Cyber terrorism in becoming a massive problem and some of the world elite hackers have warned high street chains that they will be the next victims.
This week at the InfoSecurity Europe conference in London the infamous Hackers Panel convened. The “hackers” usually remain anonymous, “for security reasons”, but this year’s they agreed to break cover.
The panel includes penetration testers and self-styled “white hat” hackers, who help companies tighten up their digital security by searching for flaws in their systems.
They warned that criminals could use the same tactics used to cripple Estonia’s government, Steve Armstrong from the SANS Institute for information security training said
If someone wants to have a pop at the UK, they are unlikely to go for the government web servers. They will go for the lower hanging fruit - companies which are seen as good representatives of the country.
The likes of Tesco, Marks & Spencer and B&Q can be seen as legitimate targets. We have to get the message across to companies.
At the moment Chief Executives are only interested in the bottom line. But remember - if tesco.com goes down, that’s a lot of shopping. Continue Reading…
