reportedly did out of annoyance at statements made by the public figures whose data he exposed. In light of this news, please see the comment below from Jake Moore, cyber security expert at ESET UK. Jake Moore, Cyber Security Expert at ESET UK: “This story just highlights that the motive behind a cyber-attack is not always financial. Hackers can have a variety of reasons for targeting an organisation or business. Given that this attack affected such a large group and…