Thursday, 16 October 2025

SAN DIEGO, Calif.: Cubic Defense Applications, a Defense Systems business unit of Cubic Corporation has announced it has acquired certain assets and foreign subsidiaries of Advanced Interactive Systems (AIS) through a bankruptcy auction. AIS is a leading supplier of live fire specialized range facilities, virtual simulation products, and engineering design and project management services for counter-terrorism, law enforcement, and traditional military forces worldwide.

 

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Last week the FBI issued a warning about an increase in spear-phishing attacks targeting multiple industry sectors. Spear-phishing is one of the main tools used by attackers to compromise endpoints and gain a foothold in the enterprise network. The attacker utilises a specially crafted email message that lures users to perform an action that will result in malware infection, credentials theft, or both. This is often the first step that enables Advance Persistent Threats (APTs) and targeted attacks. As the FBI warning explains: “Often, the e-mails contain accurate information about victims obtained via a previous intrusion or from data posted on social networking sites, blogs, or other websites. This information adds a veneer of legitimacy to the message, increasing the chances the victims will open the e-mail and respond as directed.”

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When web designers and web masters sit down to create a website, all too often security doesn’t make the initial list. However, some issues are harder to fix retroactively than others.

In his latest blog, WhiteHat Security’s Technical Evangelist - Robert Hansen, lists out what he sees as the top 10 proactive web application security measures. Why these 10? In Robert’s own words, “Because these are way harder to shoe-horn and retrofit after deployment, we rarely see these done correctly in practice.”

The full text is copied below for your information and/or I can arrange for you to speak with Robert to discuss these measures in more detail.

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With the announcement of SecureSphere version 10.0, Imperva added a crowd-sourced threat intelligence service that aggregates and validates attack data from WAFs to protect against hackers, automated clients, and zero-day attacks. We can then validate the data and stop attack campaigns in almost real-time. The “Community Defense” service has already proven successful in deterring new and original attacks when they strike the first time.

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  1. AppRiver explains how spam is being used to distract individuals from the real crime
  2. Defence Secretary unveils key pillars in the Reserves White Paper
  3. Counter Terror Expo announces dates for 2014 events
  4. Research reveals consumers crave a more sensible approach to customer service in the contact centre
  5. Exacq Technologies announces integration with ELERTS
  6. Datum Datacentres receive ISO9001 and ISO27001 accreditation for quality Management System and Information Management
  7. Over a billion call recordings containing payment card details put UK merchants at risk of breaching PCI DSS regulations
  8. AppRiver releases mid-year global threatscape report
  9. More than 40% of companies have inadequate real-time breach detection capabilities
  10. NextiraOne’s Managed Services crafts new operating efficiencies for Howden Joinery Group
  11. SANS Forensics training heads to Prague with top experts
  12. Norbain offers customers complete recording solution following agreement with Exacq
  13. Web Application Vulnerability Statistics 2013 published by Context Information Security
  14. Ministers at IAEA conference call for stronger nuclear security
  15. Blind SQL Injection: What is it Good For?



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