New study shows nearly half of all web application cyber-attack campaigns target the retail sector

A new study by Data Centre Security firm, Imperva, has shown nearly half of all web application cyber-attack campaigns target retail applications. The Imperva report, which was based on an analysis of 99 applications over a nine month period by the company’s Application Defence Centre (ADC) research team, found that the retail was the most …

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Regin malware – one of the most extraordinary pieces of hacking software ever developed.

Rarely does a week go by without news of another high-profile cyber-attack or the discovery of another malware virus, yet despite numerous security warnings many businesses still purposefully choose to ignore the threats. For reasons that remain unclear they continue to believe that the internet is still a safe place to do business. Well, after …

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New CPMI report claims that restoring payment systems after disruptive cyber-attacks could involve compromising analysis of incidents

In the event of a cyber-attack what should be a business’ main priority? Should the enterprise prioritise restoring services or should it concentrate its efforts on reporting the cyber-breach? Well, that’s the dilemma faced by many businesses in the financial markets. But which priority should businesses concentrate their resources on? Well, according to a Committee …

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Targeted cyber-attacks will continue to rise in 2015

2014 will be remembered as a year where the cyber-threat landscape changed. Gone were the days when hackers launched random attacks against businesses in the vague hope that they might strike lucky. Instead they turned their attentions to targeted cyber-attacks against prominent retailers where the pickings were potentially rich. Successful mega-breaches/ intrusions against retailers like …

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