Sony Reels From Multiple Hacker Attacks In the past, many organizations - from Sony to NASA to the New York Times - have fallen victim to hacking incidents. In addition to costing organizations money, data breaches have also taken a significant toll on the trust customers have on affected businesses. It is therefore important to note that as entities continue to accumulate more PII of clients, the relevance of having in

However, nothing can be done until the malware actually occurs. With all the different viruses, worms and Trojans, how can security managers possibly predict what malware will occur next? In contrast, a behavioral rule defines legitimate activity in a system. Any activity not matching the profile will cause the security product to be triggered. As rules are not specific to a particular type of attack, they can block malicious

Hacker Culture and Mitigation in the International Systems The explosion of the internet technology in the contemporary business and IT environments has assisted more than 300 million computer users to be connected through a maze of internet networks. Moreover, the network connectivity has facilitated the speed of communication among businesses and individuals. (Hampton, 2012). Despite the benefits associated with the internet and network technologies, the new technologies have opened the chance

Malware Attacks the Democratic Process Once upon a time, a candidate had to excel at kissing babies and stump speeches. These were the major ways in which the candidate got his -- or much less frequently her -- image out to voters. All that the candidate's staff had to do as to ensure that reporters and photographers showed up at the right time to capture the choreographed images. The world of

Defeating the Threat of Malware Throughout history, humans have constructed walls, palisades, moats and other barriers as defenses against malicious attacks, but invaders have also responded with improved technologies that can defeat these defenses. Just as medieval defenders built their walls higher and their moats deeper, software developers today also seek to create products that are safe from unauthorized intrusion through firewalls and other security measures while hackers and other criminal

Iranian Hackers�Google Uncovers Tool Used by Iranian Hackers to Steal Data from Email Accounts�https://thehackernews.com/2022/08/google-uncovers-tool-used-by-iranian.htmlIn December 2021, Google alerted end-users with Gmail, Yahoo! and Outlook accounts that an Iranian-backed group known as Charming Kitten had used malware HYPERSCRAPE to hack accounts and retrieve user information. The threat is significant because it allows the Iranian group to eavesdrop and obtain sensitive data for the Iranian government. End-users need to re-secure their accounts