Following the news about surrounding the Snooper’s Charter, David Emm, Principal Security Researcher at Kaspersky Lab commented below. David Emm, Principal Security Researcher at Kaspersky Lab: ” There are several steps cyber-savvy consumers can take to ensure their privacy online: Firstly, change some browser settings – e.g., disable automatic add-on installation, block suspicious websites and pop-ups, make SSL certificate checks compulsory, block third party cookies and never opt to save passwords in the browser. When installing new free software, untick the boxes that let the software install additional toolbars, plugins and extensions. Otherwise these can – absolutely legally – be used…
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Kaspersky Lab has complemented its solution to protect children against digital threats with new features for iOS and Android platforms. Now, children can remotely ask parents for access to a restricted site or app with the touch of a button, while parents receive handy tips when Kaspersky Safe Kids registers difficult situations. Parents see these tips as a comment in the Kaspersky Safe Kids settings and in a report about the child’s Internet activity in the ‘My Kaspersky portal’. The tips can also appear as part of an urgent notification to a parent’s mobile device, for example, if a child…
In 2017, attackers will continue to exploit humans to install malware, transfer funds, and steal information, with significant changes in techniques and behavior across the three main vectors that target people: email, social media, and mobile apps. Advanced threats will turn down the volume In 2016, every week seemed to see a new, unprecedented height in email campaigns delivering Locky ransomware. These campaigns target hundreds of millions of potential victims globally and ensure that even with low delivery rates many thousands of messages will still reach their targets. However, they also increase the risk that security vendors and researchers will…
IFINSEC Financial Sector IT Security Conference and Exhibition will be held on 14-15 November 2017 in Istanbul, Turkey. IFINSEC is a global, niche and dedicated conference focusing on IT Security technologies and solutions for financial sector. IFINSEC is one of the most important conferences in EMEA region on IT Security technologies and solutions for financial sector. IT Security, Information Security, Network Security, Big Data Security, Application Security, Web Security, Identity and Access Management, End User Security, Database Security, Mobile Security, Cloud Security and IT Risk Management are key topics of the conference. An intensive participation is expected to the IFINSEC…
Avalanche’s botnet infrastructure has been used to distribute plenty of computer viruses, from online banking Trojans to infamous Crypt0L0cker ransomware virus. As a part of international investigation, arrest warrants were issued against 16 cyber criminals and the biggest part of the botnet infrastructure was switched off. On Wednesday, December the 1st a team of international investigators succeeded in a big fight against organized cybercrime. Europol reports arrests of several Avalanche botnet operators, one of the world’s largest botnet infrastructures. The investigators have shut down about 800,000 web domains and confiscated 39 servers. This success is the result of a cross-border…
BBC broke the news that thousands of TalkTalk and Post Office customers had their internet access cut by an attack on certain routers.IT security experts from NSFOCUS, Synopsys, Tenable Network Security, Varonis, NuData Security and Corero Network Security commented below. Stephen Gates, Chief Research Intelligence Analyst at NSFOCUS: “The upsurge of commercial, industrial, and municipal IoT-based attacks and outages was part of my predictions for 2017. It appears the world will not wait for January 1, and the weaponisation of these technologies has arrived – ahead of schedule. No longer can service providers continue to operate their vulnerable networks in this fashion. Hackers…
Researchers have found that hackers have revived an old banking scam known as Operation Elemental and have now added a new twist that allows hackers to lock and reset phone passwords. It also offers a fake token generator that tricks the victim into setting up a secure connection with their bank. Now the banking malware intercepts incoming texts, checks to see if they are from the command and control server and if so, carries out the command in real time cleaning out their bank account.before the victim has a chance to understand what is happening. Don Duncan, Security Engineer at NuData Security commented below.…
In a Dutch programme set to screened, it has been revealed that 700-pages of secret intelligence documents were stored and viewable on a hard drive that was linked to the web. The disk was able to be accessed online without a password. Mark Hickman, COO at WinMagic commented below, who believes it highlights just how serious the problems are that companies face with sensitive information and the ease with which it can be online. IT security experts from WinMagic and ZoneFox commented below. Mark Hickman, COO at WinMagic: “If organisations like Europol which are so tight on security can make…
In many ways, fighting cybercrime is a lot like playing “Whack-A-Mole,” the ever popular arcade game. For every threat that is discovered and dealt with, a new one — or several new threats — pop up elsewhere. It’s an ongoing battle to try and stay one step ahead of cybercriminals and prevent them from doing their devious deeds, and one that doesn’t show any signs of abating. Undoubtedly, we have certainly come a very long way in the fight against cybercrime, and developed an impressive array of technological tools that stop hackers in their tracks, there is a growing sentiment…
Following the breaking news that 65 million passwords and emails have been advertised for sale online since the major security breach at Tumblr, three years ago. Paul Trulove, VP of product management at SailPoint discusses below why we are still discussing password management today and the steps users can take to strengthen logins, when websites fail to do so. Paul Trulove, VP of product management at SailPoint: The truth remains, password management is still very much a critical element to an individual’s online security and one that many are still struggling to get right. In fact, many of the major security breaches that…