A London-based university has announced the launch of a new cybersecurity centre which will unite the UK, US and Japan. During a launch meeting in Tokyo, proponents of the new centre said it would bring together experts in the field to tackle emerging challenges in cybersecurity. Issues that the centre will tackle involve security for large-scale events, such as the forthcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The centre has five founding institutions, including the University of Maryland, Keio University and Royal Holloway.
Cybersecurity experts have warned shoppers and companies to be careful when shopping on Amazon Prime Day this July. A prominent antivirus company has released information on a new phishing technique that hackers may be using to steal thousands of customers’ data. The phishing tool invites customers to click on a link to a website through an email, and then encourages them to enter personal data. Amazon has offered its shoppers tips to stay safe.
2018 saw a record investment in cybersecurity, according to FinTech Global. Following three large transactions in Hong Kong, 2018 saw the biggest investment in cybersecurity in history, valued at £6.9 billion. Now however, experts are saying that the same investment is not to be expected in 2019, having hit just $3.1 billion in H1. However, this is due to much smaller companies making smaller investments, rather than a downward trend in cybersecurity. 2018’s record was linked to a $500m investment from AI company SenseTime.
Cientos de empresas se enfrentaron a un tiempo de inactividad del sitio web en julio, ya que se informó que Cloudflare había experimentado una interrupción importante. Las empresas notables afectadas incluyen Dropbox, Shopify y Zendesk, que a su vez afectaron a muchas empresas que utilizan sus servicios. El proveedor de redes de entrega de contenido Cloudflare sufrió dos cortes en la misma semana y estuvo sujeto a rumores de que los cortes fueron causados por un ataque DDoS en China. Sin embargo, la compañía afirmó que las interrupciones se debieron a una mala implementación de software que se revertió rápidamente. La empresa negó categóricamente un ataque en su blog.
A hacking group based in Russia has managed to breach internal networks and steal source code for three antivirus companies. Hackers Fxmsp have gained access to 30TB of data and have now published the source code on the black market for $300,000. The team posted screenshots of the files, and claim to have broken in using credential stuffing techniques.
Passwords have become central to our lives. They are the keys that open the front door to our digital world, from our bank accounts to our communication accounts, our entertainment accounts to our social accounts.
While cyber breaches have increased by 75% in the last two years, Verizon reported 81% were linked to weak, reused or stolen passwords in 2017. It can go like this: a social site, hotel server, telecom service gets breached, or company staff falls victim of a phishing attack. With credentials like name, login and password, hackers can now try combinations or variations from records easily found on the dark web,
