Cyber Criminals attack on Third Parties
Where do cyber criminals focus their attacks? On the organisations with the information of most interest or highest worth, naturally enough.
Willie Sutton Logic and Cyber-Attacks
Willie Sutton was the man who (according to a popular story) gave the definitive answer to the question “Why do you rob banks?” He said “Because that’s where the money is”.
Proper Backups Can Beat Ransomware Attacks
Ransomware attacks are on the rise, according to recent reports. Cybercriminals often favour these attacks, because they find them to be effective and lucrative.
3 Broad Categories of Cyber-Security Trends for 2016
System hacks, data breaches and information theft are frequently in the news, and will surely continue to feature strongly in 2016. However, recent crystal ball gazing by different actors and experts yielded an intriguing variety of predictions for the coming year. Broadly speaking, there are IT security trends we can expect, those we should suspect,…
Point of Sale Hacking – a Growing Threat to Business Continuity?
The data breach at the Target Corp, the US supermarket chain, was a shock for many. The personal information of at least 70 million customers was stolen by hackers who intercepted the information as buyers used credit and debit cards at the company’s points of sale. The reputational damage seems to have quickly spilled over…