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In the wake of the Yahoo attack late last year, where the theft of more than 500 million user account from 2014 was discovered, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has decided to waive her 2016 bonus after an investigation into the attack by the board. Yahoo’s top Lawyer, Ronald S. Bell, has also resigned for his part in the mishandling of the security breaches. Below are the thoughts of cyber security leaders on this news. Brian Laing,...

Trustwave recently reported a remotely exploitable issue in the Telnet administrative interface of numerous DblTek branded devices. The issue permits a remote attacker to gain a shell with root privileges on the affected device due to a vendor backdoor in the authentication procedure. The Telnet interface of the GoIP is documented as providing information for users of the device through the use of logins "ctlcmd" and "limitsh". Both of these logins provide limited information about...

More than two in five (43 per cent) businesses who were victim to a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on their IT system believe their competitors were behind it. According to research by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International, rival firms are considered more likely culprits than cybercriminals, which were cited as suspects by fewer than two in five (38 per cent) victims. Kaspersky Lab’s 2016 IT Security Risks* study, found that industrial sabotage was...

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), today announced it was named to the “Leaders” quadrant of the Gartner’s 2017 Magic Quadrant for Application Security Testing (AST).  The company is being recognised for its vision and ability to execute. Synopsys provides a comprehensive software security and quality platform, and enables organisations to address critical challenges in the evolving landscape of software security. The report evaluated 18 software vendors on 15 criteria. Detailed information about Synopsys and its position in...

FireMon delivered a strong 2016 with notable highlights: Significant year-over-year bookings growth Greater than 90% customer renewal rates Industry leading customer satisfaction rating of 95% Largest bookings quarter on record in Q4 Expansion of market leadership through new customer acquisition and multiple industry awards Record number of transactions valued at greater than $500,000 Advanced integration with Palo Alto Networks security devices FireMon, the leader in Network Security and Policy Management (NSPM), today announced that 2016...

When news first broke that Nokia might be bringing back its iconic 3310 mobile phone, consumers around the globe scrambled online to find out more. Today, new online analysis of search trends reveals insights into consumers’ real intentions towards this soon-to-be relaunched product. Captify, a search intelligence driven advertising technology company, which analyses 30 billion online monthly searches, found: Huge Consumer Interest: Since the news was announced of its relaunch (on 14th and 15th February),...

With a recent report from technology giant Cisco showing 65 percent of overall email in 2016 was classed as spam, and 8-10 percent of spam viewed as malicious, 2017 should not be a year for businesses to slack on their email security systems. That is the message from an IT and communication expert, who claims concerns from customers are most often surrounding security breaches via email as malicious messages continue to rise. Cybercrime through methods...

Yesterday, IOActive released a report exposing numerous vulnerabilities found in multiple home, business and industrial robots on the market today. The Guru reached out to several security experts to get their take on the report. Mike Ahmadi, global director – critical systems security at Synopsys: “The consequential damage of a hacked robot, or any hacked system, is directly commensurate with the amount of trust put into the system.  This becomes extremely problematical as technology improves,...

From around 9:30am Monday, the web servers of many state authorities and offices in Luxembourg were down or difficult to reach. At 10.50 am, the state-owned IT operator "Centre des Techniques de l'information de l'Etat" (CTIE) sent a message via Twitter saying the state network was the victim of a so-called "distributed denial of service attack" (DDoS). Commenting on this, Ben Herzberg, Security Research Group Manager at Imperva Incapsula said “Organisations need to prepare for DDoS attacks,...

IP EXPO Manchester, part of Europe's number one enterprise IT event series, today unveiled the world’s most famous hacker, Kevin Mitnick, as this year’s keynote speaker. Once one of the FBI's Most Wanted because just for the challenge he hacked into 40 major corporations and the NSA, Mitnick is now a trusted security consultant to the Fortune 500 and governments worldwide. He’ll be bringing his unique skill set to educate attendees at IP EXPO Manchester...