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EUROPE
The European Central Bank (ECB) said that
unauthorised parties had breached the security
measures protecting its Banks’ Integrated Reporting
Dictionary (BIRD) website, which is hosted by an
external provider.
As a result, it was possible that the contact data (but
not the passwords) of 481 subscribers to the BIRD
newsletter may have been captured. The affected
information consists of the email addresses, names
and position titles of the subscribers.
The ECB said it was contacting people whose data
may have been affected. The breach succeeded
in injecting malware onto the external server to aid
phishing activities.
The external BIRD website has been closed down
until further notice. Neither ECB internal systems nor
market-sensitive data were affected.
GLOBAL
Skybox Security, a global leader
in cybersecurity management, has
announced the release of the mid-year
update to its 2019 Vulnerability and Threat Trends
Report, analysing the vulnerabilities, exploits and
threats in play over the first half of 2019.
The report, compiled by the team of security
analysts at the Skybox Research Lab, aims to
help organisations align their security strategy
with the reality of the current threat landscape.
Among the key findings of the report is the marked growth of
vulnerabilities in cloud containers. Containers, which create a distinction
between virtual servers hosted on a shared machine, have seen
vulnerabilities increase by 46% in the first half of 2019 compared to the
same period in 2018 and 240% compared to 2017 H1 figures.
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