Intelligent CISO Issue 17 | Page 25

threat updates 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. www.intelligentciso.com | Issue 17 25