Yearly Archives: 2018

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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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Credits: Indian Express

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|

How to Protect Your Devices Against Meltdown and Spectre Attacks

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Credits: THN

Recently uncovered two huge processor vulnerabilities called Meltdown and Spectre have taken the whole world by storm, while vendors are rushing out to patch the vulnerabilities in its products.

The issues apply to all modern processors and affect nearly all operating systems (Windows, […]

By |January 8th, 2018|Cyber News|

Intel Says Range of Chips Vulnerable to Hack, Denies ‘Bug’

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Intel Corp. confirmed a report saying that its chips contain a feature that makes them vulnerable to hacking, though it said other companies’ semiconductors are also susceptible.

Intel is working with chipmakers including Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and ARM Holdings, and operating system makers to develop […]

By |January 4th, 2018|Cyber News|

Demand for cyber insurance cover jumps 50%

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Credits: India Times

About 250 companies, including some of the top staterun cover, which is 50% more than what was sold in the past year. With rising attacks, expect robust future demand for cyber risk insurance in India.

Today, cyber risk is the […]

By |January 4th, 2018|Cyber News|

Cyber expert predicts new generation of ransomware attacks

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Ransomware is likely to continue as one of the greatest evolving cyber threats in 2018, according to Rotem Iram, At-Bay CEO and co-founder.

It was at the core of some of the biggest news stories of 2017, with businesses worldwide […]

By |January 4th, 2018|Cyber News|