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Credit to Author: Jon Clay| Date: Tue, 30 May 2017 12:00:36 +0000
As cities continue to grow smarter, they will also become easier to hack. With millions (if not billions) of dollars going into research for urban domains and the Internet of Things (IoT), there will be more opportunities to utilize technology to define, access and improve smart city services and infrastructure. In these smart cities, information…
Credit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 26 May 2017 18:26:02 +0000
For those of you who follow the National Football League (NFL), do you remember Super Bowl 47? I wasn’t exactly thrilled about the teams that played since I’m not a 49ers or Ravens fan. What was interesting about the game is that it was halted for over half an hour in the third quarter because…
Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 13:48:37 +0000
For all the panic it caused, WannaCry looks finally to have been contained by organisations round the globe. But this isn’t the time to forget about it and move on. There are valuable lessons to be learned about this attack, why it was so successful and what can be done to prevent it happening again….
Credit to Author: Jon Clay| Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 13:22:58 +0000
Ransomware has gained global attention over the course of the last two weeks due to the huge spread of WannaCry. Following the initial attacks, we’ve seen UIWIX, Adylkuzz and now EternalRocks come onto the scene leveraging the same core set of vulnerabilities. The common thread between the three threats is MS17-010 along with other tools…
Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 22:14:14 +0000
Smart systems are under attack, and the organizations that run and support this technology must take the proper steps for protection.
Credit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 19 May 2017 12:00:15 +0000
“Are you crying? ARE YOU CRYING? There’s no crying! THERE’S NO CRYING IN BASEBALL!” Those famous words from Jimmy Dugan (portrayed by Tom Hanks) in the 1992 movie A League of their Own, ring true in the world of baseball. Unfortunately, in the cyber security world, there has been some crying this week with the…
Credit to Author: Ryan Delany| Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 13:12:09 +0000
May 12, 2017 saw the world’s first ever worm-based ransomware attack, WannaCry. Typically ransomware spreads via email as spam and phishing attacks, and relies on human intervention to initiate the infection. However, WannaCry is different in that it combines ransomware with a recently published vulnerability that was stolen from the NSA by The Shadow Brokers…
Credit to Author: Cara West-Wainwright| Date: Wed, 17 May 2017 12:00:58 +0000
If the past few days of WannaCry ransomware activity have taught us anything it’s that cybercriminals pose a clear and present danger to organizations and their customers all over the world. But have you ever wondered exactly what the bad guys are after when they launch their online attacks at your own PC or mobile…