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Jailed director of security firm stole identities to supply fake guards to festivals

Lee Szuchnik, the director of a South Wales company that supplied events with bogus security staff using false identities, was jailed at Cardiff Crown Court on Friday 18 January. His fellow director at LS Armour of Barry, Erica Lloyd, was handed a suspended sentence. Four of LS Armour's staff, who had worked illegally at events in June and July of 2017, including the Download Festival and two Adele concerts at Wembley Stadium, were also sentenced for their role in the deception.

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; Industry News; Posted On Tuesday, 22 January 2019 14:27

The 773 Million Record "Collection #1" Data Breach

In response to The 773 Million Record "Collection #1" Data Breach, an expert with OneSpan offers perspective and advice:

Will LaSala, Director of Security Solutions, Security Evangelist, OneSpan says: This is a colossal breach. Those impacted should act fast to change any reused passwords, as the exposed credentials can be used by criminals in credential stuffing attacks to cause maximum damage across multiple other accounts. And with criminals trading assets in underground forums, data from this breach could easily be cross referenced with information lying elsewhere to bypass authentication. For the more high-risk accounts like banking accounts, this poses a very real fraud threat.

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; Talking Point; Posted On Tuesday, 22 January 2019 14:23

Vulnerabilities in Building Automation Systems

It is well known that cyber security is a constant game of cat and mouse, where both attackers and defenders are constantly evolving. Although we spent most of our time on the defensive side, part of our research activities involves thinking like an attacker to better defend the networks of our customers. This is useful not only to understand and defeat current Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs) used by real-world malicious actors, but also to anticipate future threats.