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Hack victims urged to turn from helpless prey to proactive hunters

on Jun 8, 2016 | 0 comments

By John Glenday

Victims of data breaches and hacking are being urged to stop being helpless victims of crime and incompetence and start to actively hunt down digital miscreants instead, according to security firm Mandian.

In research timed to coincide with Europe’s largest cybersecurity event Mandian is calling on firms to shake their passivity and assume a more aggressive role in seeking out intruders.

It calculates that hackers may assume control of up to 40 machines in an average breach but that only a handful of servers are typically cleaned up in the aftermath – potentially allowing hackers to continue pilfering data months after the Read full story ›

Source: The Drum