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Operation Liberpy: ESET sinkhole and destroy 2000-strong keylogging botnet

ESET has published in-depth research entitled ‘Operation Liberpy: Keyloggers and information theft in Latin America’.

Liberpy was a 2000-strong HTTP-based botnet that targeted Venezuelan users that employed keyloggers for the purposes of identity theft.

The operation kicked off with a malicious email campaign that included infected attachments purporting to provide package-tracking details. Duped users who became infected were not only added to the botnet, but also became potential propagation nodes via their USB devices.

: Iva Kuosseva; Appointments, Promotions & Personality Profile; Posted On Tuesday, 14 July 2015 22:30

BSI appoints Stephen Page as non-executive Director

BSI has appointed Dr Stephen Page as a Non-executive Director with effect from 1 September 2015.

With 30 years in digital innovations, Stephen has a wealth of expertise in IT transformation and corporate risks such as cyber security and counterterrorism. At Accenture he held a variety of European and global leadership roles including Managing Director, Strategic IT Effectiveness.

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; Appointments, Promotions & Personality Profile; Posted On Tuesday, 14 July 2015 22:22

Plant opening in traditional Bavarian dress

With two new openings in Tianjin (China) and Santa Rosa (Philippines), the Schlemmer Group is expanding its global production network - and is distinctively taking Bavarian tradition to Asia.

The Schlemmer Group is continuing to expand: two plants opened on 26 June in Santa Rosa (Philippines) and 24 June in Tianjin (China), further underlining Schlemmer's global presence in the Asian markets.

: The Editorial Team; Industry News; Posted On Monday, 13 July 2015 08:18

The Financial Industry’s Biggest Threat

Nearly half of financial services respondents (46%) cited cyber risk as the single biggest threat to the financial industry, and 80% listed it as one of the top five risks, according to a recent study from the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC). Cyber risk was listed far ahead of other concerns such as geopolitical risk, the impact of new regulations, and the US economic slowdown.