Threats
A rundown on the top Five Mobile Security Threats
Mobile Security has become a prime concern for IT professionals working for enterprise businesses. The reason, businesses are turning less vigilant when it comes to mobile security while embracing the trend of BYOD. Very recently, Chris Crowley, a security instructor working for SANS Institute offered a rundown on the top mobile security threats lurking behind […]
Terrorists to launch cyber attacks on UK’s Airports and Nuclear Power Stations
Britain government has issued a nationwide alert which asks the authorities related to Aviation and Nuclear Power Stations to tighten their defenses against cyber attacks propelled by terrorists. The law enforcement agencies have also issued a series of alerts in the past 24 hours, cautioning about terrorist attacks launched in masked format. The Intelligence agencies […]
Australian immigration offices are extremely vulnerable to Cyber Attacks
The Australian National Audit Office (NAO) has recently released the latest report on their government’s cyber security potential and concluded that the immigration department and the tax office department of Australia are extremely vulnerable to cyber attacks. The NAO has claimed that the Department of Immigration and Border Protection and the Australian Taxation Office have […]
Cyber Attacks result in £8 billion loss to consumers of UK Financial Services
A recent study confirmed that cyber attacks have caused £8 billion loss to consumers of UK Financial Services in 2016. ThreatMetrix, a security watchdog that monitors 20 billion online transactions per year was the one which prepared the report and predicted that the consequences may deteriorate further in this year. ThreatMetrix says that the spike […]
Low-Bandwidth “BlackNurse” DDoS Attacks Can Disrupt Firewalls
Eduard Kovacs wrote an interesting post about Low-Bandwidth “BlackNurse” DDoS Attacks Can Disrupt Firewalls that I would like to share. “Researchers warn that certain types of low bandwidth distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks can cause some widely used enterprise firewalls to enter a temporary DoS condition. While analyzing DDoS attacks aimed at their customers, experts at the […]
