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Researchers at Qualys recently revealed a critical vulnerability in the Linux GNU C Library (glibc), that allows attackers to remotely take control of an entire system without having any prior knowledge of system credentials.   The vulnerability is known as GHOST (CVE-2015-0235) as it can be triggered by the       gethostbyname functions. It affects many systems built on Linux starting with glibc-2.2 released on November 10, 2000. Qualys researchers also identified a number of factors...

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With every email now a target and every piece of data at risk, the need for data protection maturity has never been higher. According to the new Data Protection Maturity study released today by Lumension®, a global leader in endpoint management and security, IT security departments are responding with better policies, improved technology approaches and financial commitment.   More than 700 IT professionals from around the globe responded to the study, now in its fourth...

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Give01Day has joined with the Government’s Cyber Streetwise campaign and the IASME Consortium to bring the Cyber Essentials certification to all UK charities.   The initative to offer security experience and advice to smaller businesses, will begin with a series of free webinars for charities from February onwards. These will teach the audience on how to ensure they are compliant with and eligible for the Cyber Essentials certification. Each webinar will include a live Q&A...

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Just after 6am this morning, Facebook as well as photo sharing site Instagram suffered outages, leading to speculations of a hack. Amidst the droves that took to Twitter to complain about the outage, the infamous hacking group Lizard Squad also tried to lay claim to the attack, stating: “Facebook, Instagram, Tinder, AIM, Hipchat #offline #LizardSquad".   However, Facebook denied that it was an attack in a statement that read: "This was not the result of...

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According to Google's head of Android security, Adrian Ludwig, support for the WebView extension used in Android versions 4.3 Jelly Bean is too time consuming and costly. Ludwig explained in a Google+ blog post that “WebKit alone is over 5 million lines of code and hundreds of developers are adding thousands of new commits every month, so in some instances applying vulnerability patches to a 2+ year old branch of WebKit required changes to significant...

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Hackers purporting to be from the "Lizard Squad - Official Cyber Caliphate" group have attacked the official website of Malaysia Airlines, leaving visitors to see a message that read: “ISIS WILL PREVAIL”. The airline’s ticket-booking and other services were also unavailable. Instead, a large picture of a Malaysia Airlines A380 plane and the words “404-Plane Not Found” and “Hacked by Cyber Caliphate” were shown.   However, although Malaysia Airlines confirmed its site was compromised ,...

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Two-thirds of executives expect that business efficiencies and productivity will force them to adopt Internet of Things (IoT) devices despite the security risks.   The survey of 404 IT professionals and 302 executives from retail, energy and financial services organisations in the US and UK by Tripwire found that 24 per cent have already connected at least one device to their enterprise networks, while only 46 per cent of respondents say that the risks associated...

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The Information Commissioner’s Office has said that it has no plans to investigate the issue regarding a reportedly unsecure database of personal details of members of the Scouts.   According to The Register, the Scout Association's database holds the contact details of 450,000 young people and volunteer adults, and a Scout leader contacted The Register to express concerns that the Compass database is not secure, despite the organisation's assurances it had been tested. The system has...

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Minecraft’s maker Mojang has said that it was not hacked, and instead user details were collected by a phishing attack. According to the story, email addresses and passwords of 1,800 Minecraft users were posted online and published online in plain-text format. Heise found that the details would allow strangers to log into each of those user’s accounts on Minecraft to play online, and download the game to their own computers. Mojang said in a statement...

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Putting in place security controls and processes and adopting a defence-in-depth approach are the keys ways to reduce your exposure to a cyber attack.   According to a Government document, on “Common Cyber Attacks: Reducing The Impact”, preventing, detecting or disrupting the attack at the earliest opportunity limits the business impact and the potential for reputational damage.   The report claimed that there are “effective and affordable ways” to reduce your organisation’s exposure to the...

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