News broke over the weekend that Microsoft is taking down suspected Russian hackers using American trademark law, with a year-long legal battle tentatively drawing to a close this week. Microsoft filed suit against the hackers last year for computer intrusion and infringing on its trademarks. It alleged the John Does responsible, through an operation called “Strontium,” have broken into Microsoft accounts and stolen info from Microsoft customers. Tim Helming, Director of Product Management at DomainTools commented below. Tim Helming, Director of Product Management at DomainTools: “Large or high-profile organizations such as Microsoft draw vast numbers of cybersquatters who abuse their trademarks for a variety of activities. Often…
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News has broken today that Kylie Jenner has fallen victim to an apparent ‘snapchat’ hack, which has resulted in the hacker threatening to post nude pictures of the star online: This news comes soon after Modern Family star Sarah Hyland had her own private photos stolen and posted online over the weekend. In response to this, Mark James, Security Specialist at ESET has offered some insight. Mark James, Security Specialist at ESET: “Of course the problem here is the term “Hack”. If it is indeed a hack, then someone has taken great efforts to use their expertise and knowledge to break into an…
Businesses Choose Productivity over Cybersecurity New Research Reveals Despite recent global attacks, internal pressure to limit security puts pressure on IT teams CUPERTINO, Calif. Bromium®, Inc., the pioneer and leader in virtualization-based enterprise security that stops advanced malware attacks, today released results of a survey of 175 security professionals conducted at this year’s InfoSecurity Europe, which found that IT security is often deprioritized when it interferes with employee productivity. Key results of the survey show that: 94% of security professionals say users are more concerned with getting their jobs done than worrying about security 64% of security professionals admit to modifying…
With the news over the weekend that a safety clampdown means drones will have to be registered in the UK, Colin Bull, Principle Consultant Manufacturing and Product Development at SQS, the leading quality specialist for digital business on the topic commented below. In this comment, Colin discusses that while this announcement may be welcome, drones are still at risk of falling into the wrong hands. Colin Bull, Principal Consultant Manufacturing and Product Development at SQS: “We certainly welcome the government’s announcement that drone owners must register their devices in a bid to ensure public safety. But this does not go far enough…
While encryption can keep your network traffic safe from hackers, it can also prevent your security and monitoring tools from seeing inside the packets crossing your network. Knowing that many organizations pass encrypted traffic into their networks without full inspection, the bad guys use encryption to hide malware and launch attacks – effectively hijacking your network. To keep defenses strong while limiting the risk of security breaches and data loss, you need to decrypt, examine, and re-encrypt all network traffic. The burden of decryption Devices for decryption must be powerful. Encryption algorithms are becoming longer and more complex to withstand…
Six themes under one roof, co-located with Cyber Security Europe and new MACHINA Summit.AI London – Europe’s number one enterprise IT event, IP EXPO Europe, has announced its 2017 showcase to help organisations and individuals looking to innovate and evolve through technology. Now in its 12th year, the event will take place on 4-5 October 2017 at ExCeL London and brings together some of the biggest names, in their respective fields, to tackle the technological issues facing organisations right now. With six themes under one roof and unrivalled access to experts and technology innovators, IP EXPO Europe 2017 will be co-located with Cyber Security Europe and MACHINA…
A US company – Three Square Market (32M) plans to implant RFID Microchips into their employees’ hands that would enable those employees who gave their consent, to buy food from office break rooms, open access doors, activating office copy machines, automatic login for work computers, unlocking work phones, sharing business cards, and even storing critical medical/health information. It is similar to contactless payment cards and mobile wallet solutions. Michael Patterson, CEO at Plixer commented below. Michael Patterson, CEO at Plixer: “These implants will be hacked like all other computer chips and personal information will be compromised. If software updates are…
Following the news that Durham chief constable Mike Barton has called for security ratings on all internet-connected home appliances, Chris Hodson, CISO EMEA at Zscaler commented below. Chris Hodson, CISO EMEA at Zscaler: “When observing the Internet of Things, we tend to look at the weird and wonderful aspects but essentially security here boils down to simple hygiene and this should be common practice across the board. In the wake of recent breaches, I welcome Chief Constable, Mike Barton’s recommendation to re-evaluate hardware security measures to ensure we all remain truly protected in this ever-connected world. “Hardware vendors like connected fridge manufacturers…
News broke yesterday that the Swedish transport agency suffered a major data breach, and then subsequently attempted to cover it up. Following the outsourcing of its databases and networks to, every conceivable top secret database was leaked: fighter pilots, SEAL team operators, police suspects, people under witness relocation. IT security experts commented below. Ken Spinner, VP of Global Field Engineering at Varonis: “IT outsourcing and lax data security practice strike again: this time in Sweden, compromising government documents, sensitive personally identifiable information on citizen and military data, criminal records – even details on confidential witness protection programs. We see this time and time again,…
News broke yesterday that two major law enforcement operations, led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the Dutch National Police, with the support of Europol, have shut down the infrastructure of an underground criminal economy responsible for the trading of over 350,000 illicit commodities including drugs, firearms and cybercrime malware. The coordinated law enforcement action in Europe and the US ranks as one of the most sophisticated takedown operations ever seen in the fight against criminal activities online. Lee Musnon, Security Researcher at comparitech.com commented below. Lee Musnon, Security Researcher at comparitech.com: “The taking down of AlphaBay and Hansa raises…