Daily Archives: October 16, 2017

KRACK – Key Reinstallation Attacks Breaking WPA2 by forcing nonce reuse

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Credits: krackattacks.com
Introduction
We discovered serious weaknesses in WPA2, a protocol that secures all modern protected Wi-Fi networks. An attacker within range of a victim can exploit these weaknesses using key reinstallation attacks (KRACKs). Concretely, attackers can use this novel attack technique to read […]

By |October 16th, 2017|Cyber News|

Defence Ministry to Have Cyber Wing, Special Operations Division Soon

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Credits: IndiaNews

The Ministry of Defence(MoD) is likely to get three new agencies to tackle growing challenges in the fields of the cyber world, space and special operations. Their formation was announced by the MoD in July. The proposal is pending with the government. A […]

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World experts once laughed at North Korean cyber power; they are sitting up now

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Credits: Straitstimes

When North Korean hackers tried to steal US$1 billion (S$1.3 billion) from the New York Federal Reserve last year (2016), only a spelling error stopped them.

They were digitally looting an account of the Bangladesh Central Bank, when bankers grew suspicious […]

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‘Cyber kangaroo’ ratings for IoT security? Jump to it, says Australia’s cyber security minister

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Credits: Theregister

Australia’s government hopes that somewhere in the world, a vendor of consumer-grade connected electronics is willing to admit it’s rubbish at security by giving itself a low score in a proposed safety rating system.

The idea of security ratings for internet […]

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Cyber cold war is just getting started, claims Hillary Clinton

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Credits: Theguardian

Hillary Clinton embarked on a speaking tour of Britain with a message that the Brexit referendum was won on the basis of a big lie and warning that Vladimir Putin has been conducting a “cyber cold war” against the west.

She urged […]

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US banks to introduce new anti-fraud measures after Equifax hack

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Credits: FT NEWS

US banks are stepping up anti-fraud controls after the data breach at credit checking group Equifax put about half the country’s population at risk of identity theft. Executives at banks including Citigroup and Wells Fargo said customers would face […]

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PROVOKING IRAN COULD HAVE UNSEEN CYBER CONSEQUENCES

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Credits: Wired

ON FRIDAY, PRESIDENT Trump announced that he will not certify Iran’s cooperation with the 2015 nuclear agreement negotiated by the Obama Administration. The move doesn’t eliminate or rework the deal, possibilities its proponents feared given Trump’s longstanding criticism of the agreement. […]

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Cyber crime on the rise in Hyderabad; most fall prey to debit/credit card scams

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Credits: Indianexpress

Cyber crimes are steadily increasing in the state and the lone police station to deal with such cases in Hyderabad receives an average of 10 debit/credit card fraud reports on a daily basis.

Despite repeated warnings, people from all walks of life […]

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