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.

Chick-fil-A POS breach

Another suspected POS breach involving card data theft at Chick-fil-A restaurants. Up to 9,000 card numbers have been reported stolen. Did the PCI DSS V3 fail or were PCI requirements missed?

A recent report by Computer Business Review suggests that 41 per cent of organizations are planning to increase their IT security budget by 16 per cent in 2014. 

The-Interview-Sony-Breach

It’s now a month on since an image of a skeleton appeared on Sony Pictures Entertainment computers and a message stating, “Hacked By #GOP” (GOP - Guardians of Peace)

staples breach

Back in October news of the breach at Staples stores first broke and now more details have been reported by the office supplies store chain.

Charge

Electronic payment gateway solutions provider CHARGE Anywhere stated last Tuesday that an attack against its network resulted in hackers gaining access to payment card data for transactions processed through many merchants.

CIS Benchmarks Certified Vendor

The Center for Internet Security (CIS) has now awarded NNT new Security Software Certifications for the following CIS Benchmarks.

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More disruption and uncertainty for Tripwire® customers as company is acquired by Belden (see link below for more)

bebe strores breached

Two separate news items combine to reinforce the unavoidable reality for retailers - if you do not start taking your payment card security seriously, you will be breached.

BCW coverge

It is a year since Target failed to spot a piece of malware and lost the personal information of over 70 million customers and over 40 million payment card numbers. 

Research from IntelCrawler reveals electronic kiosks and ticketing systems, typically for public transport systems, are being targeted by the “d4re|dev1|” malware.

Brian Krebs has now provided some detailed insight to the recent Sony Pictures Entertainment breach, revealing that the hack was far more complex and potentially damaging than was first understood.

PCI DSS

Congratulations to our client Union Bank of Nigeria who has announced that it has been certified with the latest Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) version 3. 

PSD2 recommendations and standards apply to all payment service providers offering internet payment services.

December 15th is the anniversary that Target's infamous security breach was discovered; but has anything really changed in the year that has gone by? Retailer after retailer is still falling foul of the same form of malware attack. So just what is going wrong?

HSBC

Not another data breach! HSBC recently announced that it had "identified and stopped" a cyber attack targeting its credit card and debit card systems in Turkey which compromised data including 2.7 million cardholders' names, HSBC account numbers, card numbers and expiration dates.

Hiring ex hackers

More than half of UK companies are considering hiring ex-hackers in a bid to get ahead of cyber criminals, according to the latest research from KPMG. 

Infoprive

Read our latest article which announces our partnership with business information security company Infoprive. 

hipaa

These mappings provide a detailed matrix aligning security configuration recommendations provided in the CIS Microsoft Windows 7 Benchmark v2.1.0 and Windows XP Benchmark v3.1.0 to Security Capabilities included in IEC 80001-1.

Blue turtle logo

Blue Turtle has announced that it will be partnering with New Net Technologies Ltd (NNT), a leading provider of IT security and compliance software solutions.

Medical breaches

Interesting summary of healthcare data and patient confidentiality breaches from Sophos.

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