The new Securityvibes is here ! August 2010 | Redaction | Leave a comment More social, with better collaboration tools and above all more open : SecurityVibes just got better ! With this new version we wanted to offer powerful tools and a much larger community, now including all IT security professionals. More than … Continue reading → Tweet
Defcon social attacks crack blue chips August 2010 | Redaction | Leave a comment Fourteen of America’s largest and most powerful businesses succumbed to a succession of social engineering security breaches during Defcon, the annual hacker’s convention in Las Vegas.Google, Microsoft, Apple, Cisco, Shell, BP, Symantec, McAfee, PG&E, Philip Morris, Ford, Coca-Cola, Pepsi and … Continue reading → Tweet
Social engineering hacks to feature at DEFCON June 2010 | Redaction | Leave a comment DEF CON, one of the world’s largest hacker conventions, will this year include a social engineering contest where delegates will use deceptive techniques to hack into several US companies. The Social Engineering ‘Capture the Flag’ competition, which will run during … Continue reading → Tweet
CSOs: Social networking threats ‘overrated’ May 2010 | Redaction | Leave a comment Social networking is the most over-rated threat to businesses, according to a survey of chief security officers. The survey was carried out among UK delegates at the CSO Interchange , a conference tailored to the needs of security executives, organised … 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
Cyber Crime: Social Engineering and Social Networks August 2009 | Redaction | Leave a comment …botnets are now being used to automatically hunt for points of weakness on websites… SV: Let’s talk about social engineering on the Internet. How do you perceive it?Dave: Social engineering is the process of manipulating the user, so that they … Continue reading → Tweet
Cyber Crime: The Effects of Cyber Crime Today August 2009 | Redaction | Leave a comment …If a large corporation buys a mailing list or a report on their competitors’ market strategy, how much detail do they ask about where the data came from and how it was gathered? Just as individuals can be tempted to … 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
Social Networks Under Attack Part 2/3: User Defences May 2009 | Redaction | Leave a comment In part 1, of this article we examined several attack vectors currently being used to compromise corporate systems via social networks. We have been using Facebook as our example due to its current mass popularity, however no social network is … Continue reading → Tweet
