Eighty-eight percent of state and local government IT professionals are concerned about cyber attacks targeting critical city infrastructure London, UK. Tripwire, Inc., a leading global provider of security and compliance solutions for enterprises and industrial organizations, today announced the results of a survey conducted on behalf of Tripwire by Dimensional Research. The June survey assessed cyber security challenges associated with smart city technologies. Survey respondents included over 200 IT professionals working for state and local governments. When asked if a cyber attack targeting critical city infrastructure posed a threat to public safety, eighty-eight percent of the respondents said, “yes.” In addition,…
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Following the news about the passwords and details of 5m employees from big companies being leaked, Steve Manzuik, Director of Security Research at Duo Security commented below. Steve Manzuik, Director of Security Research at Duo Security: “This research highlights the fact that reusing passwords is a very unsecure method and a bad habit we are seeing every day. There are a few simple and effectives way in which these organisations can best protect themselves in the future. A huge problem with passwords is that it is difficult to remember multiple very long and complex passwords, so a password manager (many of…
Just as Yahoo’s sale to Verizon is pending, news of a possible, massive data breach is hitting. Earlier this summer, Yahoo had said it was investigating a data breach and now hackers are claiming to have access to 200 million user accounts and are selling them online. Tim Erlin, Senior Director of IT Security and Risk Strategy at Tripwire commented below. Tim Erlin, Senior Director of IT Security and Risk Strategy at Tripwire: “It can be difficult for the average consumer to understand why this type of personal data is valuable to criminals, especially since the initial reports rarely go…
53 Percent of Global Organizations Use Two Common, But Unsuccessful Methods to Erase Active Files from Computers/Laptops, External Drives & Servers Atlanta and London. Data breaches, such as those that struck Sony Pictures in 2014 and Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca in 2016, are a daily reality and wreak havoc on organizations. The use of improper data removal methods and the poor enforcement of data retention policies have created the ‘perfect storm’ for confidential, oftentimes sensitive data to be lost or stolen, according to the Delete vs. Erase: How Companies Wipe Active Files study released today by Blancco Technology Group. The study, which…
The three pillars of the cybersecurity economy reveal a hacking epidemic which is pushing cybercrime numbers into the stratosphere, pumping up spending on cybersecurity products and services, and creating a cyber hiring hazard for employers. A look at the three categories: CYBERCRIME Cybersecurity Ventures predicts cybercrime will continue rising and cost businesses globally more than $6 trillion annually by 2021. The estimate is based on historical cybercrime figures including recent year-over-year growth, a dramatic increase in hostile nation state sponsored and organized crime gang hacking activities, a cyber attack surface which will be an order of magnitude greater than it is today,…
Do you know how safe – or unsafe – it currently is online? How many people run the risk of falling victim to cybercriminals today, without suspecting it? And how many have fallen victim already? To assess this situation, Kaspersky Lab is launching its Kaspersky Cybersecurity Index – the first global index to measure the current cyber-threat levels faced by Internet users. The Cybersecurity Index (which is described as 21 per cent–29 per cent–60 per cent) is formed from a detailed survey carried out in August 2016, in 21 countries across the globe. According to the data, only one-in-five users (21 per cent) currently believe he…
A new security alert on Raum malware warns of: “… a special tool used by cybercriminals to distribute malware by packaging it with the most popular torrent files on the Internet. The bad actors have analyzed trends on video, audio, software and other digital content downloads from around the globe and have created seeds on famous torrent trackers using weaponized torrents packaged with malicious code. The so-called “RAUM” tool has been actively used on uncovered underground affiliate networks based on a “Pay-Per-Install” model (PPI). This model leverages paying cybercriminals to distribute malware through modified torrent files that are joined with malware.” Bert Rankin, CMO at…
Companies today are feeling the pressure to make it easier for end users to get access to a rapidly growing number of SaaS applications. Couple that with the emergence of bring your own device (BYOD) and shadow IT/bring your own app (BYOA) on the end user side, and you can see how the challenge of giving users convenient access to the applications they want, from whatever device they want to use, from where ever they choose to access them, is growing rapidly. However, while many companies are focusing on the “convenience” side of the equation, they’re forgetting the need to…
IBM X-Force Research reported that the operators of the Qadars Trojan have been progressively updating the malware’s defenses and tailoring its configurations to target 18 banks in the U.K. Mark James, Security Specialist at ESET commented below. Mark James, Security Specialist at ESET: “As the UK has a very strong economic state with some very good established financial headquarters it would stand to reason that malware designed to hit banking organisations will try and infect as many here as possible. The trouble with the internet is it has no real boundaries, so countries from a malware point of view just blend into…
Deliver on speed to value If you ask an information security professional if cyber attackers are smarter than they are – the answer is no. But if you ask the question about if they can they move faster – the answer is absolutely yes. When an organisation needs to improve its security posture with a new technology, the evaluation, procurement, implementation and testing process adds considerable time before it is able to action change. Meanwhile, an attacker can quickly use any new attack vectors increasingly cheaply. They are not constrained by corporate processes making them vastly more agile and adaptable.…