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All in a day's work: Why hackers hack and how they do it

It can take hackers less than an hour to steal data from an organisation, and most of the time their targets don't even detect the attacks.

By Sara Barker • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Apr 2018

Security Information and Event Management

IT decision makers unsure about their security maturity

Respondents in APAC put forth highest IT budget allocation to security, but overall executives allocate security less than 10% of their budget.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Wed, 11th Apr 2018

Crypto

Not a Bitcoin owner? You're still fair game for a cryptomining attack

Check Point has released a 'cryptomining 101' document that details how cybercriminals hack into devices to steal their CPU power for illicit mining.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Wed, 21st Mar 2018

Malware

New study details how easy it is for hackers to steal your data

It's no secret that web browsers store a substantial amount of sensitive information about their users - hackers are taking advantage of this.

By Ashton Young • 5 min read • Thu, 15th Mar 2018

Storage

Engineer says Emirates is virtually handing customer data to hackers

After the allegations about Emirates' customer data policies emerged, High-Tech Bridge ran a test on the site's security - with interesting results.

By Ashton Young • 4 min read • Fri, 9th Mar 2018

Network Infrastructure

Are remote workers really the answer? Report finds huge security issues

The swelling generation of mobile workers is causing headaches for IT staff with more than half connecting to unsecured networks every week.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Wed, 7th Mar 2018

DataCentre infrastructure

New malicious search engine trawls AWS servers for sensitive data

As if it wasn't easy enough already, the lives for hackers has just been made a lot easier with a tool that lays bare AWS S3 servers.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Sat, 17th Feb 2018

Breach Prevention

Mega breach: 800,000 Swisscom customers' data stolen via hacked partner

Experts say while Swisscom may be playing the huge breach down, the implications of the breach will be far and wide.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Fri, 9th Feb 2018

Crypto

Hacker steals US$440K in 'easily avoidable' digital currency breach

A hacker hijacked Black Wallet to steal around $440,000 from Bitcoin rival Stellar Lumen - High Tech Bridge's CEO says it was simple to prevent.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Fri, 26th Jan 2018

Breach Prevention

£400k fine: Is it big enough for Carphone Warehouse's huge data breach?

The retailer has received a £400k fine after 'striking' security issues & systemic failures led to its 2015 breach - but experts say it's not enough.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Thu, 11th Jan 2018

Malware

A lesson on UEFI 101 and why you need it scanned for security

UEFI scanning has quickly shifted from a theoretical necessity to an essential cybersecurity feature, safeguarding systems from persistent rootkit attacks.

By Nick FitzGerald • 5 min read • Wed, 15th Nov 2017

Advanced Persistent Threat Protection

'Victory for the good guys' - criminal behind Mandiant hack arrested

FireEye has nabbed the hacker behind the Mandiant attack that compromised researcher Adi Peretz's accounts, claiming it as a victory for the good guys.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Mon, 6th Nov 2017