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Google has announced that it is to allow users to switch off adverts in apps and permanently removed all ads scanning in Gmail.   In ablog, Amit Singh, president of Google Enterprise, he said that it takes the responsibility to keep data safe “very seriously” and as well as implementing HTTPS connections for Gmail, it has also added mail routing, delivery controls and SMTP relay services to control the flow of information to and from...

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Only a third of 250 security professionals would bother getting cyber insurance, while two-thirds (63 per cent) believe insurers would not actually honour a claim if one was made.   The research by AppRiver found that 32 per cent of UK businesses don’t bother seeking this increasingly vital cover.Jim Tyer, EMEA channel director for AppRiver, who conducted the survey at this year's Infosecurity Europe conference, said that findings were “alarming” that there was so little...

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An enterprise version of the Nessus vulnerability scanner has been launched by Tenable.   Offering the capability to streamline scans and audits, Tenable technical director Gavin Millard told IT Security Guru that the enterprise version will allow scan data and results to be shared as well as larger deployments to be managed.   “We have 20,000 users of Nessus and this has become the default for scanning for vulnerabilities,” he said. “Users such as auditors and...

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If exam time wasn't hard enough, an Atlanta university has accidentally wiped all PCs running Windows 7.   An accidentat Emory University this weekend saw a Windows 7 deployment image sent to all Windows machines, including laptops, desktops, and even servers. According to The Next Web, the reimaging started with a repartition/reformat set of tasks. As soon as the accident was discovered, the SCCM server was powered off – however, by that time, the SCCM server...

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A major police operation spanning Germany, Australia, Denmark, Sweden, Italy, France and The Netherlands has targeted people who bought the Blackshades malware.   According to Cyber Warzone, 70 homes have been entered in France, while a Dutch civilian said on Twitter that his house had been entered and his hard drives had been seized.   According to PC World, Blackshades was still widely used as of the end of last year. Research by Symantec found that Blackshades, which it classified...

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Cyber is the sexy part of security, but it should be threat intelligence   Speaking at the Context Oasis event in London, Stuart McKenzie, senior investigative consultant at Context said that the problem with threat intelligence is everyone thinks everyone else is doing it better than they are, but he said that doing threat intelligence properly can give you a good profile of an attacker and “stop the basic stuff”.   He said: “Threat intelligence...

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A penetration test on common Internet of Things (IoT) has revealed basic flaws, as well as how many of the devices were open and connected to the internet.   In a demonstration at the Context Oasis event in London, Alex Chapman, senior consultant did tests on network attached storage, a printer, an internet enabled rabbit toy, IP camera and light bulbs, and found exploits in most that would allow them to be remotely accessed and...

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A group of US retailers have collected together to in order to prevent further breaches and protect customer information.   According to ABCNews, Nike, Lowes Target, Gap and Walgreen have launched an intelligence sharing centre with the Retail Industry Leaders Association to allow retailers to share information about data breaches and potential threats and also inform members of law enforcement and industry analysts.   Sandy Kennedy, president of the association, told ABC News that cyber...

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Of 300,000 attack campaigns that have occurred globally over the past 30 days, around a quarter were targeting SQL Injection flaws.   According to Imperva, 24.6 per cent% of all attacks were SQLi attack focused. Barry Shteiman, director of security strategy at Imperva, said that SQL Injection is far from a problem of the past, it is still easy to exploit and an often used attack vector to steal information, and often does not require...

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A hacking group believed to be operating from Iran has conducted multiple cyber espionage operations using tailored malware.   Named the Ajax Security Team, particulars of the group were laid out in research by FireEye, who detailed the activities in what it calls “Operation Saffron Rose”. It said that it has transitioned from performing website defacements, which it did before 2010, to malware-based espionage. Targets include companies in the defence industrial base (DIB) within the...

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