Tag: Cyberwar

Cyber Attack

HAS SLOPPY SECURITY SLIPPED INTO YOUR NETWORK ECOSYSTEM?

Much has been said about Sony, and much remains to be said. But the bottom line is that Sony was a cyber attack that was simply waiting to happen. This is a company that has been repeatedly hit by malicious hackers who, angered by Sony’s approach to Digital Rights Management, were determined to wreck havoc on Sony systems. And yet the company apparently did not encrypt personal data and other sensitive information. While blaming a victim is never nice, Sony could have done much more to protect itself. The successful attack on JP Morgan Chase is the attack that we should all be focused on and learning from. There were protections in place at JP Morgan. And yet hackers still

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Big Data

TOP CYBER SECURITY THREATS AND TRENDS FOR 2015

Predicting the future is easy – take a long look at what’s happening now and hit the mental fast forward button. But in 2015 the rewind button will be equally useful. We don’t have a fail-proof crystal ball but we suspect that old-school style hacktivisim will share the headlines with emerging threats against devices and virtual payment systems. And we think this might be the year when hackers and data scientists will wage their own personal war, with both sides using Big Data as their weapon of choice. Read on for the details and more of our predictions. Data Destruction Look for an increase in malware that extracts information and then destroys the systems that housed the data. This capability could be

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