Kaspersky Lab, INTERPOL, Europol and authorities from different countries have combined efforts to uncover the criminal plot behind an unprecedented cyber robbery. Up to one billion American dollars was stolen in approximately two years from financial institutions worldwide. The experts report that responsibility for the robbery rests with a multinational gang of cybercriminals from Russia, Ukraine and other parts of Europe, as well as from China.
Author: Information Security Buzz Editorial Staff
As just reported, a sophisticated ring of hackers has stolen up to $1Bil from more than 100 banks in 30 countries. The Carbanak Ring operated for at least a year, lurking to detect line-of-business patterns and passwords and then orchestrating an array of fraudulent account transfers and carefully-timed ATM cash dispensations via banks around the world.
In order for the G-Cloud framework to remain successful it is imperative that it does not lose sight of its core messaging when it comes to driving good cloud policies and practices.
Most companies of scale have cyber security measures in place – software solutions, policies and protocols, and regular assessments conducted by IT staff members around compliance and efficacy.
Many companies are introducing Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) schemes to their working practices.
The country’s second largest health insurer, Anthem Inc., has confirmed that it is the latest to join a growing list of major corporations to have suffered a serious data breach.
ATLANTA – February 12, 2015 – Damballa, the experts in advanced threat protection and containment, today released its Q4 2014 State of Infections Report, highlighting the limitations of a prevention-centric approach to security.
The e-Learning industry was worth $56.2 billion dollars in 2014 and is poised to double by 2015 according to elearningindustry.com.
When employees first began bringing personal devices to the workplace to use on the job, IT professionals had to make significant strategy adjustments to address the new reality.
