Sydney (AFP) – Australia unveiled a multi-million-dollar cyber scheme to combat hacking on Thursday, as Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull acknowledged an attack on the country’s weather bureau but stopped short of blaming it on China. The Australian leader added that it was safe to assume “efforts are made by foreign…
Government to reveal more cyber attacks
The government will be more open about future attempts to hack government agencies in a bid to encourage businesses to follow suit, says the Prime Minister’s new cyber security chief. Alastair MacGibbon, the current children’s eSafety commissioner and newly appointed special cyber security advisor to the Prime Minister, says the…
Cyber bullies expose PH’s soft underbelly
Most countries have the supreme belief that they have strong lines of defense against threats from within and from the outside. Oftentimes, it is a sophisticated military. A forbidding geography (think Afghanistan) that intruders would find terrifying is a line of defense for some of the poor and underdeveloped regions…
Cyber security predicted to create 1 million jobs
In a world that’s increasingly dependant on computers and the cloud for day-to-day functioning, the risks posed by hackers is very real. Identifying this, the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), Data Security Council of India (DSCI)and security software company Symantec have collectively announced their Cyber Security Skill…
Steve Wozniak Apple co-founder says cyber crime is world’s greatest threat
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Apple co-founder and engineering genius Steve Wozniak has hit out at the FBI’s attempts to force the tech giant to unlock an iPhone that belonged to a terrorist. Mr Wozniak, known as The Woz, told Lateline that cyber crime was the…
US AND RUSSIA DON’T WANT TO MISTAKENLY GET INTO A CYBER WAR
The USA and Russia are holding talks this week aimed at making sure the two superpowers don’t mistakenly get into a cyber war. According to CNN, the meeting will take place this week in Switzerland, and will include officials from the White House, State Department and FBI, and their Russian…
Cyber crime bill passed to prevent online harassment
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Minister of State for Information Technology Anusha Rahman has said that newly passed cybercrime bill by the National Assembly would help prevent online harassment, cyber stalking and blackmailing. Talking to a news channel, the minister said that people who threat, scare…
Cyber security is an essential element of national security
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Deyana Kosdaninova, head of the Office of the President of the Republic of Bulgaria, in an interview with FOCUS News Agency on the Consultative Council for National Security (CCNS) FOCUS: What requires the convocation of Consultative Council for National Security on…
China Launching Cyber Attacks
Chinese military hackers are conducting cyber attacks on the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency networks on a daily basis and will soon shift to hacking into networks of missile defense contractors, the admiral in charge of the agency told Congress on Thursday. Vice Adm. James D. Syring, the MDA chief who…
U.S. military claims to be dropping ‘cyber bombs’ on ISIS
America’s military forces are dropping “cyber bombs” on Islamic State terrorist groups for the first time, Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work told reporters accompanying him on a military flight on Tuesday. The ISIS internet attacks, whatever the particulars really may be, are part of a stepped-up coordinated effort to put…