Following the news about a large proportion of police websites lack any form of automatic secure connection, meaning potentially sensitive data is communicated in plain unencrypted text – according to research. Findings from non-profit body the Centre for Public Safety, revealed that 73% of websites accessed either lacked a secure connection for visitors or their implementation was deemed insecure. Only 27% demonstrated the highest “world-class” standard of secure connection, said the report. Richard Cassidy, UK cyber security evangelist at Alert Logic commented below. Richard Cassidy, UK Cyber Security Evangelist at Alert Logic: “We’re operating in a far more digitally driven world more than…
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Automated DDoS Defense unmasks previously ‘hidden’ DDoS attacks, prevents server outages and downtime and secures the entire infrastructure Marlborough, MA – htp GmbH, a leading regional service provider based in Hanover, Germany has selected the SmartWall® Threat Defense System (TDS) from the leading supplier of real-time DDoS attack mitigation technology, Corero Network Security (LSE: CNS). Across the industry, increasing numbers of enterprise customers are demanding more proactive and sophisticated DDoS protection from their Internet Providers in response to evolving attack techniques. In order to address this demand, htp GmbH has implemented automatic DDoS protection technology from Corero, which has been deemed “unparalleled.“ htp sought the Corero…
American high-end fashion retailer, Vera Bradley, revealed yesterday that it is investigating a payment card breach that may have affected cards used at the retailer’s stores between July 25, 2016 and Sept. 23, 2016. The company said law enforcement alerted them on Sept. 15, after which it enlisted help from a computer security firm. The findings show there was unauthorised access to the company’s payment processing system, in which a program was installed that looked for payment card data, including cardholder name, expiration date, card number and internal verification codes. George Rice, senior director, payments at HPE Security – Data Security commented below.…
Following the news about Amazon’s reported reset of customer passwords found online associated with other sites (but not with Amazon), IT security experts from Balabit, Prevoty, STEALTHbits and VASCO Data Security commented below. Péter Gyöngyösi, Product Manager of Blindspotter at Balabit: “What’s interesting in Amazon’s action is that it is probably one of the first cases when a large online company takes a proactive measure in resetting passwords. It wasn’t them who got hacked, but they still cross-validated the leaked credentials with their own records and when they found a match they took action. Their letter is vague about whether they in…
Thales and Ponemon Institute research confirms organisations’ biggest PKI challenge is inability of existing infrastructure to support new applications Thales, leader in critical information systems, cyber security and data protection, announces the results of its 2016 PKI Global Trends Study. The report, based on independent research by the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by Thales, reveals an increased reliance on public key infrastructures (PKIs) in today’s enterprise environment, driven by the growing use of cloud-based services and applications and the Internet of Things (IoT). More than 5,000 business and IT managers were surveyed in 11 countries: US, UK, Germany, France, Australia,…
Following the news that Apple watches have been banned from UK government cabinet meeting amid concerns that they could be used as listening tools by Russian spies, Jonathan Sander, VP of Product Strategy at Lieberman Software commented below. Jonathan Sander, VP of Product Strategy at Lieberman Software: “Security is a battle of inches, and even the one inch square device on your wrist may be surface area the bad guys can attack. Seeing that ministers were already barred from bringing smart phones and other electronics into these sensitive meeting spaces makes me think there wasn’t much a bad guy could…
New research from the UK’s Centre for Public Safety has been released, which looks at the secure connections to and from UK Police websites. Headline stats, from 71 websites, include: 24% of the sites lacked any automatic secure connection Of these, 70% invited users to submit personal data via the unsecured connection 10% had a significant vulnerability in their implementation of a secure connection Just 27% of websites demonstrated the highest world-class standard of secure connection Mostafa Siraj commented below on this research. Mostafa Siraj, Senior Security Advisor at WhiteHat Security: “Having a secure connection between end users and websites is…
Following the news about the new research from Visa has revealed that the number of consumers regularly using a mobile device – whether a Smartphone, tablet or wearable – to make payments has tripled in the past year. Mark James, Security Specialist at ESET commented below. Mark James, Security Specialist at ESET: “Mobile usage in all areas has increased massively over the last few years, it is definitely now a very integral part of our everyday lives. So, it’s no surprise that mobile payments are now becoming more widely used and now we have integrated biometric authentication into our phones…
Yahoo has filed a patent for a type of smart billboard that would collect people’s information and use it to deliver targeted ad content in real-time. Using a combination of sensors, including microphones and cameras located either on the billboard or on drones nearby, it would watch and listen to people near the billboard to get a sense of who they were and how they were reacting, which would help it to tailor what it showed them. The patent explains that the billboard might work with advertising exchanges, meaning that it wouldn’t just display its own ads, but might also put them devices including…
Companies have never faced such a complex blend of challenges as they do now, from evermore involved regulatory hurdles, global weather incidents, cybersecurity scares and even Brexit. Given this huge range of threats to monitor, it’s no surprise that the role of the business continuity manager has come of age to cope with the onslaught, moving beyond their traditional role as a cost centre and into a more central role in business strategy. Yusuf Ukaye, business continuity specialist at IT Specialists (ITS) will be at the BCI World event participating on the “Professional development: New skills for a changing landscape”…