China Experiences Its Largest Ever Largest DDoS Attack
The China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) said yesterday that the country had experienced a huge Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. A DDoS attack utilises a large number of computers (thousands generally) along with many internet connections to flood a server with packets until such time as it’s bandwidth and other resources become overloaded […]
German Federal Office For Information Claims Windows 8 Contains Backdoor
Leaked documents from the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) suggest that the German government believe that Windows 8 contains back doors that could be used to remotely control any computers that have that version of Microsoft’s operating system installed on them. The document claims that some Windows 8 machines have chips built into […]
Knowing Your Web Site Is Vulnerable Is One Thing But Acting Upon That Information Is Key
As I am sure many of you know already there have been many breaches of online newspapers and other media entities recently. Over the last few months the likes of the New York Times and the Washington Post have both had their web sites hacked and organisations such as the Syrian Electronic Army show no […]
Secunia Discontinues Vulnerability Coordination Reward Program
One area of research that has been of particular interest to computer security personnel recently has been discovering new vulnerabilities in software and web sites in return for cash. Many large companies, such as Google and Facebook, have developed bug bounty programs in recent years as a means of crowd sourcing a list of potential […]
Powerful Computers,Smartphones And Security Threats
People living in this digital age are extremely fortunate when it comes to computing and for many it is hard to imagine what kind of power they have sitting at their fingertips. On a high end cell phone these days there is more computing power on the device than that used to send the original […]
Fire And Lightbulbs Illuminate How New Tech Is To Blame For Increasing Security Issues
“How many security pros does it take to change a lightbulb? Three. One to do the risk analysis, one to perform the pentest and one to spread fear of defective lightbulbs.” Back in the day (when I was very young indeed) we used to spend half our lives in total darkness. As soon as the […]
NSPCC: 1 In 5 Children Are Victims Of Cyber Bullying
If you ever get into a conversation about information security with someone who doesn’t work in the sector then it is quite likely that they will assume that you are looking to protect business assets in some way. And, for the most part, they wouldn’t be wrong. But infosec is far more wide reaching than […]
Frost & Sullivan – "Biometrics Can Revolutionise Payment Security"
The growth of the internet has led to the development of many new technologies and services and has, in many ways, fundamentally changed the way in which we live our lives. One of the more visible ways in which our activity has changed is in the way we now shop. Less than a generation ago […]
Channel 4 Blog Hack Highlights Importance Of Keeping Software Installations Up To Date
The UK’s Channel 4 is the latest media organisation to fall prey to hackers from The Syrian Electronic Army. The original defacement has now been wiped off but, originally, it carried a story titled, “Nuclear strikes on Syria: The genie is already out of the bottle”, which included an image of a mushroom cloud. The […]
Spare A Thought For The Internet Watch Foundation And Their Fight Against Child Porn
There are a great many hard working security professionals today who are extremely good at their jobs, keeping their employers’ digital assets safe from the bad guys on the internet or raising awareness of information security issues. Via the power of the internet many of these top men and women are gaining the kudos they deserve […]