Yearly Archives: 2018

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Australian cops to enter kindergartens to teach kids not to cyber

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The Australian Federal Police (AFP) will enter the nation’s infants schools to train children in online stranger danger, Minister for Law Enforcement and Cyber Security Angus Taylor announced on Tuesday.

Citing an increase in “younger children accessing technology, and law enforcement […]

By |February 6th, 2018|Cyber News|

Youth, 18, arrested in probe into last week’s tax office cyber attack

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An 18-year-old youth from Oosterhout has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in some of last week’s cyber attacks on the tax office and IT news site Tweakers.

The youth, who was picked up last Thursday by the police high tech crime […]

By |February 6th, 2018|Cyber News|

Majority of businesses lack cyber security expertise

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The majority of businesses do not possess adequate cyber security expertise to prevent attacks and protect their customers, a report has found.

Specialist insurer Hiscox surveyed 4,000 firms in the UK, US, Germany, Spain and the Netherlands, and found 73 per cent were […]

By |February 6th, 2018|Cyber News|

Apple, Cisco team up with insurance companies to offer cyber policy discounts

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Apple and Cisco Systems have teamed up with insurer Allianz to offer discounts on cyber insurance to businesses that primarily use equipment from both technology companies, they said on Monday.

The arrangement, which also includes insurance broker Aon, will help businesses fortify their cybersecurity defenses and […]

By |February 6th, 2018|Cyber News|

Cyber-security czar can get confidential info for probes

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Credits: straitstimes

Singapore will have a cyber-security czar who is empowered to obtain confidential information from local organisations to investigate suspected cyber attacks, under a Bill passed in Parliament yesterday.

The new law will allow the Commissioner of Cybersecurity to demand data or seize […]

By |February 6th, 2018|Cyber News|

Every NHS trust tested for cybersecurity has failed, officials admit

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Credits: theguardian

Every NHS trust assessed for cyber security vulnerabilities has failed to meet the standard required, civil servants have said for the first time.

In a parliamentary hearing on the WannaCry attack which disrupted parts of the NHS last year, Department of Health (DoH) officials said all […]

By |February 6th, 2018|Cyber News|

Spain deports Russian hacker linked to billions of spam emails at US request

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A Russian man accused of operating a network of infected computers used by cybercriminals has been extradited to the United States from Spain.

Pyotr Levashov, from St. Petersburg, was arrested in April 2017 while vacationing with his family in Barcelona.

US prosecutors said […]

By |February 4th, 2018|Cyber News|

Hackers are making big bucks working for the good guys

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Credits: nypost

Hacking for hire is on the rise, and it’s getting very lucrative.

They are almost all male and almost always work alone. They carry out their activities primarily for the heck of it, but they aren’t shy about reaping the rewards for […]

By |February 4th, 2018|Cyber News|

2 owners of govt-funded ration shops hack Aadhaar security steal grains; arrested

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Two owners of government-funded ration shops were arrested by the police in Gujarat’s Surat for allegedly pilfering subsidised foodgrain by using hacked software and unauthorised biometric Aadhaar data of beneficiaries.

Police said that Babubhai Boriwal (53) and Sampatlal Shah (61) were arrested […]

By |February 4th, 2018|Cyber News|

Isis cyber-attackers may hire help from the dark web

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Isis and other jihadist groups are seeking to launch destructive cyber-attacks on Britain and the West, possibly with “insider” help, a spy chief has warned.

Conrad Prince, the former deputy head and operations chief of GCHQ, has revealed that terrorist groups have […]

By |February 4th, 2018|Cyber News|