David Beckham refused to pay £1 million to blackmailers to stop a leak of his emails, it has been reported. Hackers believed to be using Russian servers accessed millions of messages and documents from the computer system of Simon Oliveira’s agency which runs Mr Beckham’s publicity. The cyber criminals allegedly demanded a sum of one million euros – close to £1 million – not to expose the sensitive emails. IT security experts from Lieberman Software, AlienVault and ESET commented below. Jonathan Sander, VP of Product Strategy at Lieberman Software: “Cybercrime powered blackmail is a police matter and it’s good that…
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Positive Technologies now allows operators to keep individuals safe from voice eavesdropping, text interception, mobile location tracking and phone specific DoS London. Cyber security company Positive Technologies has today launched PT VIP Protect, a technology designed to keep sensitive targets safe from the current and evolving threats from mobile phone hacking. Key business executives, celebrities, and other high-profile individuals operating in sensitive situations all connect to mobile phone networks, which often have fundamental flaws in underlying signalling protocols. These flaws and vulnerabilities can be exploited to eavesdrop on phone conversations, intercept text messages, track location and commit fraud. It is also possible to…
Security researchers have noted the re-emergence of the Slammer Worm now 13 years old, that targets a flaw in older Microsoft SQL servers and Desktop Engines triggering a denial of service attack. Lamar Bailey, Senior Director, Security R & D commented below. Lamar Bailey, Senior Director, Security R&D at Tripwire: “While 0-day and APT tend to get the spotlight in the media because they sound cool, the biggest threat is not patching known vulnerabilities. Organizations spend millions on the latest greatest security products, but fail to fundamentally secure their network by just upgrading and patching old vulnerabilities. You can install motion…
The increase in content consumption, and the huge demand for quality content has spurred a number of online media websites. Online businesses that rely on their proprietary content to become market leader and to improve the revenue have to safeguard the content and retain the competitive edge. While your online business strives to create content for your users, there are others that seek unlawful ways to scrape your content using bad bots. Online businesses such as news sites, classifieds, job portals, real estate sites and online marketplaces are heavily targeted by content scrapers. Let’s see a few reasons why online…
Kaspersky Lab urges parents, teachers and the industry to help rebuild children’s confidence in the Internet on Safer Internet Day 2017 Research by Kaspersky Lab to mark Safer Internet Day 2017 reveals that the increasing threats facing children online are now having a detrimental effect, with almost half (49 per cent) of 10-15 year olds in the UK admitting they are scared or worried about going online. From the collection of personal data by connected devices, including children’s toys, to grooming on gaming platforms such as Minecraft, it’s no surprise that children are becoming afraid of what they may encounter online –…
Passwords and two-factor authentication are going to decrease as organisations adopt modern methods to authenticate users. LONDON, UK. SecureAuth Corporation, the leader in adaptive access control, today reveals that many organisations are waking up to the data breaches of 2016 and are adopting a fundamentally new approach to authentication. With a stark 83% (4 in 5) of IT decision makers (ITDMs) predicting their organisations will be passwordless in five years’ time, it is evident organisations are moving beyond passwords, and even simple two-factor authentication (2FA) to stronger methods to prevent the misuse of stolen credentials. A deeper dive into the data finds that in…
SecurityIQ 5.0 empowers businesses to manage and eliminate risk for their unstructured files and data London, UK. SailPoint, the leader in identity management, today announced the latest version of its data access governance solution, SecurityIQ 5.0. SailPoint’s new release gives organisations the power to protect against the next big wave of data breaches through intelligent and actionable management of sensitive files residing within a network or in the cloud. SecurityIQ allows enterprises to discover and govern access to sensitive data, enabling them to better address the growing security threat to unstructured data stored in files. With tight integration between SailPoint’s identity governance platform, IdentityIQ, and SecurityIQ, enterprises can…
Following the news about a grey hat hacker, by the name of Stackoverflowin is claiming to have pwned over 150,000 printers that have been left accessible online. He claims to have done so by running an automated script while searching for open printer ports and sending rogue print jobs to the targets device. Cesare Garlati, Chief Security Strategist at the prpl Foundation commented below. Cesare Garlati, Chief Security Strategist at the prpl Foundation: “Stackoverflowin’s demonstration, although comedic in nature, is an example of how connectivity in even the most obscure devices could present a real security headache for home and corporate networks. …
Over the past decade, organisations across every vertical market have attempted a wary balance between regulatory compliance and business agility. Yet with the arrival of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) set to raise the bar yet again in 2018, how can organisations navigate ever more onerous regulatory requirements – and penalties for failure to comply; escalating security risks; dispersed and diverse infrastructure models and still achieve operational performance objectives? Given evolving regulatory demands and threat landscape, securing data in motion – especially across Wide Area Networks (WAN) – is clearly essential. But when traditional encryption has fundamentally compromised both…
New report focuses on the challenges, approaches and opportunities for smart home security Smart home systems must be secure by design across products and services and the entire supply chain if the industry is to deliver on its promises and meet ambitious market growth predictions, says a report published today by Beecham Research. In its report, ‘Bringing Security in the Smart Home: Approaches and Opportunities’, Beecham Research says that while connected appliances such as entertainment, lighting, home security and heating systems are already finding their way into typicalhouseholds, there is a very real concern about security and privacy, which is holding back wider adoption. “Smart homes by their nature introduce connections between multiple systems at multiple touch points and create an intersection between many other systems, including vehicles, energy…