

As December rolls in and 2012 looms on the IT security horizon, Tufin Technologies ? the security lifecycle management specialist ? has come up with its top five security predictions for the year ahead. Neil Hollister says more resellers should consider cloud-based authentication UK employees are so In research last week, Prolexic revealed that distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks were increasingly being targeted at the technology designed to mitigate them. Computershare, the international share dealing company – which claims to be the largest in its market – has been hit by a data theft incident from a former employee. What perhaps makes matters worse is that the staffer was an audit risk professional. The Royal Shakespeare Company, Jaguar Land Rover, Network Rail, Sainsbury’s, IBM and the National Grid were among the winners of the 2011 UK IT Industry Awards run by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, and Computing. Identity thieves use professional calling services to obtain missing pieces of information about victims Identity thieves use professional calling services to obtain missing pieces of information about victims La compañía de seguridad Trusteer ha alertado sobre la realización de llamadas telefónicas de ciberdelincuentes a sus víctimas para completar los datos extraídos con su malware. One possible use for these bogus ‘bank’ calls is to utilise Apple has removed an app created by hacker Charlie Miller which could access users’ personal details Analysis research just released by Trusteer claims to show that fraudulent phone calls are increasing in popularity amongst the criminal community to commit ID theft. As a result, says Amit Klein, the in-browser security Fraudulent phone calls are increasing in popularity. One possible use for these bogus ?bank? calls is to utilize personal identification information stolen using malware to give fraudsters credibility as they collect the missing information required to ?pull off? their scams. Most large to midsize banks are well on their way with at least a road map to comply with tougher FFIEC authentication and anti-fraud guidelines Scammers have developed a new way to control your computer remotely. And that can only be bad news for your bank balance. |