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Lancope protects retailers from cyber-attacks during vulnerable holiday season

Advanced, context-aware security helps combat cyber-attacks that bypass conventional defenses

LONDON (UK): Lancope, Inc., has reminded retailers to remain vigilant with confidential data this holiday season. Last year, the weeks surrounding Thanksgiving were rife with high-profile attacks against retailers, including the largest retail hack in U.S. history. Due to the unusually high amount of financial transactions being made, days like Black Friday and Cyber Monday are extremely opportunistic for cyber criminals.

: LARA LACKIE; Global Retail; Posted On Monday, 24 November 2014 11:06

Study shows retailers are number one target for cybercriminals

Research shows retailer sites hit by 48% of all web application attacks

LONDON, UK: Retailers are urged to be extra vigilant to cyber attacks following the results of a study from Imperva, Inc. which has found that 48% of all web application attack campaigns target retail applications, making the industry the most heavily targeted by cybercriminals.

: Lucy Harvey; Global Retail; Posted On Monday, 24 November 2014 11:01

Microsoft out-of-band patch media alert

From Craig Young, security researcher comments:

“Microsoft has released MS14-068 to describe a crypto failure within Microsoft’s Kerberos key distribution center (KDC) with the impact of allowing low-privileged domain users to gain administrative access to any computer in the domain including the domain controller.

: Katie Chodosh; Talking Point; Posted On Monday, 24 November 2014 10:53

Remaining secure with the MS14-068 security patch

In light of Microsoft’s release of the MS16-068 security patch, Gavin Millard, EMEA Technical Director, Tenable Network Security has given the following advice on what organisations should do next to remain secure: