The third annual Web Application Vulnerability Report from Context Information Security shows that despite increased awareness and understanding of web application security, the level of vulnerabilities in web apps remains largely unchanged.
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Cyber security spending for critical infrastructure totalled US$41.76 billion globally in 2012, according to an ABI Research report.
Lord Leveson was yesterday called to appear before MPs – amid growing anger at his failure to reveal widespread phone-hacking by big business.
Despite a high level of headline-grabbing hacks and the fact that criminal hackers run huge markets of information for sale upon request, most businesses whose confidential information has been hijacked don’t realize how much damage can be caused.
The UK Home Office has launched a new £4m information security awareness campaign, designed to educate businesses and consumers about rising hacker threats. The first stage of the campaign is due to get underway in the autumn.
Cyber attacks have risen to the top of the list of threats for UK banks according to Bank of England’s director of financial stability, Andrew Haldane, but understanding and management of the risk is still at an “early stage”.
The word “HACK” is painted across the main square of Facebook’s campus in letters so large that they can be seen from space. The term has lost its negative connotation in Silicon Valley; freewheeling coding sessions and virtual breaking and entering have become the same thing.
In a recent report, auditing giant KPMG identified the five most common mistakes managers make when trying to secure their organizations’ IT networks against cybercriminals.
Culture Hack Scotland, Sync’s landmark annual event, will this year take place on the weekend of 12-14 July 2013. For our third – and possibly last ever – event of this kind, we will be hosting a 48-hour hack.
I’m not an information security professional and neither am I a qualified teacher or trainer but I do have a passion and interest surrounding the topic of enabling people to look after themselves, be that at home (or on the go with their mobile devices) or within their workplace.
