New research from Check Point Software Technologies Ltd has shown how organizations and individuals could be hacked via their fax machines, using newly discovered vulnerabilities in the communication protocols used in tens of millions of fax devices globally.
GDPR essentially forces companies to go public with any cyber attack they suffer, which poses further challenges when it comes to protecting their reputation. However, a quick and effective response to a cyber attack is impossible without thorough planning and forethought. Jonathan Hemus offers some points to consider...
The US FBI is warning organizations to be aware that cyber actors actively search for and compromise vulnerable Internet of Things (IoT) devices for use as proxies or intermediaries for Internet requests to route malicious traffic for cyber-attacks and computer network exploitation.
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) has published a document that provides an in-depth analysis of the main cloud computing threats. ‘Top Threats to Cloud Computing: Deep Dive’ provides technical details dealing with architecture, compliance, risk and mitigations for each of the cloud computing threats and vulnerabilities identified in a previous CSA survey.
Nozomi Networks’ Co-founder and Chief Product Officer Andrea Carcanco has warned about the dangers of future TRITON-like attacks. At the recent Black Hat USA conference, Carcanco presented a live recreation of the industry’s first direct attack on an industrial safety system, showing that the TRITON malware creation may have been much easier to achieve than originally thought
F-Secure research shows that spam remains the most common method of spreading malicious URLs, scams and malware more than 40 years after the first email spam was sent.
Tripwire, Inc., has released its ‘State of Cyber Hygiene’ report, which finds that more than 60 percent of organizations not leveraging established hardening benchmarks.
The survey, conducted in July in partnership with Dimensional Research, included responses from 306 IT security professionals.
A new report from Accenture predicts an escalation of Iran-based cyber-threat activity; a broadening attack of global supply chains; increased targeting of critical infrastructure; as well as new and growing avenues of financially motivated cybercrime.
According to a new SANS survey, as security operations centers (SOCs) continue to mature, they are facing critical staffing and retention issues. Respondents also indicated that SOCs have no choice but to evolve, as the use of cloud, mobile, personal and Industrial IoT force their evolution.
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