Wednesday, 16 September 2026

Following reports that hackers have disrupted computer operations at the White House after breaking into its unclassified internal network: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/10/29/white_house_cyberattack_russia_blamed/ Tim Erlin and Craig Young from Tripwire have commented:

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Tripwire Enterprise and IP360 integration delivers integrated, automated view of cybersecurity risk

London, UK:  Tripwire, Inc. has announced new integration between Tripwire® Enterprise and Tripwire IP360 TM that delivers Adaptive Threat Protection. The integration and automation make it possible for users to respond faster and with precision to cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities through continual, automated analysis of the enterprise attack surface. The combined solution can automatically adjust security controls in response to changing cyberthreat conditions, significantly reducing overall enterprise cybersecurity risk.

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It was reported yesterday that there has been a breach with CurrentC, which is only in pilot and available to a certain amount of users. CurrentC is preparing to take on its competitor Apple Pay with retailers across the United States next year. The company acknowledged that its systems have been breached.

The breach comes at a sensitive time for Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX), which is made up of some of the USA's largest retailers, including Best Buy, Wal-Mart and Walgreens. Earlier this week, CVS and Rite-Aid announced that they would not be accepting ApplePay, which was launched by Apple on October 20th.

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Following the news that more than 200 organisations from 25 EU member states are under virtual cyber-attack yesterday as organised by ENISA, Tim Erlin, director of IT risk and security strategy for Tripwire explains why a practice drill like this is good for organisations:

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