2011: the year of China’s cyber spies November 2011 | Derek Parkinson | Leave a comment Revelations about the extent of China’s cyber espionage activities, drawing together hackers, industry and its own Government, is the most significant security development in 2011, says Imperva. The cumulative cost of this is difficult to estimate, but could be anywhere … Continue reading → Tweet
Cisco, Sophos, McAfee warn of global security threats August 2011 | Derek Parkinson | Leave a comment The increasing diversity of web malware and sophistication of attacks means that organisations must rethink their reliance on signature-based detection and passive or automated responses to threats, warns Cisco in its latest security report. Detections of unique web malware rocketed … Continue reading → Tweet
Top Web 2.0 Business Threats June 2010 | Redaction | Leave a comment After almost a decade of sites such as Facebook and Myspace, businesses have realised that instead of being a source of new threats, social media and other Web 2.0 communications can also be used as a way to increase revenue … Continue reading → Tweet
Google Buzz fail highlights privacy expectation rise February 2010 | Redaction | Leave a comment Google’s latest launch seems to have backfired spectacularly, but it also proves that the public attitude to personal data is indeed changing. Social media site Buzz is now the subject of a formal complaint to US regulators after a series … Continue reading → Tweet
Security Awareness Video Clips War Chest July 2009 | Redaction | Leave a comment Trying to come up with new and innovative ideas for a security awareness campaign can be quite burdensome and time consuming. This article contains a series of links to different materials in the public domain such as Youtube and the … Continue reading → Tweet
Facebook Trying to Become More Acceptable to Organisations July 2009 | Redaction | Leave a comment Facebook is looking to make their Privacy Controls easier to navigate. In a blog which reads more like a SecurityVibes article, Chris Kelly, Facebook’s Chief Privacy Officer, talks about some new features to help users become more aware of privacy … Continue reading → Tweet
Further Potential Reputational Dangers from Non-Involvement with Facebook June 2009 | Redaction | Leave a comment From Saturday June 13th users of the Facebook were able to register their own URL address, replacing numbers with a name of their choice. For example http://www.facebook.com/securityvibes. This has been a well publicised operation but if your organisation has not … Continue reading → Tweet
How Social Network Non-Involvement Can Affect Corporate Reputation May 2009 | Redaction | Leave a comment Facebook or Twitter, whether you love or hate social networks or whether you decide to get involved or not your organisation’s reputation is at risk with a do nothing stance or even by getting involved too late. CISO, Security Vibes … Continue reading → Tweet
Social Networks Under Attack Part 1/3: The Attack Vectors May 2009 | Redaction | Comments (3) Many corporates have tapped into the business benefits of the social network explosion. However due to the explosive growth of these networks, they have become a major target for cyber-criminals. Social networks under attack parts 1-3 examines the attacks and … Continue reading → Tweet
Social Networks Under Attack Part 3/3: Technological Defences May 2009 | Redaction | Leave a comment In part 1, we examined how social networks are under attack and in part 2 we had a look at how organisations can defend themselves by giving adequate user induction and on-going training. In this final section, we examine the … Continue reading → Tweet
