News broke yesterday that the UK government has new guidelines for securing smart cars. As vehicles continue to become smarter and increasingly common on British roads, the UK government says it is crucial that manufacturers take the correct steps to make them cyber secure. IT security experts commented below. Raj Samani, Chief Scientist and Fellow at McAfee: “With the county’s strong manufacturing heritage, it’s unsurprising that the government has high hopes for the UK to be a global leader in driverless car technology. The new cybersecurity guidelines will be a key step in achieving this goal, with the security of the car’s network…
ISBuzz Team
Enrique Marti del Olmo, Vodafone Group’s Head of Fixed Devices, Connectivity & Security, appointed to the prpl Board of Directors The prpl Foundation, an open-source, community-driven consortium with a focus on enabling the security and interoperability of embedded devices for the smart society of the future, today announced Vodafone Group has joined the Foundation. As a leading multi-national telecommunications provider and Europe’s fastest-growing fixed broadband provider, Vodafone joins prpl with the intent to accelerate the harmonization of software platforms for in-home devices like routers in order to foster innovation in the digital home and smart gateways. Furthering its commitment to…
News broke that hackers carried out at least one cyber-attack against banks and other lenders every week last year. Figures from the Financial Conduct Authority, the City watchdog, showed there were 89 attacks against firms it regulates last year, compared with five in 2014. Leigh-Anne Galloway, Cyber Security Resilience Lead at Positive Technologies commented below. Leigh-Anne Galloway, Cyber Security Resilience Lead at Positive Technologies: “The number of attacks performed against banks last year is not surprising. As banking services are becoming more accessible to clients every year, using advanced technologies to make payments and transfers, cyber criminals are finding new ways…
Details are leaking out about yet another hack of a major content production and distribution company. HBO on Monday announced it was the victim of a significant data breach that could involve the exfiltration of up to 1.5 TBs of information. While the investigation into the extent of the compromise and the actors behind it are ongoing and currently in the nascent stage there are a couple things we can say about what this hack isn’t. The current comparison to Sony is a false corollary. Sony was the victim of a Nation State (North Korea) seeking retribution for an action…
It has been reported that developers of Chrome browser extensions have lost control of their code after unidentified attackers compromised the Google Chrome Web Store accounts used to issue updates; twice in five days! In both cases, the attackers used the unauthorized access to publish fraudulent updates that by default are automatically pushed to all Chrome users who have the extensions installed. The tainted extensions were also available for download in Google’s official Chrome Web Store. Mark James, Security Specialist at ESET commented below. Mark James, Security Specialist at ESET: “Phishing attack these days are the number one method for compromising or stealing…
High-profile cybercrime such as data theft, ransomware and computer hacks seem to be occurring more frequently and with higher costs, but cloud computing may provide the security that companies are searching for, experts suggest. “Cloud computing improves IT security and security professionals need as much help as possible,” said Nick McQuire, vice president of enterprise research at CCS Insight. Javvad Malik, Security Advocate at AlienVault commented below. Javvad Malik, Security Advocate at AlienVault: “Cloud computing comes with some benefits over traditional on-premise computing models. With the cloud services, patching, hardening, and other maintenance aspects are usually taken care of. However, that’s not to…
Following the news that the government is set to introduce a new Data Protect Bill that will give people the right to have all their personal data deleted by companies, IT security experts commented below. Justin Coker, Vice President EMEA at Skybox Security: “Organisations are in the midst of GDPR compliancy work so the government restating the European legislation will be UK law is welcome. It also gives a clear signal that the UK government wants to set a high standard for cybersecurity and this should drive innovative approaches to protect and secure data. However, as consumers and citizens are…
If you dismiss protection of your corporate website from cyber threats as a time-waster, you just don’t know what such negligence can bring. Think of a corporate website as a company’s business card that you show to potential customers, investors or business partners. There’s some similarity, isn’t there? For sure, no one will give the card with typos, blurry letters and inky top that will make your clients’ hands filthy. Why then, business owners may skip from their agenda the risk of their website visitors’ potential exposure to cyber-threats? The reason for such information security negligence can be that non…
Email is indisputably a critical enterprise communication tool essential for sending important documents quickly and efficiently between employees, managers, HR, finance, sales, legal, customers, supply chain and more. Unfortunately, organisations often do not understand that the file-types used every day to share important information – standard files like Word docs, Excel spreadsheets and PDFs – are also the most common attack vectors widely used for the distribution of malware. For cybercriminals, it’s often too easy to target a user with a spoofed email or phishing attack, and trick them into opening an infected attachment that appears to be legitimate. With…
Following the news from Kaspersky that DDoS attacks have risen exponentially in Q2 2017, Dr. Malcolm Murphy, Technology Director for Western Europe at Infoblox commented below. Dr. Malcolm Murphy, Technology Director for Western Europe at Infoblox: “This news does not come as a surprise; DDoS attacks are extremely common and can be catastrophic to a business. The reality is that, as a critical piece of business infrastructure, DNS will always be a prime target for hackers and many organisations are still leaving their networks vulnerable to attack. Businesses are increasingly dependent on their networks. As these networks become bigger and more complex, the number…