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> Data Theft Watch: Web Scraping Attacks Almost Double
Online businesses’ risk from data theft due to web scraping—harvesting website info—has almost doubled, especially for sectors like travel sites.
> Most Companies Approach Crisis Management in ‘All the Wrong Ways’
Companies are preparing for the inevitable business and reputational hits of a cyber-attack in all the wrong ways.
> Actus France industrie : ISA, CLUSIF, C&ESAR, OIV
Au menu de ce billet : deux annonces de conférences qui promettent d’être riches; le CLUSIF qui, suite à l’étude sur les référentiels de cybersécurité industrielle, lance une enquête sur leur notoriété et leur usage; et les exigences pour les [...] Lire la suite
> Uptick in Customer Service Spending Drives Security Concerns
Supporting a cross-channel customer experience results in growing IT complexity and greater volumes of machine data, which, if unmanaged, increases data chaos.
> Consumers Trust Energy Providers to Safeguard Personal Data
65% of consumers believe their energy provider can secure and protect their personal data and information about their energy usage.
> Introducing the RubySec Field Guide
Vulnerabilities have been discovered in Ruby applications with the potential to affect vast swathes of the Internet and attract attackers to lucrative targets online. These vulnerabilities take advantage of features and common idioms such as serialization and deserialization of data in the YAML form...
> SANS Cyberskills Self-Assessment Addresses Skills Shortage
Anyone in the UK can assess the quality of their existing skills and be considered for a £30,000 SANS Institute boot camp.
> Dangerous Apple 0-Day Exposes App Credentials
An attacker can run amok on a device’s apps, stealing iCloud passwords, authentication tokens, saved web passwords on Google Chrome and more.
> Wind Turbines Open to Hijacking
Plaintext credentials could hand remote attackers the keys to the energy grid.
> Shylock Explained: How the NCA Got its Pound of Flesh
How one of the world’s most notorious malware campaigns was thwarted
> Magazine House Loses $1.5m in Email Scam
Hackers hijacked CEO’s account and emailed accounts payable staff
> Time to Hang Up: Phone Fraud Soars 30%
Pindrop Security report claims ‘robodialers’ are driving spike in scam calls
> Keyboard Vulnerability Leaves 600 Million Samsung Devices at Risk
The flaw can be exploited to allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the user's phone, including the Galaxy S6.
> Privileged Users Pose Biggest Cyber-Risk to European Companies
In an Ovum survey, only 13% said that their organizations were not at all vulnerable to insider threats.
> Standalone IPS Demand Shrinks but Market Still Racks Up $1.41bn in 2014
Frost & Sullivan notes IPS market consolidation
> Operation Lotus Blossom Sets Sights on Asian Military
Long-running, state-sponsored campaign stole info from South China Sea nations
> Cisco Set to Cull China Execs – Report
Recent sales slump could be due to Beijing’s security concerns
> China Launches Watering Hole Attacks on Political Dissidents
China is said to be using a new watering hole attack technique to monitor political dissidents.
> Connected Home Threatens Service Provider Data
Energy management, interactive home devices, connected appliances and real time security allows unprecedented access to a variety of service providers.
> Bank of England Disables Auto-Complete After Email Blunder
Comms boss accidentally sent sensitive info to a journalist last month