If you were hit by heart bleed and later got a shell shock, as if these weren’t enough you are likely to be bitten by the newly discovered ‘poodle’ vulnerability (yet another acronym for the newly discovered bug that stands for Padding Oracle On Downloaded Legacy Encryption)! The heart bleed bug made it possible for…
“Heart-bleed” is a serious and unique vulnerability in the most accepted version of SSL. A large part of the web servers on the internet use OpenSSL to safeguard data and user accounts, and the latest “Heart-bleed bug” only affects OpenSSL’s 1.0.1 and the 1.01f versions. Given that the Secure-Socket Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security…
According to GartnerG2 (now Gartner Industry Advisory Services) a research unit of Gartner, 90% of cyber attacks leverage known security flaws and vulnerabilities, for which patches are already available. Gartner analysts also believe that several security attacks could have been avoided if organizations had focused more on vulnerability management efforts. Effective vulnerability management is therefore…
Gone are the days when hackers attacked perimeter defences. Today their objective is to take control of confidential data and the applications which process them. Hacking is now an operation involving global coordination, sophisticated techniques and persistent teamwork. And with clear roles and responsibilities being defined in the community, hacking is now a highly organized,…
Computer-based criminal activity is not a new trend. It has been prevalent for several years. However, we cannot deny the fact that illegal activities such as data theft and misuse have become far more pervasive in the recent years. And in most cases backup data seem to be the main target of cyber criminals. There…
