Yearly Archives: 2019

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Disable FaceTime. Miscreants can snoop on your iPhone, Mac mic before you pick up call

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You might want to disable FaceTime on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac until Apple patches this bonkers bug.

Folks have confirmed it is possible to call someone via FaceTime, and secretly listen in on their iThing or Mac’s microphone before they accept or […]

By |January 29th, 2019|Cyber News|

Undercover Agents Target Cyber Watchdog

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The researchers who reported that Israeli software was used to spy on Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s inner circle before his gruesome death are being targeted in turn by international undercover operatives, The Associated Press has found.

Twice in the […]

By |January 28th, 2019|Cyber News|

IMDA COLLABORATES WITH INDUSTRY TO STRENGTHEN TELECOM CYBER-SECURITY

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A NEW multi-year roadmap is underway to identify next generation cyber-threats and develop the solutions and capabilities needed to secure Singapore’s connectivity infrastructure.

This was announced by Dr Janil Puthucheary, Senior Minister of State for Communications and Information, at the […]

By |January 28th, 2019|Cyber News|

DEMOCRACY MUNIPULATION THROUGH CYBER EXPLOITS

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PROTECTING DEMOCRACY
Well-functioning governments and authorities know that threats can arise from both domestic and international sources.  As a result, the government develops strategies that not only identify these threats but minimize consequences for the public.  Most Americans are under […]

By |January 28th, 2019|Cyber News|

EXPERTS CALL FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGAINST ELECTION CYBER ATTACKS

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Governments around the world must join forces to detect the sources of foreign cyberattacks aimed at impacting elections and prevent such intervention in the future, Israel Democracy Institute and Hebrew University researchers said Sunday.

They spoke after Russian cyberattacks reportedly impacted […]

By |January 28th, 2019|Cyber News|

Cyber security official downloaded animated child porn on secure network

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A former senior cyber security official has been sentenced to a suspended prison term for using a secure government network to download animated child pornography.

Canberra man Jeffrey Alexander Donald, 65, was an assistant director within the cyber and information security […]

By |January 28th, 2019|Cyber News|

Online abuse, harassment, cyber trolling costing Australians $3.7 billion

 

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At one stage in her career as a video gamer, a typical work day for Vanessa Holmes included violent and terrifying threats against her life.

Key points:

The cost of online abuse and harassment is valued at $3.7 billion annually
In […]

By |January 28th, 2019|Cyber News|

Cyber attacks outpacing physical terror attacks

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With increasing cases of data breaches and information loss happening on the Internet, cyber attacks are outpacing physical attacks among far-left groups and can cause greater destruction, researchers say. According to lead author Thomas Holt, Professor at the Michigan […]

By |January 28th, 2019|Cyber News|

China Appears to Block Microsoft’s Bing as Censorship Intensifies

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Under China’s president, Xi Jinping, the last vestiges of the global internet have slowly disappeared from an online world that had already shut out Twitter, Google and Facebook.

Now one of the last survivors, Microsoft’s Bing search engine, appears to […]

By |January 25th, 2019|Cyber News|

Davos leaders urge India, US to join coalition against cyber threats

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Emphasising that cybersecurity is crucial to keep the world safe, global leaders have urged India and the US to join an international coalition against cyber threats.

“The world’s biggest democracy needs to stand with the world’s other great democratic nations. […]

By |January 25th, 2019|Cyber News|