Yet another set of shivers is running up spines at Cisco, with a researcher from Grid32 claiming that rooting the company’s IOS firmware isn’t as hard as people think. Richard…
Day: October 13, 2015
Cybersecurity Insurance: 4 Practical Considerations
There can’t be reliable cybersecurity insurance until companies can identify who is responsible for the continuous exploitation of stolen data, long-lasting attacks, and hardly-detectable APTs. Ilia Kolochenko: According to PwCs…
Application attacks against clouds up 45%
Application attacks against clouds jumped 45 percent last year. By Maria Korolov Application attacks against clouds jumped 45 percent last year, according to a new report from Houston-based cloud security…
Cyber-Insurance Premiums Rocket
Average rates for retailers meanwhile surged 32 percent. Tara Seals The rash of hacking attacks on US companies over the past two years has translated into big insurance rate increases…
Faked NatWest, Halifax bank sites score REAL security certs
Netcraft wonders if CAs are taking verification rules seriously. Simon Sharwood: UK Banks Halifax and NatWest are among organisations targeted by fake sites that have won SSL certificates from certification…
Lessons not learned as cyber crime still rife
14 percent of companies do not know how the attacks occurred. BY Richard Summerfield Companies operating in the current business climate face myriad difficulties and obstacles. One of the most…