You might have seen the news that the new Government Accountability Office reported that the Pentagon’s multibillion-dollar weapons systems are riddled with cybersecurity vulnerabilities. And yet military leaders ignored the problem for years, turning a blind eye to security weaknesses in newly developed systems that could potentially thwart military missions. Edgard Capdevielle, CEO at Nozomi Networks: “It’s not entirely surprising that military leaders turned a blind eye to security weaknesses within the Pentagon’s multibillion-dollar weapons systems; however, it does demonstrate the pervasive attitude that overlooks the real dangers of not building cybersecurity in from the beginning. Addressing cybersecurity vulnerabilities after the…
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Home and business email scams are skyrocketing – all with the intent to steal money and credentials from bank accounts. These types of scams have increased 136% worldwide from December 2016 to May 2018 according to the FBI. Ryan Wilk, VP of Customer Success at NuData Security: “Hackers are targeting both banks and their customers at an alarming rate with professionally-looking emails that can fool even the most discerning eye. While banks are on alert to verify money transfers, especially if it is not usual for a customer to do so, it is hard to detect this fraudulent activity when the…
The Washington Post reported today that the Department of Defense’s (DOD) weapon systems feature cyber vulnerabilities that leave them susceptible to attack, according to a GAO government report released Tuesday. IT security experts commented below. Pravin Kothari, CEO at CipherCloud: “Yes, cyber vulnerabilities remain a major challenge especially in areas such as the move to cloud computing. The GAO is keeping everyone’s eye on the ball. That said, let’s keep this GAO report in perspective. First – many of these weapons systems are absolutely not online to external networks. This is intentional. Second – many of the network protocols used in…
In light of the news that Mastercard, WorldPay and Amex were among the payment processors who took part in a ‘cyber war game’, in a bid to test their systems amid rising IT security threats, please see below comment David Emm, Prinicpal Security Reeacher at Kasperky Lab. David Emm, Prinicpal Security Reeacher at Kasperky Lab: “It’s interesting to see that payment processors are actively testing their systems to see how prepared they are for a cyber-attack. In today’s digital age, online fraud is a very real threat. With almost every area of our daily lives now online, fraudsters are using a host…
Security researchers in the US have suggested that there is a marked difference in the level of Russian engagement in hacking the 2018 election when compared to their activity in influencing the 2016 election. While the Russian bots of Twitter are still engaging in the spreading of fake news on partisan issues, the large scale hacking attempts we seen in 2016 are largely absent. Corin Imai, senior product manager at threat intelligence company DomainTools thinks that this lack of blatant election meddling may well be conspicuous in its absence: Corin Imai, Senior Product Manager at DomainTools: “This news is a lot more sinister than it…
The NHS’s IT governing body is refusing to invest in cybersecurity protection as it does not represent value for money. According to the Health Service Journal, NHS Digital is set to ignore the recommendations laid out in a government-sanctioned report authored by its own CIO due to the costs being too high. Commenting on the news are the following security professionals: Javvad Malik, Security Advocate at AlienVault: “Many of the reports issued, or guidance offered by independent professionals to any organisation are generally broad and don’t take into consideration the individual business, technological, and economic factors that affect individual organisations. It would be…
It has been reported that Google is closing down its social network Google+ after users’ data was exposed. It will shut down over the next ten months after it was revealed a software bug meant information that people believed was private had been accessible to third parties between 2015 and 2018. Up to 500,000 users had been affected, Google said, and data exposed is believed to include people’s names, email addresses, birth dates, profile photos, and gender. According to reports, the company knew about the issue in March but did not disclose it for fear of regulatory scrutiny. Security experts commented below. Gary McGraw, Vice President Security Technology at Synopsys: “First…
Navionics Marina Navigation owned by Garmin has accidentally exposed the personal data of thousands of boat owners through a misconfigured MongoDB Server. The exposed data was found by a security researcher at Hacken io. Ryan Wilk, VP of Customer Success at NuData Security: “Just when you thought it was safe to go on the water, even there you can be exposed as this latest news demonstrates. Monitoring and securing data is a difficult task as most companies are finding out. Patching vulnerabilities, and reviewing security architecture and authentication is not a checkbox, but an ongoing process. Consumer data has been going…
Greg Wiseman, Senior Security Researcher at Rapid7: “This month’s patches from Microsoft include fixes for 49 distinct vulnerabilities. One that’s already been exploited in the wild is CVE-2018-8453, a privilege escalation vulnerability allowing an attacker to gain full control over a system as long as they first have a way to execute code on the affected system (for example via a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability, which nearly half of this month’s flaws are). Three other vulnerabilities are not yet known to be exploited, but have been publicly disclosed. CVE-2018-8497 is another elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting Windows 10 /…
Compare the Market reveal the most internet obsessed countries Americans are the most internet addicted nation with 76% of the population using the internet regularly, 1.23 mobile subscriptions per person and over half a million free wifi locations Bahrain and Luxembourg both have 98% of their population connected to the digital world In Macao, the average person has 3.22 mobile phone subscriptions but they only have 292 free wifi spots 9th October 2018: A new study released today by leading price comparison website Compare the Market uncovers which nations are the most internet dependant. In the era of fake news, Snapchat and…