Todays #IS_News includes: #FREAK, Financial Trojans & Iris Authentication at #MWC2015
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Todays #IS_News includes: #FREAK, Financial Trojans & Iris Authentication at #MWC2015 http://bit.ly/1aLc8i1
@symantec: ALERT: A #FREAK vulnerability allows man-in-the-middle attacks on encrypted communications. Stay protected.
Financial Trojans in 2014: A 53% drop in infections, but threat remains – Read more in our blog post http://bit.ly/1NfoOwB #SymcSecurity
Half of businesses lack the security intelligence to combat cyber threats. Get the latest at @InformationAge http://bit.ly/1zlwhQg #SymcUK
Security News
Information Age 24N.biz Half of businesses lack the security intelligence to combat cyber threats – research. Over half (54%) of organisations lack the knowledge and intelligence needed to protect against today’s sophisticated cyber-attacks, according to research by Symantec and Deloitte. With six in ten IT decision makers lacking complete confidence in their company’s cyber security policies, organisations in the UK are underestimating the risk of cyber threats.
Financial Times The new cyber threat. Cyber crime used to focus on breaking into a computer network to steal data or money. But the threat is rapidly changing when hackers use malware solely to destroy data. The FT's Hannah Kuchler reports from San Francisco.
The Guardian From GCHQ to tech giants: why the fight for your personal data matters. Privacy International is battling to force GCHQ to delete information that has been collected illegally – but could we all be doing more in the battle for our data?
The Guardian Apple and Google 'FREAK attack' leaves millions of users vulnerable to hackers. Millions of people may have been left vulnerable to hackers while surfing the web on Apple and Google devices, thanks to a newly discovered security flaw known as “FREAK attack.”
SC Magazine UK discussed the current effectiveness of fingerprint-based Data Loss Prevention and Signature-based Antivirus and cited Symantec’s statements last year declaring AV software as “dead.” [3/2/15]
Mobile News
The Engineer Fujitsu adds iris recognition to mobile phone security. Forgotten pin numbers and passwords will no longer hinder access to mobile phones thanks to iris recognition technology developed by Fujitsu. The company has developed an iris authentication system and built it into a prototype smartphone, which is currently being exhibited and demonstrated at Mobile World Congress 2015 in Barcelona.
The Register Apple Pay a haven for 'rampant' credit card fraud, say experts. Apple and its banker pals may have inadvertently lowered the barrier to credit card fraud by adding pay-by-wave technology to iPhones, security experts fear. Payment cards can be added to Apple Pay by taking a photo of the card, and allowing a device to run optical character recognition over the image to fill out the long card number, expiry dates and other details. These numbers can be entered manually, so physical access to a card is not needed.
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