It has been revealed that data breaches are up 75% in two years, finds a report from the Information Commissioner (ICO). The report, which used data gathered under the Freedom of Information Act, found most data breach cases to be applicable to human error in some way.
A Certified Ethical Hacker (white hat hacker) is a skilled professional who understands and knows how to look for weaknesses and vulnerabilities in target systems and uses the same knowledge and tools as a malicious hacker, but in a lawful and legitimate manner to assess the security posture of a target system(s).
It was reported that Superdrug had warned its online customers to change their passwords after criminals claimed to have obtained their personal details. The chain said the group claimed they had stolen details of 20,000 customers.
British high street pharmacy Superdrug has been held to ransom following a hack that affected 20,000 customers.
No bank details have been stolen, but names and addresses have been accessed.
Of 10,644 vulnerabilities reported in the first half of 2018, 3,279 of them (30.8 percent) did not make it into the official CVE or NVD systems, yet 44 percent were of high or critical risk
As the cybersecurity industry expands, the number of security solutions available has exploded so that a recent study revealed that IT security professionals are struggling to keep up with the technologies that drive digital transformation.
