Monthly Archives: January 2018

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GPS System Vulnerable To Hacking Attack That Could Cripple Bay Area Economy

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Imagine an attack in the Bay Area that shuts down the bridges and BART; where the ATMs and your credit cards don’t work and planes, trains and Uber are no longer available.

The bad guy is a hacker at an undisclosed location […]

By |January 17th, 2018|Cyber News|

Cyber-attack shuts down US Regional Hospital’s online system

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A cyber-attack that left computer screens at Hancock Regional Hospital in Greenfield, Indiana, USA, with a ransom message for bitcoin has caused the entire network at the hospital to go offline to stop damage to the data of the patients.

After the […]

By |January 17th, 2018|Cyber News|

As Cyber Threats To The Electric Grid Rise, Utilities & Regulators Seek Solutions

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The U.S. electric grid is increasingly dependent on the internet for operations, and as a result it is also increasingly susceptible to cyberattacks. It doesn’t take much imagination to see how such attacks might cripple a broad swath of the U.S. […]

By |January 17th, 2018|Cyber News|

BlackBerry launches new cyber security product, Jarvis

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Manually scanning code for issues is nearly impossible, but automakers have to make sure their software is working correctly, and with the help of BlackBerry Ltd.’snew cyber security product Jarvis, that will be much easier.

Announced today during the keynote address […]

By |January 17th, 2018|Cyber News|

Cyber Research Centre labels Australia’s counter-threat capacity ‘relatively weak’

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Australia’s Cyber Security Research Centre (CSRC) wants to see the creation of a country-wide agency responsible for countering cybercrime in Australia, proposing in a submission to a Parliamentary Committee a Commonwealth-led capability that supports federal, state, and territory-based efforts.

In a submission […]

By |January 17th, 2018|Cyber News|

Home Ministry asks states to maintain database of suspects to fight cyber crime

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The Centre has asked states to strengthen institutional mechanisms and “maintain data of suspects” in order to tackle cyber crime, racial abuse and communal propaganda online, The Indian Express reported on Tuesday.

Ministry of Home Affairs Joint Secretary Kumar Alok sent a […]

By |January 16th, 2018|Cyber News|

Firms buy insurance ‘in mad panic’ as cyber-attacks soar

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With cyber-attacks increasing in frequency and severity, many companies are turning to insurance to cover their mounting losses. But can insurers quantify the risk accurately and could insurance lead to corporate complacency?

Many firms feel like they’re under siege.

Cyber-attacks are coming […]

By |January 16th, 2018|Cyber News|

Meltdown/Spectre fixes made AWS CPUs cry, says SolarWinds

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Log-sniffing vendor SolarWinds has used its own wares to chronicle the application of Meltdown and Spectre patches on its own Amazon Web Services infrastructure, and the results make for ugly viewing.

The image below, for example, depicts the performance of what […]

By |January 15th, 2018|Cyber News|

Cyber threats outpacing abilities of govts, companies: WEF

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As cases of data breach and online frauds fox the authorities in India and abroad, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has warned that cybersecurity threats are outpacing the abilities of the governments and companies to overpower them unless all stakeholders […]

By |January 14th, 2018|Cyber News|

Army stepping up cyber security

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The Indian Army is strengthening its cyber and information warfare capabilities against China, as it believes this will be the next theatre of operation, besides fighting battles in the mountains along the Line of Actual Control in a conflict with […]

By |January 14th, 2018|Cyber News|