Saturday, November 21, 2015

Cyber Security 101



The Internet is fundamentally insecure. However, there are simple things you can do to protect yourself and your information. 
Learn what they are in NOVA’s Cybersecurity Lab.

Thursday, November 19, 2015

US charges eight in $45 million cybercrime scheme


A global cybercrime ring stole $45 million from thousands of ATMs in two precise operations involving people in 27 countries, US prosecutors said on Thursday.

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Cyber Security Awareness


As our world grows more connected, cyber security is becoming increasingly crucial to the growth of commerce, communications, communities and digital content. If proper measures are not taken, it's easy for individuals, businesses and even governments to fall victim to a cyber-attack.


Monday, November 16, 2015

Information Security Specialist


Thamer Alrowidhan


Senior Information Security Specialist at Ministry of Higher Education, Riyadh, KSA
industry Security and Investigations.





Sunday, November 15, 2015

The top 10 website attacks



“Many website owners only think about security after their site gets hacked, but knowledge is power: If you know what the threats are you can arm yourself appropriately and get one step ahead of the hackers,” said Myron Salant, web services product manager at Webafrica.
Here are his top 10 threats for websites:
1.    Injection
2.    Cross-site scripting
3.    Insecure direct object references
4.    Cross-site request forgery
5.    Insecure cryptographic storage
6.    Failure to restrict URL access
7.    Invalidated re-directs and forwards
8.    Broken authentication and session management
9.    Security misconfiguration
10.    Insufficient transport layer protection