The General Hacking, Information Security of company Increasingly Threatened

The General Hacking, Information Security of company Increasingly Threatened

Peretasa against computer systems Sony and other major American company raises questions about the security of corporate data and the consumer.

In the recent past Christmas, Sony's PlayStation network was subjected to hackers.

Sony has just been attacked by a massive data hacking one month earlier, and hackers released a large amount of data the company to the public.

Perpetrators of hacking is not happy with the Sony movie "The Interview" which mocks North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

US officials believe North Korea was behind the hacking. North Korea denies, and exclude others say there must be a private hackers involved. Whoever did this, the data hacking it has created a crisis for Sony.

In September last, the Home Depot store network unveil a five-month strike against the payment terminal that resulted in the theft of data from hundreds of millions of consumers. Previous Hacking consumer targeting Target store network.

Any breach of the computer network systems vary, but analyst Hugh Thompson of the security company Blue Coat say the attacks were targeted and highly persistent assailant, other than that hackers often menyasarkan certain employees.

"Business IT systems browse the internet and social networking, and finding out about their favorite restaurant, favorite sports team them and then write emails that appear to be nothing, so people think, the email came from a friend or co-worker," Thompson explained.

Recipients email lured to click on a link and consequently terunduhlah virus. Security companies such as Blue Coat and Cyphort cooperate with large companies to prevent and identify attacks in cyberspace. But one of the founders Cyphort, Fengmin Gong said hackers are now associated with a complex organization and they patiently wait for their chance.

"They were able to have a lot of equipment devices. Many of the techniques of attack and the solution was added to the package, making it easy to download," he said.

He said the equipment is part of a large-scale industrial equipment business.

PayPal works closely with a group of hackers, but it is considered ethical, in order to identify deficiencies in the system, and the end of last year, the company paid a $ 10,000 Egyptian engineer to identify vulnerabilities in the system.

The experts say consumers can protect themselves by updating security software, security passwords and keep personal data, but the company still needs to multiply their efforts against the escalation of threats from hackers-sophisticated hackers. (VOA)