HBO social media hacked in latest cyber security breach
“Facebook and Twitter accounts breached”
HBO has had two of its social platforms hacked in the latest cyber attack against the entertainment firm. OurMine, a hacker group, seems to have taken control of the main account posting messages such as “OurMine are here. we are just testing your security”. This is just the latest in many attacks on HBO, with notable recent incidents resulting in the leak of popular show Game of Thrones scripts and other company data.
Gartner Predicts Information Security Spending To Reach $93 Billion In 2018
“Security concerns grow with malware rise”
It seems that anyone who has anything to do with tech has probably had an endless stream of malware scares hitting their news feed seemingly daily. Data breaches, ransomware, Trojan’s, and much more are on the rise, prompting a big increase in security spending. Gartner released a report this week that predicts over $86.4 billion in information security spending, a 7% increase over last year. Further, the following year it will likely grow to $93 billion by the next year given current trends.
70% of DevOps Pros Say They Didn’t Get Proper Security Training in College
“Mostly on the job security processes”
A new Veracode survey shows that most DevOps pros don’t get adequate security training in their academic institutions. The vast majority of the respondents, about 70% of the 400 total, feel that their college did not prepare them to be successful, and 65% learned most relevant skills while they were on the job.
“UK business cyber threat is growing steadily”
Ever since the National Cyber Security Centre opened in February the UK has been hit by 188 high level attacks, and there were many other low level attacks that are difficult to quantify. This was big enough to bring in the NCSC.
Public outcry searching for answers leads many to impromptu blame and quick answers, while the truth is often much too complicated for such solutions. Certainly security systems must improve for business, and regulation will accompany this.
‘Indefensible’ hack could leave modern cars vulnerable to critical cybersecurity attack
“Advances necessary for safe systems”
A connect car hack has recently revealed that the systems is currently “indefensible by modern car security technology.” These vulnerabilities can put large numbers of consumers at considerable risk. Traditionally these attacks focus on specific models or makes of cars, such as the Jeep hack in 2015, while this threat target the controller area network. Trend Micro’s Forward-looking Threat Research team discovered the hack, and first posted the information on Wednesday in their blog.
Hackers can shut down critical security features in most modern cars. Insight in @thehill: https://t.co/FDVrLsCaSn
— Trend Micro (@TrendMicro) August 16, 2017
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