According to Brian Krebs, United Airlines has rolled out a series of updates to its website that it claims will improve the security of its customer accounts. These changes include moving from a 4-digit PIN to a password, as well as customers being required to pick five different security questions and answers.
LONDON: IP EXPO Europe has today announced the addition of several influential industry speakers to this year’s keynote and seminar programme. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear how key IT issues are affecting businesses and humanity alike, from Author & Founding Director of Oxford University’s Future of Humanity Institute: Nick Bostrom; the ‘Father of Java’: James Gosling; the creator of the ‘MySpace worm’ and now an Independent Security Researcher: Samy Kamkar; and Independent Cyber Security Consultant Dr Jessica Barker.
Earlier this week, AdaptiveMobile released a blog post which examined application-to-person (A2P) SMS banking scams, specifically as they relate to identity theft. Attackers are increasingly using creative social engineering led approaches to trick individuals into giving away personal information, allowing an attacker to impersonate a victim resulting in financial gain for the perpetrator. The post also looked at the recent Barclay’s TV advert which examines the same topic.
It has been reported that French shipbuilding firm, DCNS, has suffered a huge data breach. The information exposed was 22,000 pages of detailed information revealing the combat capabilities of the Scorpene class vessels – six of which are used in a £2.6 billion contract with the Indian navy.
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