Following the news that hackers targeted German parliament using a malvertising campaign to direct a compromised Israeli news site to redirect users to a malicious site. Dr Malcolm Murphy, Technology Director at Western Europe at Infoblox commented below. Dr Malcolm Murphy, Technology Director at Infoblox: “This recent attack adds to the growing trend for malvertising attacks, in which compromised ad servers are used to display fake ads which expose consumers to malware. We’ve seen a number of high profile online publications used to harbour these attacks, including the New York Times and BBC in 2016. “Clearly cybercriminals are targeting high-traffic sites to…
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AlienVault survey of nearly 1,000 RSA attendees exposes widespread inconsistencies AlienVault RSA survey finds that one third of respondents describe the state of security monitoring within their organization as “complex and chaotic” 39 percent of respondents use more than 10 different cloud services within their organization, and an additional 21 percent don’t know how many cloud applications are being used Lack of visibility into the cloud is a significant concern for 42 percent, yet 47 percent would rather monitor a cloud environment than an on-premises one 62 percent indicate they are worried about IoT devices in their environment, yet 45…
Following the news that the European Commission are looking to push for backdoors access for apps in June, making it easier for security agencies to access data on social media services like Whatsapp. With the EU looking to clamp down on social media apps that hide user communications, Lee Munson, Security Researcher for Security and Privacy Advice and Comparison Website Comparitech.com commented below. Lee Munson, Security Researcher at Comparitech.com: “If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear’ is a phrase that’s been spoken many times and it is as true today as it ever has been. In theory only. In…
“Your documents, photos, databases and other important files have been encrypted . . . nobody can decrypt your files until you pay and obtain the private key . . . You only have 96 hours to submit the payment”. Not the sort of message that anyone wants to see, but increasingly the very situation that many are facing, followed by the stark realisation that they’ve been hit by ransomware! While it has come to prominence recently, and gained a media-friendly name, the concept of ransomware is not a new one. In fact, an early example tracks all the way back…
On average two-in-five computers, related to the technological infrastructure of industrial enterprises, faced cyberattacks in the second half of 2016. This is a finding from Kaspersky Lab’s report “Threat Landscape for Industrial Automation Systems. The second half of 2016.” The percentage of industrial computers under attack grew from over 17 per cent in July 2016 to more than 24 per cent in December 2016, with the top three sources of infection being the Internet, removable storage devices, and malicious e-mail attachments and scripts embedded in the body of e-mails. As the technology and corporate networks of industrial enterprises become increasingly…
London, UK. Three years after ESET published its investigation of Operation Windigo and the actors behind the Linux/Ebury campaign, one of the co-conspirators – Maxim Senakh, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and to commit wire fraud before U.S. District Judge Patrick J. Schlitz of the District of Minnesota. ESET researchers helped the Federal Bureau of Investigation lead the investigation by providing technical expertise in identifying affiliate networks used by the Ebury gang, sharing sinkhole data to identify victims and produced a thorough technical report of the groups’ activity. Senakh was indicted on January 13, 2016 following his arrest and extradition…
The 2017 IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index was released in the US yesterday. The report states that the number of leaked records grew from 600 million to more than 4 billion by the end of 2016 – an increase of 566%. Richard Amstey, EMEA CTO at Intralinks, a Synchronoss company commented below. Richard Anstey, CTO EMEA at Intralinks: “While, at first glance, the number of data leaks highlighted by this report is staggering – it’s not, perhaps, surprising. Cyber-attacks are becoming more commonplace, but human error is still a huge problem and accounts for a significant number of these, particularly in…
A branch of artificial intelligence is showing real promise for one of cybersecurity’s biggest challenges. Administrators trying to secure networks have a big problem, speed. Computer systems deal with traffic on a per-second basis, and security algorithms must spot attacks in that traffic in real time to stop intruders sneaking in unnoticed. That makes cybersecurity difficult for administrators to handle. This is where a branch of artificial intelligence known as machine learning can help. It applies a new data processing approach to the tasks facing security administrators, helping to prevent account misuse. The need for real-time analysis is becoming an…
The costs associated with cyberattacks on the financial sector are rising as organisations face increasingly sophisticated threats. New research by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International reveals the scale and impact of attacks, with financial firms facing losses of over half a million pounds (£742,003) on average for each cybersecurity incident they face. The staggering figure is revealed as part of Financial Institutions Security Risks 2016, a survey of finance professionals highlighting the main security challenges for banks and financial institutions around the world and the financial costs of specific cyberattacks. The most-costly type of incident for financial organisations are threats that exploit…
On average two-in-five computers, related to the technological infrastructure of industrial enterprises, faced cyberattacks in the second half of 2016. This is a finding from Kaspersky Lab’s report “Threat Landscape for Industrial Automation Systems. The second half of 2016.” The percentage of industrial computers under attack grew from over 17 per cent in July 2016 to more than 24 per cent in December 2016, with the top three sources of infection being the Internet, removable storage devices, and malicious e-mail attachments and scripts embedded in the body of e-mails. Edgard Capdevielle, CEO of Nozomi Networks commented below. Edgard Capdevielle, CEO at…