And most website managers didn't find out about it, either. Google says 32 percent more websites were hacked in 2016 compared with the year prior, and that most operators of hacked sites were never informed of it. The search giant highlighted the uptick in hacked sites in...
Different shapes and sizes Hackers, like the attacks they perpetrate, come in many forms, with motivations that range from monetary to political to ethical. Understanding the different types of hackers that exist and what motivates them can help you to identify the attackers you are most...
Article 32 of the GDPR titled “Security”, contains only 135 words describing the security requirements. Specifically, Article 32 states: “Taking into account the state of the art, the costs of implementation and the nature, scope, context and purposes of processing as well as the risk of...
The current IT landscape has fundamentally changed the way that organizations view their security and assess their overall risk posture. Technologies like cloud, DevOps deployments and containers behave in a radically different way than traditional assets. For example, they are often shorter lived or they...
It’s not easy to keep complex software free of security bugs. That’s why a number of companies have set up bug bounty programs to reward independent hackers for helping out. Google’s one of those companies, and last year they paid more than $3 million in...
Internet of Things (IoT) plays a significant role in a broad range of healthcare applications. We definitely think that both patients and hospitals will benefit from this evolution in healthcare. Thanks to IoT, mobile medical applications and wearable devices allow patients to capture their health...
Recently we’ve had the opportunity – quite a fun and interesting opportunity – to visit a number of information security and cybersecurity conferences. These conferences were flooded with relatively ‘new’ developments such as NextGen, the Internet of Things (IoT), IoT DDoS attacks, security intelligence platform,...
It's not Advanced Persistent Threats, it's Adequate Pernicious Toerags Usenix Enigma 2017 The chief technical director of GCHQ's National Cyber Security Centre has rebuked infosec companies for spreading fear, uncertainty and doubt about hackers to sell products. At the Enigma 2017 conference this week, Dr Ian Levy...
Digital disruption has been identified as one of the defining trends of the 21st century, creating new norms in the way we live and work. In an era of unprecedented access to technology and data, our has shown that more than 80% of ASEAN...
Clickjacking, XSS and CSRF, exploits that have been around for 15+ years now and still form the basis for many vulnerabilities on the web today. If you spend any time around bug bounty programs you will notice similar patterns with these exploits, that many could...