Linux Kernel Vulnerability and how to fix it A flaw in the Linux Kernel has made big news lately, labelled as a local privilege escalation vulnerability. In fact, the company ‘Perception Point’ which released news of the flaw is under criticism as after reporting it…
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Security Scorecard Survey Shows Retail Seriously Underperforming in Web Application Security
While not being in the worst performing sector for security, retail is one of the biggest targets for attackers and a number of breaches hit the headlines in 2015, the most well known being chain store Target. As retailers process a large volume of payments,…
In the headlines: Juniper backdoor, BBC hack, Steam attack, UK surveillance bill, and more
Juniper backdoor mystery, NSA are at least partly to blame Last week, tech company Juniper Networks who sell corporate networking solutions, disclosed that they had discovered two unauthorised encryption backdoors in their firewalls. Encryption backdoors will immediately grab attention as one of the surveillance methods…
Webroot report shows SMBs unprepared to counter cyber security attacks
A number of big name retailers, insurance providers and companies have hit the headlines with their cyber attacks and data breaches over the last year or two. But what about the small and medium businesses? There’s no doubt they have their own security incidents but…
In the headlines: Mr Grey hacker, Vtech hack, US government office hack and more
FBI hunting ‘Mr Grey’ hacker and his 1.2 billion stolen logins In a massive botnet operation which stole data from over 420,000 websites, the FBI are now zoning in on one member of a Russian crime ring known as ‘CyberVor’, with their target being known…
HIMSS survey uncovers critical weaknesses in hospital web security
A new report has just been published, covering the current state of cybersecurity in the US healthcare sector. Considering the very public breaches of Anthem and other health insurers over the last year, the sector is particularly under scrutiny. Unfortunately the results are not very…
PWC Global State of Information Security Survey 2016
Price Waterhouse Coopers have just published a report about cybersecurity. Not about the attacks and threats themselves, but about how businesses are tackling the risks. Titled the Global State of Information Security Survey 2016, its key findings relate to measures such as external collaboration and…
In the headlines: Anonymous vs ISIS, Australian attorney general, NTP and DDoS exploits
Anonymous vs ISIS Naturally, even cybersecurity news in this past week has centred around ISIS in the wake of the Paris attacks. The main headline has come from Anonymous, who have again but more formally waged ‘war’ on ISIS themselves. So far their efforts seem…
The Draft UK Investigatory Powers Bill
This week a draft ‘Investigatory Powers Bill’ was released by Home Secretary Theresa May and is receiving a great deal of media intention, instead being dubbed the UK ‘Surveillance Bill’. What’s it for? The bill is introduced as being for consolidation of all the laws…