Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Up to 40 percent of enterprises in Poland do not have an emergency plan for cyber attacks, according to research by Intel in the Central and East-European countries Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania and Hungary, carried out among 250 IT The…
Four in 10 businesses have lost data in cyberattack
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Big Red Cloud survey finds 75% were able to deal with cybercrime without having to pay out Four in every 10 small and medium businesses in Ireland have suffered a cyberattack resulting in data being lost or stolen, according to The…
German Parties Targeted in Cyberattack
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Officials say there is evidence a Russian hacker group attempted to break into computer systems BERLIN—Hackers sought to infiltrate the computer systems of several German political parties this summer, officials said Wednesday, raising fears of foreign interference in the country’s The…
Panda Security Identifies Public Service Sector as Target for Cyber-Attack in Latest Whitepaper – “Privacy in Public Administration”
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans PandaLabs, Panda Security’s anti-malware laboratory, has released its latest whitepaper entitled, “Privacy in Public Administration.” The whitepaper details numerous cyber-attacks on specific countries, and how the government sector is becoming a more focused area of attack for cyber-criminals. The full The…
Cost of a cyber-attack will soon reach $1 million for large businesses
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans We are coming closer to the point where a cyber-attack will cost every large business more than $1 million. According to a new Kaspersky Lab report, a single cyber-security incident now costs a large business, on average, $861,000. Small and The…
Next president may face IoT cyberattack that causes people to die
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Respected security guru Bruce Schneier suggested the next president may face ‘a large-scale internet disaster that kills multiple people.’ Some people may think the upcoming US presidential election is a Kobayashi Maru, a lose-lose scenario no matter who wins, but which…
UCLA Health Responds to massive cyberattack
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans As many as 4.5 million individuals may have been impacted by a cyber-attack at UCLA Health. The attackers accessed parts of the organization’s network that contained personal and medical information. Yet, there is no evidence the cyber-attackers accessed or acquired any…
Cyberattack on U.S. Power Plants Could Cause $1T in Economic Damage
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Let’s imagine an “improbable, but not impossible” cyberassault on the U.S. power grid. A shadowy group of skilled and malicious actors spend years implanting a piece of malware, dubbed the “Erebos” trojan, in the control systems of power plants across the…
Rio Rancho teens facing charges in planned cyberattack
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – Several Rio Rancho students are getting national attention but for all the wrong reasons. After allegedly trying to cyberattack a large company using computers from school. According to the Albuquerque Journal three Cleveland High teens are…
Cyberattack tied to Hezbollah ups the ante for Israel’s digital defenses
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans TEL AVIV — Israel is familiar with defending itself against cyberattacks from small hacker groups and armed militants alike. Last year, it claims to have fended off a large-scale strike from Iran during the war with Hamas. But recently, security researchers in Israel…
