The New Ponemon study (sponsored by HP) http://www8.hp.com/us/en/software-solutions/ponemon-cyber-security-report/index.html?jumpid=va_rmaig2786p Global Study at a Glance 252 companies in 7 countries 2,128 interviews with company personnel 1,928 total attacks used to measure total cost $7.7 million is the average annualized cost 1.9 percent net increase over the past year 15 percent average ROI for 7 security technologies Even … Read more
In less than a minute a Hacker found out that the bank was giving out too much information. http://sijmen.ruwhof.net/weblog/584-how-i-could-hack-internet-bank-accounts-of-danish-largest-bank-in-a-few-minutes As the hacker studied the website information, it was evident that it will not take long to hack the website. Which means access to customer server information, so that means PII (Personal Identifiable Information), banking information … Read more
http://blogs.cisco.com/security/synful-knock This is an attack that is successful only if you do not change default passwords on Cisco Routers. But… see below. In Mid September: { Today, Mandiant/FireEye published an article describing an example of this type of attack. This involved a router “implant” that they dubbed SYNful Knock, reported to have been found in 14 routers … Read more
To answer why Cybersecurity? we must discuss how software is being developed. There are traditional software methods (also called waterfall) from the following site: http://www.umsl.edu/~hugheyd/is6840/waterfall.html I always like to break down waterfall in the following: Pseudocode Design Develop Test Customer has it – needs any bug fixes must be fixed. Did you notice a lack of … Read more
beartales.me “Another hacker” Joke #449 at Al’s Cyberjoke 3000 website Two computer programmers met in the park. One said, “New bike?” “Yep.” “Nice. How much did it cost you?” “Nothing!” “Nothing? How can that be?” “Well, you see, yesterday a gorgeous woman rode up to me on this bike, took off all her … Read more