Hacking and intrusion prevention Archives

Content Management System hack – Analysis and Example from Imperva

May 17, 2013

Reports yesterday suggested that the EC Council had been compromised by a hacker called “Godzilla”. Godzilla is known for breaching the Pakistani Government websites few months ago. The hacker claimed to have gained access to admin desk and accessed the course materials for CEHV8, CHFIV4, ECSS,ECSA_LPT4. Imperva’s Web Research Team Leader, Tal Be’ery looked into [...]

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SecureData – Cyber security apprenticeship scheme highlights security risks to businesses

May 17, 2013

Following the announcement yesterday, Thursday 16th of May, about how E-Skills UK has teamed up with organisations to launch cyber security apprenticeships, Etienne Greeff, managing director SecureData comments about the importance of these apprenticeships for UK businesses. “Cybercrime is a very serious issue and can cause UK businesses to lose thousands of pounds each day. The announcement [...]

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McAfee to Acquire Stonesoft

May 6, 2013

TRANSACTION TO STRENGTHEN NETWORK SECURITY PORTFOLIO WITH next-generation FIREWALL Pending Acquisition Expected to Extend the Success of McAfee’s Security Connected Strategy McAfee today announced the execution of a definitive agreement to initiate a conditional tender offer for the acquisition of Stonesoft Oyj (NASDAQ OMX Helsinki: SFT1V), a leading innovator in next-generation network firewall products, for [...]

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Eugene Kaspersky calls for closer collaboration between government and business to combat cyberthreats

April 30, 2013

Kaspersky Lab warns of the risks to critical infrastructure, manufacturing and communications if action is not taken now Eugene Kaspersky, CEO and co-founder of Kaspersky Lab, is urging greater collaboration between the UK government and the private sector to address the very real and potentially devastating threat of cyberwarfare and the consequent risks posed [...]

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SANS adds extra London Summer Security training event

April 23, 2013

SANS has added a new London date to its security-training calendar. SANS London Summer takes place from the 9th to 16th of July at the London Marriott Hotel Kensington and gives security professionals the opportunity to attend four of SANS most popular 6-day courses and the excellent 2 day “Securing The Human” course. “SANS London [...]

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Whats on at Infosecurity Europe 2013

April 22, 2013

Tuesday 23rd April Opening Keynote: The UK Cyber Security Strategy: Opportunities and challenges for the Cyber Security Sector 10:00 – 10:25 Chloe Smith, Minister for Political and Constitutional Reform, Cabinet Office will give the opening keynote on UK Cyber Security Strategy and the opportunities and challenges for the Cyber Security Sector. Panel discussion: Risk: Fostering [...]

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Fight against cybercrime in Europe – Video

March 26, 2013

By EUHomeAffairs,

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Update to Popular PrivacyScan Released by Apple Security Software Firm

March 26, 2013

Now available in the Mac App Store with enhanced and updated privacy cleaning features and support is the PrivacyScan 1.2, Seek and Destroy Privacy Threats on the Mac. PrivacyScan protects online and offline privacy by shredding files that can be used to track your web browsing habits and computer usage. PrivacyScan’s shred functionality is able [...]

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South Korea attacks – Analysis on how the attackers accessed the networks, by Jaime Blasco

March 22, 2013

South Korean attacks on financial institutes and the media industry : Jaime Blasco, Labs Director at AlienVault comments on how the wiper malware works and how they may have got access to the affected networks. During the day I’ve been thinking about what have just happened in South Korea. Earlier today we published a quick blog [...]

Financial services and banking security, Hacking and intrusion prevention, Internet and Web security, IT Network and Computer Security, Security market sectors

PhishMe explains how to define a sophisticated attack, by Aaron Higbee

March 21, 2013

Aaron Higbee, CTO at PhishMe has just written an interesting blog on “How to define a sophisticated attack.” He believes that most attacks are very simple and not sophisticated at all but merely play on greed or fear. What do nearly all of the recent high-profile data breaches have in common? They have all [...]

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