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New malware Eleanor targeting Macs

This week, Bitdefender discovered a new malware targeting Mac systems. Commenting, Lee Munson, security research from Comparitech.com, said:

"A raft of security vendors, including ESET and Bitdefender, have recently become a little excitable over a new piece of Mac malware known as Eleanor.

"When installed, the errant piece of code, which appears to conceal itself in a fake software application called EasyDoc Converter, launches a local web server and then connects to a hidden Tor website. An attacker can then essentially take full control of the machine while remaining safely anonymous.

: SECURITY EXPERT; Talking Point; Posted On Friday, 08 July 2016 10:39

IT Security professionals raise security concerns over home entertainment systems

Lastline arms general public with top tips for IoT security

LONDON, UK: Cyber security professionals are fearful of their home entertainment systems leaking their data, according to a new Lastline survey carried out at Infosecurity Europe this month that took into account the views of over 300 professionals. The same study showed a great concern for security risks related to Internet of Things (IoT) and connected devices on the whole and found that respondents also viewed healthcare devices (such as wearables) and connected cars as top risks. Interestingly, children’s toys came lower on the list of security concerns.

: LASTLINE; InfoSecurity; Posted On Friday, 08 July 2016 10:35

International Bar Association chooses Vissensa for their cloud deployment

Vissensa has announced that it has signed a multiyear agreement with the International Bar Association (IBA) to host and support key aspects of the Association’s computer infrastructure in one of its highly secure UK data centres.

The project included the migration of the IBA’s existing computer equipment to the new data centre location and included the introduction of cloud-based local and remote backup solutions to support the growing user community within the IBA supported by Vissensa.

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; Industry News; Posted On Thursday, 07 July 2016 12:33

Sport Teams and Events are Honey Pots for Hackers

Wimbledon, Euro 2016, Olympics - its a year of sport. But as sports teams, organisations and tournaments embrace cloud, mobile and analytics, how are they threatened by cyber attacks and hackers? What do hackers wants from these targets and how do they plan to get what they want?

Lisa Baergen, director at NuData Security, a security company that mitigates fraud using passive biometrics, has provided her opinion on this topic.

Large sports teams and large sporting events are attractive to cyber criminals on several levels. Not only are they highly visible, and present large targets of opportunity for criminals who may be looking to earn a name for themselves, teams also amass large repositories of valuable performance and health stats and analytics on players and games.