rbadmin Are you a LinkedIn user? If you are then this story may be of interest to you. Security researchers at Zimperium Mobile Threat Defence, claim to have discovered a Zero-day vulnerability in the online business networking platform, LinkedIn, that potentially exposes its users to data loss and account hijacking by way of a man-in-the-middle (MitM) …
Web Security Lunch and Learn Event with KRYPSYS and Alien Vault Attend this free-of-charge lunch and learn event with Krypsys and AlienVault at prestigious locations in London and Manchester. Get the attackers perspective on web site and web application security from a senior penetration tester and security consultant with more than 15 years experience. Request a place on this event …
Where does the biggest threat to corporate cyber-security lie? Well, in the opinion of Patrick Thomas, security consultant at Neohapsis, it’s in the cloud and in the recent upsurge in targeted Ransomware attacks, the latest of which has effectively wiped out code hosting and software collaboration platform, Code Spaces. The company which is based in …
Cyber-attacks and hacking are rarely out of the news these days. In the last week alone there have been lurid headlines about damaging DDoS cyber-attacks on popular online notes and web clippings service ,Evernote, social media dashboard application, TweetDeck, and news site, Feedly, affecting millions of users. Cyber-attacks, however, are not the exclusive preserve of …
Lunch with a Pen Tester – 2 places left There are just 2 places still available at the free lunch and learn event with Krypsys and Barracuda Networks at the prestigious Eight Club in Bank, London. Attend this event and get the attackers perspective on web site and web application security, from a senior penetration …
It has not been a good week for the open source encryption protocol OpenSSL. With an estimated 12,000 popular domains still vulnerable, a new way of exploiting the Heartbleed bug has been discovered which can steal information from wireless networks and the devices which connect to them. To compound matters researchers at Japanese security firm, Lepidum, have …
Whilst WordPress might be one of the most popular global content management systems, it is also one of the most vulnerable and targeted CMS platforms. The reason for this is simple: its popularity and reach make it extremely attractive to cyber-breach by attackers determined to exploit and compromise flaws in both outdated software and vulnerable …
Cyber-attacks are commonplace these days; so commonplace in fact that they tend to be overlooked or ignored by many of us. We assume that as hacking is generally carried out by determined and seasoned criminals targeting specific institutions, it’s not a problem that will affect us. Sadly that assumption is incorrect. Anybody can be a …
Is your business comfortable with the concept of the cloud? Do you have few, if any, concerns about security compliance and feel you can trust your cloud service provider implicitly? If you do you may want to heed the latest advice issued by the information arm of the UK intelligence agency, GCHQ, which is encouraging …
Web Security Lunch and Learn Event with KRYPSYS and Partners Attend this free-of-charge lunch and learn event with Krypsys and Pertners at prestigious locations in London and Manchester. Get the attackers perspective on web site and web application secuirty from a senior penetration tester and security engineer with more than 15 years experience. Request a place on this …
Is cyber-crime the exclusive preserve of big business and multi-national companies? The answer to that is obviously not, though they do seem to attract a disproportionately large number of hackers. Given the assets of these corporations that’s hardly surprising. The only crumb of comfort for these larger corporations is that the latest Information Security Breaches …
Most businesses are naturally concerned about online security these days. That’s hardly surprising given the escalating number of malicious and targeted cyber threats that the commercial world is increasingly subjected to. Barely a week passes without the report of another cyber-attack on one or more of our critical institutions. Most businesses understand that they need …
What’s the best form of defence when it comes to protecting against online vulnerabilities? If you’re the Bank of England it seems the answer to that question is pretty simple: you go on the attack. The Bank of England has announced its intention to take on cyber-attackers directly in order to ensure that the country’s …
Is the cloud secure? Can cloud services be trusted to look after and protect vital business information? Most people would probably assume the answer to both these questions would be yes. However, a new cloud adoption and risk report from cloud company, Skyhigh Networks, has found that such presumptions can be dangerous. The company found …
If you ever wanted proof of the growing sophistication and skill of cyber-criminals, then you need look no further than Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. DDoS attacks let cyber-attackers temporarily suspend or crash the services of a host connected to the Internet. It had been thought that targeted security defences were sufficient to combat …