IT Security and Compliance Blog Archive

Read the news, developments and opinion pieces from years gone by about IT security and compliance from industry experts New Net Technologies.

Cyber-attacks are becoming a run-of-the-mill occurrence: Nearly two-thirds (63%) of C-suite executives say that their companies experience significant cyber-attacks daily or weekly, according to a recent Accenture study of over 900 senior business personnel.

Russian hackers, including groups believed loosely connected to the Russian state, are claimed to be behind an upsurge in cyber-attacks on EU institutions.

French broadcaster TV5Monde is still without Internet and other key IT functions three months after a nation-state hacker took control of its TV channels and hijacked social media accounts. Meanwhile, the data breach costs are mounting up.

A new spate of ransomware attacks is threatening to lockdown yet more computers, according to the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB).

The war on hackers continues with the news that the infamous Darkode forum can no longer be accessed.

A serious flaw in an online form left personal data of applicants for Italian visas exposed – a flaw discovered by chance after a user was trying to retrieve a saved application.

CVS has shut down its CVSPhoto.com website as it investigates a potential payment card breach.

A new scheme to protect small businesses from cyber attacks has been announced by Government today.

British Gas has acknowledged pressure coming from the cyber-security profession and agreed to take another look at its policy toward password managers, in order to maintain continuous compliance with cyber security controls.

Mozilla has blocked all versions of Flash in its Firefox browser due to major security concerns with the software that have come to light after the attack on surveillance software firm Hacking Team.

Hackers that breached US government databases stole the personal information of at least 21.5 million people, officials said on Thursday.

A cyber attack on the US power grid and related infrastructure could cost the country as much as $1tn in economic damage, a major report has warned.

A connection has been made between the hacker who took down Hacking Team and the individual responsible for exfiltrating 40GB of data from Gamma International last year.

The NHS has been forced to apologize after another insider data handling error led to the exposure of more than 3000 patient's details.

Credit cards are fast becoming the standard form of payment as cash falls out of favour. According to the UK Cards Association, 32.6 million payments were made by card last year – that’s twice the number of payments seen a decade ago.

A new credit card-stealing attack is underway on the eBay Magento e-commerce platform, which is used by more than 240,000 businesses worldwide.

Over a third of UK firms have suffered a ransomware attack by hackers, according to the research published by IT security firm Eset. The news comes as criminals launch a fresh wave of such attacks exploiting a vulnerability in Adobe's Flash Player software.

According to the Japan Real Time blog, Toshiba is working on a ‘foolproof' quantum-cryptography system that industry analysts claim cannot be breached.

Apple users are facing serious zero-days that could lay open all of their app credentials to attackers, on both Macs and iPhone/iPads.

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