My thanks go to Rafal Los for inviting me to guest on his fantastic blog Follow The White Rabbit on 30th June! I always look forward to reading new posts on FTWR, so actually being on it was a great honour! I work for an acquiring bank, and whilst I am particularly interested in the security of card payments, infosec is the same everywhere. Everyone has to "do" compliance in one way or another, and we all live in a very challenging socio-economic environment... I note with pleasure that the debate is starting to move towards risk management, so here's my take on it. I hope you find my ramblings of use...
The hackers’ best friends...
No one has been able to escape the news and numerous commentaries on the recent high profile breaches.
Evidently, hackers are no longer lonely teenagers in their back room trying to impress their friends: today’s cybercrime industry has evolved and automated itself to improve efficiency, scalability, and profitability with a clear intent on obtaining information that can be monetised.
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