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Hacking IoT devices and smart objects is always making headlines. After all, we use these devices to simplify our lives - so having their processes interrupted, hijacked or used against us is a real nightmare. However, hacking a thermostat is one thing; hacking a car is another. At this year's Black Hat in Las Vegas, experts once again showed that the Jeep Cherokee is vulnerable to the whims of cyber-crims. Researchers sent false messages to the...

Worldwide spending on information security products and services will reach $81.6 billion in 2016, an increase of 7.9 per cent over 2015, according to Gartner, Inc. Consulting and IT outsourcing are currently the largest categories of spending on information security. Until the end of 2020, the highest growth is expected to come from security testing, IT outsourcing and data loss prevention (DLP). Preventive security will continue to show strong growth, as many security practitioners continue...

This year is the year of sporting fans. Especially over the last few months, they had the opportunity to move from one big sporting event to the next with few gaps between them. First, just before the summer break, sports fans enjoyed a full month of football during European championship, followed by exciting and often dramatic moments of the Tour de France, now their collective attention is already shifting towards Rio, venue of the next...

A recent study has revealed that, contrary to common belief, nearly a quarter of ID fraud victims in the UK last year were avid users of social media platforms and mobile devices. This provides concrete proof that neither regular device updates nor computer literacy are stopping users from engaging in hazardous online behaviour, according to app security specialist Promon.  The reported 17 per cent rise in tech-savvy victims, despite them only making up 8 per cent of...

The National Crime Agency (NCA) has recently said that businesses and law enforcement agencies are losing the ‘cyber arms race’ with online criminals. It says that the technical capabilities of criminal gangs are outpacing the UK’s ability to deal with their threats. As security professionals, it’s something we’re acutely aware of – it really is an arms race and it’s one that we will be fighting for years to come. The effective response, according to...

Organisations have latched on to the need to secure SIP trunking solutions by implementing a Session Border Controller (SBC). The problem is that the vast majority of SBCs are considered not just one- off investments but also one-off deployments. Yet from denial of service attacks to toll fraud, SIP trunking is not only inherently vulnerable but that vulnerability continues to change and escalate. Few companies would fail to update anti-virus software – so why assume...

Last week, a software firm FICO released an interactive map of European card fraud, which reveals the UK saw Europe’s largest annual jump in card fraud losses for 2015. Most of the 18 percent rise in losses came from online transactions, reflecting the growth in this channel, the ease of accessibility to funds and lower risk for criminals, and the theft of personal data through cybercrime. The online map, based on data from Euromonitor International, shows...

IP EXPO Europe, Europe's number one enterprise IT event has today launched its 2016 IT showcase, to take place on 5-6 October 2016 at the ExCeL in London. Following the success of last year’s event, IP EXPO Europe has announced a collection of influential speakers who will be holding keynotes over the two-day event focusing on the six themes of Cloud, Cyber Security, Networks and Infrastructure, Data Analytics, DevOps, and new for 2016, Open Source....

F-Secure Labs has uncovered a strain of malware that appears to be targeting parties involved in the recently decided Philippines vs. China case regarding the two countries’ South China Sea dispute. The malware, dubbed NanHaiShu by F-Secure researchers, is a Remote Access Trojan that allows attackers to exfiltrate data from infected machines. The malware and its use leading up to the 12th July case ruling are detailed in a new F-Secure report, NanHaiShu: RATing the...

Xively by LogMeIn, Inc. (Nasdaq:LOGM) has released the findings of a new commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of LogMeIn, Simplifying the Complexity of IoT, that reveals product companies may be missing a huge opportunity when it comes to their Internet connected products.  The research found that while many companies (51% of those surveyed) are collecting data from their connected products, only about one-third are actually using this data to create actionable insights...