Department of Homeland Security USA Warns ERP Giants of Impeding Cyber Attack
US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) warns users against ERP Attack Department of Homeland Security of America has warned users against impending cyber attacks on ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems. Homeland security is a US based national security that ensures that the area of the country within the national boundary is safe, secure and resilient against terror attacks. The basis of this warning is the report published by Threat Intelligence firms that depicts that there has been a sudden surge in the interest of the hackers to target ERP systems who may use both hacking and DDoS (Distributed denial of Service) attacks to carry out disruption and compromise these high-value assets. Attacks of this nature were first warned in May 2016 when the exploitation on 36 global organizational institutions was suspected through the abuse of the seven year old vulnerability in SAP applications. What is ERP? Why cyber criminals target ERP systems? ERP (Enterpris...