Yearly Archives: 2018

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Facebook says cyber attack exposed sensitive information

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Credits: ABC News

Facebook has confirmed that a cyber attack disclosed last month exposed sensitive information, including search and location history, for 14m customers. Guy Rosen, vice-president of product management at Facebook, said on Friday that the cyber attack — the biggest […]

By |October 14th, 2018|Cyber News|

APPLE STRESSES ON STONGER ENCRYPTION TO PROTECT AGAINST THREATS OF CYBER ATTACKS

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Credits: FirstPost

Countering a common argument that strong encryption may come in the way of well-meaning investigation of criminal activities, Apple has stressed that stronger — not weaker — encryption is the best way to protect against threats of cyber attacks and terrorism.

In a letter to the Australian […]

By |October 14th, 2018|Cyber News|

Number of cyber attacks on Irish companies more than doubles

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Credits: irishtimes

The number of targeted cyber attacks have more than doubled in Ireland in the past year, but companies are identifying the attacks more quickly, new research from Accenture has found.

The study found that 31 per cent of companies are detecting three out of four attempted […]

By |October 14th, 2018|Cyber News|

No internet shutdown in India: Cyber Security official

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Credits: Economic Times

A top government cybersecurity official on Friday clarified that India will not face any internet shutdown, quashing fears of an internet blackout in the country amid reports of a global outage. Russia Today had earlier reported that internet users across the […]

By |October 14th, 2018|Cyber News|

North Korea is the most destructive cyber threat right now: FireEye

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Credits: zdnet

FireEye’s analysis of the North Korean financial hacking group it has dubbed APT38 is an important reminder that the Hermit Kingdom’s cyber skills should not be underestimated.

As The New York Times reported a year ago: “North Korea’s army of more than 6,000 hackers is undeniably persistent, […]

By |October 7th, 2018|Cyber News|

US to Offer Cyber Warfare Technology to NATO

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Credits: ABC NEWS

A United States official says the U.S. military is offering its cyber warfare technology, including computer software tools, to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

The move is meant to help the 69-year-old alliance better deal with cyber threats from Russia and […]

By |October 7th, 2018|Cyber News|

At a time of permanent cyberwar, the UK must stand firm against Russia

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Credits: The Guardian

The British government has directly accused the Kremlin of responsibility for a series of cyber-attacks on British, American and Ukrainian targets between 2015 and 2017. These include the World Anti-Doping Agency and the US Democratic National Committee in 2016.

The task of […]

By |October 7th, 2018|Cyber News|

Russia cyber-plots: Dutch defend decision not to arrest suspects

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Credits: BBC

The Dutch government has defended a decision not to detain four Russians accused of an attempted cyber-attack on the global chemical weapons watchdog in The Hague.

The suspected Russian agents were sent home as it was not a criminal inquiry, Prime […]

By |October 7th, 2018|Cyber News|

Chinese spy chips are found in hardware used by Apple, Amazon, Bloomberg

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Credits: CNBC

Data center equipment run by Amazon Web Services and Apple may have been subject to surveillance from the Chinese government via a tiny microchip inserted during the equipment manufacturing process, according to a Bloomberg BusinessWeek report on Thursday. The claims in the report have been strongly disputed […]

By |October 4th, 2018|Cyber News|

How the Dutch foiled Russian ‘cyber-attack’ on OPCW

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Credits: BBC

The Dutch security services say Russia planned a cyber-attack on the Organisation for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague earlier this year.

At a press conference on Thursday, Defence Minister Ank Bijleveld said the plan was thwarted with […]

By |October 4th, 2018|Cyber News|