Monthly Archives: September 2017

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Proportion of cyber crimes in Singapore growing

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Cyber crimes nearly doubled in proportion between 2014 and last year, rising from 7.9 per cent to 13.7 per cent of all crimes, according to the inaugural Singapore Cyber Landscape report released Thursday (Sept 14).

The report by the Cyber Security […]

By |September 15th, 2017|Cyber News|

NCC hires three Bank of England cyber experts to beef up assurance business

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Three of the Bank of England’s cyber specialists have joined NCC Group to lead a newly established threat assurance unit at the UK-based security consultancy firm.

In their new roles within NCC’s new Centre for Evolved Next-generation Threat Assurance (CENTA), Phillip […]

By |September 15th, 2017|Cyber News|

Trump bars US government from using Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky

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Credits: Reuters

The Trump administration on Wednesday told US government agencies to remove Kaspersky Lab products from their networks, saying it was concerned that the Moscow-based cybersecurity firm was vulnerable to Kremlin influence and that using its anti-virus software could jeopardize national […]

By |September 14th, 2017|Cyber News|

Equifax blames known web app glitch for hacking

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Credits: Financial Times

Equifax, the US credit-reporting group at the centre of a huge data breach, has said that it was hacked via a weakness widely discussed in cyber security circles six months ago.

The admission is likely to amplify criticism of its lax defences. […]

By |September 14th, 2017|Cyber News|

Banks join forces in Gulf to fight cyber security threat

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Credits: Reuters

Local and international banks in the United Arab Emirates are sharing information in an effort to reduce cyber attacks.

Gulf banks have invested millions of dollars in boosting cyber security systems in an effort to ward off attempted attacks, which bankers […]

By |September 14th, 2017|Cyber News|

Estonia’s defense industry cluster to cooperate with German cyber authority

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Credits: NewsER

The Estonian Defence and Security Industry Innovation Cluster has signed a cooperation agreement with the Cybersecurity Council of Germany to promote economically sustainable cooperation in cybersecurity with an international approach.

The agreement was signed by Ingvar Pärnamäe, head of the Estonian […]

By |September 14th, 2017|Cyber News|

McAfee boosts cyber security software suite with beefed-up anti-malware engine

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Cyber security firm McAfee has given its core suite of consumer anti-virus and security software an overhaul to bolster the protection it can provide against current and future hacks.

McAfee AntiVirus Plus, McAfee Internet Security, McAfee Total Protection and McAfee LiveSafe have all […]

By |September 14th, 2017|Cyber News|

Beware of the Bashware: A New Method for Any Malware to Bypass Security Solutions

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Credits: CHECKPOINT

Bashware Technique Can Exploit Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to Hide Malware Making 400 Million Computers Vulnerable.

Security firm Checkpoint’s researchers Gal Elbaz and Dvir Atias have discovered a new attack method that allows hackers hide all the known malware and bypass even […]

By |September 13th, 2017|Cyber News|

Critical Bluetooth Flaws Put Over 5 Billion Devices At Risk Of Hacking

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Credits: Forbes

Bluetooth is one of the most popular short-range wireless communications technologies in use today and is built into many types of devices, from phones, smartwatches and TVs to medical equipment and car infotainment systems. Many of those devices are now at […]

By |September 13th, 2017|Cyber News|

North Korea Hackers Step Up Bitcoin Attacks

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Credits: Bloomberg

North Korea appears to be stepping up efforts to secure bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, which could be used to avoid trade restrictions including new sanctions approved by the United Nations Security Council.

Hackers from Kim Jong Un’s regime are increasing their attacks on cryptocurrency […]

By |September 12th, 2017|Cyber News|