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One in five consumers believe smart meters will create UK class divide

Consumers believe smart meters will capture too much personal information and will be vulnerable to cyber attack

London, UK: Tripwire, Inc., a global provider of IT security solutions, has announced the results of a survey of 1,000 U.K. consumers on smart meter privacy. The research revealed that British consumers believe utility companies will only install smart meters in high-earning households, creating a class division, despite widely publicized benefits that include reduced energy bills and improved environmental consciousness.

: LUCY HARVEY; InfoSecurity; Posted On Wednesday, 01 May 2013 09:02

Printers, routers and other internet devices being hijacked to participate in DrDoS cyber attacks

HOLLYWOOD, FL: Prolexic, the global leader in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection services, has announced that Distributed Reflection and Amplification Denial of Service (DrDoS) attacks have grown increasingly popular with malicious actors as the number of vulnerable network appliances and servers has grown.

: MICHAEL DONNER; InfoSecurity; Posted On Wednesday, 01 May 2013 08:57

NICE Situator to be integrated at Denver International Airport as situation management platform to enhance security and safety

The Situator implementation will help DIA better manage its critical security systems and enhance responses to emergencies and other events

Ra’anana, Israel: NICE Systems (NASDAQ: NICE) yesterday announced that NICE Situator, NICE’s global market-leading situation management solution, will be used at Denver International Airport (DIA) to enhance security and safety. Situator will form the backbone of DIA’s Integrated Airport Management System, enabling DIA to more effectively and efficiently respond to, mitigate, resolve, and recover from security incidents, emergencies and other events.

: GRAHAM THATCHER; InfoSecurity; Posted On Wednesday, 01 May 2013 08:51

Cybergeddon: UK banks in danger as cybercriminals target them using Trojans and social engineering

Below is a media alert by Etay Maor, Fraud Prevention Solutions Manager for Trusteer which warns of a Cyber criminals targetting UK bank customers with a new technique that combines a new version of the Ramnit Trojan and social engineering techniques to bypass One Time Password Security in a sophisticated attack that diverts funds to a money “mule” who is duped into laundering the stolen funds in ‘real time’.