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Content Management System hack – Analysis and Example from Imperva

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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Car, motorbike, electronics shoppers at most risk of Escrow fraud, according to Bitdefender analysis

The number and scale of escrow scams are expected to grow in June, according to Bitdefender®, the award-winning provider of innovative antivirus solutions. Bitdefender’s analysis of the last 10 months shows fraudsters put more energy into creating fake escrow websites at the beginning of summer. More than 16.8 per cent of the escrow scams registered [...]

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The Top 5 Brilliant things the Cloud Can Deliver – If You Get Your Security Right

By Dave Anderson, Director of Strategy, Voltage Security Everyone has an opinion about the ‘Cloud’ and its effect on business – some believe it is dark and scary and fraught with unnecessary risk, while others would argue it’s silver lined and the path to greater business performance and cost savings. The truth is that the [...]

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Atos awarded Hong Kong’s first government cloud contract worth around HK$127 million

Atos in Hong Kong was awarded a seven-year term contract by the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer to implement and operate the Government Cloud Platform (GovCloud), the estimated contract value is of HK$127million. GovCloud is a large-scale central IT infrastructure for hosting e-government services for shared use by bureaus and departments, such as [...]

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

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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Whats on at Infosecurity Europe 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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CAMERA ENABLED IDENTICOM AND AN ENHANCED SOLUTION OFFERING AT IFSEC UNVEILED BY CONNEXION2

Lone worker specialist, Connexion2, developer and manufacturer of the award winning, Identicom lone worker protection device, will be unveiling its richer-content, lone worker solutions at IFSEC 2013, stand 5/K40, Hall 5 being held at the NEC Birmingham from 13th to 16th May.  In addition to showcasing its full range of lone worker products and solutions, [...]

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Update to Popular PrivacyScan Released by Apple Security Software Firm

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

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 [...]

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