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Cyber Security - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 15, 2018
Hackers target private emails
Iran-linked hackers known as Charming Kitty targeted private emails of individuals who are involved in economic and military sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran as well as politicians,…
Cyber Security - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 5, 2018
Major Data Breaches Threaten Security
Hackers stole data from as many as 500 million guests who made reservations at Marriott's Starwood properties. At the same time, question-and-answer website Quora had the data of 100 million users…
Cyber Security - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 1, 2018
Cyberattack on German Government
German security officials have detected a fresh cyber attack on the email accounts of German lawmakers, the military and several German embassies by the Russian hacker group Snake. In February 2018,…
Cyber Security - Analyses & Assessments - Nov 30, 2018
Dell hit with cyber attack
Dell Inc said that it reset passwords for all accounts on its Dell.com online electronics store on Nov. 14, five days after it discovered and stopped hackers who were attempting to steal customer…
Cyber Security - Analyses & Assessments - Nov 27, 2018
Saudi Arabi’s Israeli Hacking Tools
The Israeli company NSO Group Technologies offered Saudi Arabia a surveillance system a few months before Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman began his purge of regime opponents, and was allegedly used…
Cyber Security - Analyses & Assessments - Nov 25, 2018
Russia’s Latest Cyber Weapon
Russia’s new technique for stealing data involves sending “weaponised documents” as email attachments that retrieve system information about the target’s computer, which is then sent back to a remote…
Cyber Security - Analyses & Assessments - Nov 24, 2018
US Launches Cybersecurity Defence Agency
President Donald Trump signed into law the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Act of 2018, thereby establishing the first agency devoted to defending U.S. infrastructure from…
Cyber Security - Analyses & Assessments - Nov 23, 2018
France Gives Google the Guillotine
The French Ministry of the Armed Forces last month said that they will no longer use Google’s search engine as default, but instead use a French search engine called Qwant as it doesn’t exploit user…
Cyber Security - Analyses & Assessments - Nov 23, 2018
China: The Growth of a Surveillance State
Facial recognition and AI are growing businesses for Chinese tech companies with 'nowhere to hide' for civilian targets. Kuang-Chi Group is a Chinese company that develops and invests in a…
Cyber Security - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 25, 2018
Pentagon launches first cyber operation
U.S. Cyber Command has begun targeting Russian operatives, warning them that the military is tracking their activities in an attempt to deter them from disrupting the fast-approaching midterm…
Cyber Security - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 19, 2018
GreyEnergy: Hackers targeting companies in Ukraine
A hacking group believed to be linked to Russia called GreyEnergy has been targeting energy and critical infrastructure companies in Ukraine. Security researchers at ESET said the group has been…
Cyber Security - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 18, 2018
NCSC: Major cyberattack could hit UK soon
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has warned that a major life-threatening cyberattack on the UK will take place in the near future. In its second annual review, the agency revealed it has…
Cyber Security - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 16, 2018
35 million US voter records being sold on Dark Web
Up to 35 million US voter records from 19 states have been found up for sale on a popular hacking forum, security researchers have discovered. The discovery comes just weeks ahead of the ...
Cyber Security - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 15, 2018
Pentagon data breach exposes nearly 30,000 personnel
The Pentagon has revealed that a security breach of US Department of Defense travel records may have compromised the personal information of nearly 30,000 military and civilian staffers. The…
Cyber Security - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 15, 2018
Facebook: 29 million users affected by breach
Facebook said hackers had gained access to 29 million users’ accounts in a massive data breach last month. The company downgraded its initial estimate that 50 million users were compromised in the…
Cyber Security - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 11, 2018
Chinese intel officer charged with espionage
A top intelligence officer for the Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS) has been arrested and indicted on charges of economic espionage and attempting to steal trade secrets from multiple US…
Cyber Security - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 11, 2018
Chinese spy chip uncovered at major US telecom
A major US telecommunications company discovered a malicious implant on a Supermicro server. The report comes after Bloomberg Businessweek’s article that Chinese intelligence agents embedded data-…
Cyber Security - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 10, 2018
New US weapons systems easy to hack
The US Department of Defense’s (DOD) new computerized weapons systems currently under development is peppered with security vulnerabilities that leave them easily susceptible to attack, according to…
Cyber Security - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 9, 2018
Google+ shutting down after massive user data leak
Google announced it is shutting down Google Plus after discovering a security vulnerability that exposed the personal data of up to 500,000 users. The bug was discovered in March 2018, but was not…
Cyber Security - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 8, 2018
US, UK back Amazon & Apple’s over Chinese microchip hack
US and UK officials have both released statements in support of Apple, Amazon and Supermicro saying there is no reason to doubt their assessments over a report on malicious Chinese microchips.…