This week a draft ‘Investigatory Powers Bill’ was released by Home Secretary Theresa May and is receiving a great deal of media intention, instead being dubbed the UK ‘Surveillance Bill’. What’s it for? The bill is introduced as being for consolidation of all the laws…
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In the headlines: TalkTalk breach, Joomla and Drupal patches, CISA bill, 1000 KKK members, and more
TalkTalk breach could affect 4 million users Another cellphone provider has hit the headlines with a breach; this time the UK provider TalkTalk. Following an attack which occurred in February, this latest breach happened last week and the company has admitted that not all stolen…
In the headlines: Flash and Chrome patches, Dridex botnet, WP Akismet and more
Flash Zero Day receives emergency patch Poor old Flash is in the headlines again, and this time for a zero-day flaw which is being actively exploited. Reported by a researcher and the Google Zero Day project, no details of the vulnerability have been disclosed but…
The 2015 Cost of Data Breach analysis by Ponemon Institute
A joint report analysing the cost of data breaches has been released by IBM and Ponemon Institute. Having surveyed 350 companies globally, they’ve found that the average cost of a data breach is increasing, having gone from $3.52m in 2014 to $3.79m in 2015. The…
Fortinet uses Acunetix to offer immediate Vulnerability detection
Acunetix Vulnerability Scan results can now be imported into the FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) LONDON, 12th October 2015 – Acunetix, a market leader in web application security technology, today announced that Acunetix web vulnerability scan results can now be imported into the new FortiWeb…
In the headlines: David Jones and T-Mobile hack, remote code execution bugs, WinRAR vulnerability, and more
Australian department store David Jones victim of hack Australian department store giant David Jones has informed customers through a notice on their site, that they were recently hacked. However, they also assured account holders that no financial data had been breached and that there was…
South African cyber crimes bill released, includes 25 year sentencing
South Africa is the latest country taking measures to tighten up on cyber crime. In the draft of their Cybercrimes and Cyber Security bill, are included explicit penalties for cyber crimes, ranging from fines to a maximum of 25 years in prison. The draft includes…
In the headlines: South Korea’s cyber attacks, DHS networks, Adobe Shockwave Player and more
South Korea has had over 110,000 cyber attacks in the last 5 years A recently released report has revealed that South Korean government agencies were subject to over 114,000 cyber attacks in the last five years. The report, compiled using data from the National Computing…
XSS in Google Feedburner
A fundamental aspect of web applications which developers should bear in mind is securing the input inserted by the user. Many times, due to lack of attention or understanding, programmers might ignore the review of the code, resulting in security breaches, which through exploiting represent…