Cybersecurity

New York Governor Announces Statewide Cybersecurity Center

New York State governor Kathy Hochul announced the creation of a Joint Security Operations Center (JSOC) to centralize and enhance its cyber-defenses.

Staff Reporter Feb 25, 2022 1 min read Cybersecurity

Ukraine Attacked with Data-Wiper Malware

Researchers at ESET and Symantec found hundreds of machines across organizations in Ukraine infected with data-wiping malware HermeticWiper.

Staff Reporter Feb 25, 2022 1 min read

EU Deploys Cyber Response Unit to Ukraine

Lithuania will be leading the coalition of six EU countries – which also includes Croatia, Poland, Estonia, Romania and the Netherlands – in order “to help Ukrainian institutions to cope with growing cyber-threats.”

Staff Reporter Feb 22, 2022 2 min read

Mozambique Government Websites Hit by Suspected Jihadist Hackers

Disaster management, roads administration and water agency's websites were affected, along with the Defence Ministry and the National Institute for Land Transportation.

Staff Reporter Feb 22, 2022 1 min read Cybersecurity

Top Three Digital Fraud Prevention Trends for 2022

The only way to mitigate these attacks is to bring in more regulations and rules, like PSD2 and the requirement for Strong Customer Authentication.

Staff Reporter Feb 21, 2022 4 min read

Etisalat Digital’s Cybersecurity Arm Help AG Partners with CyberArk

With new CyberArk identity security offerings, Help AG will expand its portfolio to help clients further reduce cybersecurity risk in UAE and Saudi Arabia

Staff Reporter Feb 18, 2022 2 min read Cybersecurity

‘Identity Theft Reaches Shocking New Heights’ – Reveals Shufti Pro Global ID Fraud Report 2021

Trusted as a global IDV provider, Shufti Pro, predicts a spike in identity scams in 2022 based on the fraud cases the company encountered in 2021.

Staff Reporter Feb 17, 2022 3 min read Cybersecurity

Sensitive Business Addresses Among 500,000 Published in COVID Data Breach

The addresses of more than 500,000 organisations including defence sites, a missile maintenance unit and domestic violence shelters were inadvertently made public in the first major breach of the NSW government’s massive trove of QR code data.

Staff Reporter Feb 16, 2022 3 min read Cybersecurity

Journalist Who Uncovered Security Flaw in Missouri Gov Website to Escape Prosecution

The decision comes after the governor spent months publicly labelling the reporter a “hacker” for discovering the flaw and notifying the state about it. Parson asked the Missouri State Highway Patrol to investigate and repeatedly said the reporter had committed a crime.

Staff Reporter Feb 15, 2022 3 min read Cybersecurity

Inmediata Health Reaches $1.13M Settlement After 2019 Data Breach

The breach occurred when a misconfigured web setting allowed search engines to index internal webpages. The website leaked medical claim information, demographic details, and some Social Security numbers.

Staff Reporter Feb 15, 2022 3 min read Cybersecurity

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Cybersecurity

Albanian Government Websites and Services Forced to Shut Following Cyberattack

British Army's Twitter and YouTube Accounts Hijacked

Hackers Leaked Two Billion Usernames and Passwords in 2021

Several South African Government Websites Crash

US Federal Government to Increase Cybersecurity Cooperation with State and Local Officials

Government Institutions in India: A Popular Target for Hackers