Monthly Archives: July 2018

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Campaign manager has emails exposed by ‘IckyLeaks’ in new video promoting cybersecurity

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Credits: CNN

A bipartisan pair of campaign veterans who want 2018 campaigns to take cybersecurity more seriously are releasing a new video depicting the moment a staffer on a fictional campaign realizes he has been hacked.

The video campaign is part of the Defending Digital […]

By |July 17th, 2018|Cyber News|

If Your Weapons Aren’t Cyber-Hardened, Expect to Lose Pentagon Contracts

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Credits: DefenseOne

The Pentagon could stop awarding contracts to companies whose weapons are deemed vulnerable to cyber attacks, according to senior U.S. Defense Department officials.

Today, companies are responsible for assessing whether their own products meet DoD cybersecurity standards.

“Because of a couple recent events, we realized that […]

By |July 17th, 2018|Cyber News|

Prosecutors: Russian hackers exploit US cyber vulnerability

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Credits: IndiaTimes

Exactly seven months before the 2016 presidential election, Russian government hackers made it onto a Democratic committee’s network.

One of their carefully crafted fraudulent emails had hit pay dirt, enticing an employee to click a link and enter her password.

That breach […]

By |July 17th, 2018|Cyber News|

ONLY 65 PERCENT ORGANISATIONS GLOBALLY HAVE CYBER-SECURITY EXPERT: GARTNER

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Creidts: FirstPost

Only 65 percent organisations globally have a cybersecurity expert even as 95 percent of Chief Information Officers (CIOs) expect cyber threats to increase over the next three years, a report said on 17 July.

According to market research firm Gartner’s “2018 […]

By |July 17th, 2018|Cyber News|

Cyber security is biggest worry for GIC chief executive

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Credits: ABC News

GIC, one of the largest institutional investors in the world, views cyber attacks as the biggest threat to its portfolio, as the fund increased the proportion of nominal cash and bonds to the highest mark in the last five […]

By |July 17th, 2018|Cyber News|

DVAC to get cyber forensic lab at Rs 6.4 crore

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Credits: TOI

Government officials booked in cases of corruption may soon find it difficult to wriggle out even if they manage to destroy the digital evidence of bribe collection or the money trail.

Officials of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption tasked with […]

By |July 16th, 2018|Cyber News|

Russia Targeted By 25 Million Cyber-Attacks During World Cup: Putin

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Credits: IndiaTV

Russia was the target of almost 25 million cyber-attacks during the World Cup, President Vladimir Putin said, though he did not indicate who may have been behind the attacks.

“During the period of the World Cup, almost 25 million cyber-attacks and […]

By |July 16th, 2018|Cyber News|

Bogus Mobile Device Management (MDM) system used to hack iPhones in India

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Credits: theregister

Business iPhone users in India have been targeted in a sophisticated and attack run through bogus Mobile Device Management (MDM) servers.

Using either physical access or – more likely – social engineering trickery, certificates from a selection of two sketchy MDM servers […]

By |July 15th, 2018|Cyber News|

President Trump blames Barack Obama for Russian cyber attack on Democratic email servers

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Credits: nydailynews

President Trump blamed Barack Obama for failing to prevent Russia’s hack attack on Democratic email servers in a tweetstorm that also fanned the flames of a “deep state” conspiracy theory.

“The stories you hear about the 12 Russians yesterday took place during […]

By |July 15th, 2018|Cyber News|

Kaspersky Lab, Russian cyber firm, denied injunction in appeals case against Trump administration

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Credits: washingtontimes

Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab suffered another setback Friday in its efforts to oppose new rules prohibiting the U.S. government from using its antivirus software and services.

The U.S. Court of Appeals in D.C. denied an emergency motion for injunction filed by Kaspersky Lab in its […]

By |July 15th, 2018|Cyber News|