In response to a number of recent high-profile cyber attacks aimed at federal agencies, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity (EO) on May 12, 2021. The EO which created a new Cyber Safety Review Board to review major cyber incidents and requires information and communications technology (ICT) service providers entering
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Cloud ‘honeypot’ shows risk of hacking, based on research by Sophos
By Cynthia O’Donoghue on
Sophos, an IT and network security company, conducted a study entitled “Exposed: Cyberattacks on Cloud Honeypots”. The study involved placing servers in 10 of the most popular data centres around the globe.
The servers were ‘honeypots’ configured in an open and vulnerable way to lure a cybercriminal attack. The study included both ‘low-’ and ‘high-interaction’ honeypots. The low-interaction honeypots logged and stored log-in attempts, providing information on a hacker’s IP address and the username and password used during the attempted log-in.
The high-interaction honeypots allowed further interaction with the hacker to try and gather information about the administrative commands made by the hacker after they managed to log in.Continue Reading Cloud ‘honeypot’ shows risk of hacking, based on research by Sophos
UK’s CESG launches a two-tier programme for cyberattack response
By Cynthia O’Donoghue on
On 13 August 2013, the UK’s CESG, the Information Security arm of GCHQ, formally launched two schemes aimed at providing access to industry expertise on effective response to cybersecurity attacks. The schemes were prepared in collaboration with the Council of Registered Ethical Security Testers (CREST), the professional body representing the technical security industry. The Minister…