Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The Palaszczuk Government faced pressure in Parliament yesterday over when it first knew about theSECURITY breach. The hacker tapped into inquiries and feedback data submitted through the TAFE site, but it is not known what type of data was obtained or over…
JPMorgan’s 2014 Hack Tied to Largest Cyber Breach Ever
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The U.S. described a vast, multi-year criminal enterprise centering on hacks of at least nine big financial and publishing firms and the theft of information on 100 million of their customers that fueled a web of stock manipulation, credit-card fraud and illegal…
Congress steps up push for global cyber laws
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Capitol Hill is increasingly concerned about the lack of international laws governing cyber war. In the last week, a bipartisan group of lawmakers sent the State Department a letter urging greater attention to the issue and one House leader introduced a…
Cyber insurance business booming alongside hacks, but are the risks covered?
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans When an insurance company sells protection against a house fire or car accident, it leans on decades of data from past experience to price policies. For every 1,000 houses you insure you have a rough idea how many will burn. That…
‘Free market failing cyber security industry,’ warns GCHQ chief
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Britain’s electronic spy chief has called on the government to intervene in the cyber security industry after admitting the free market is failing to meet the needs of businesses at risk of attack. GCHQ Director Robert Hannigan told an audience on…
Hackers and Sith Lords Roam Ukraine’s Cyber Badlands
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The taxi driver peers into the rain and shrugs. There’s nothing resembling a government building in this bleak industrial district on the edge of Kiev, just overgrown tram tracks and scrapyards patrolled by dogs. We’re here to meet Colonel Sergiy Demediuk,…
Cyber Crime: Pakistan making inroads into Assam
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream of ‘Digital India’ and ‘Smart Police’ faced a major jolt in Assam as at least 26 state government websites including that of Assam police, Sarba Siksha, Elementary Education, Axom Sarba Siksha Abhijan Mission, Public health engineering,…
‘CSI: Cyber’ season 2 spoilers: Team jumps into the world of street car racing
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Avery Ryan (Patricia Arquette) and her team will dive head first in the exciting but dangerous world of street car racing in the upcoming episode of the CBS series “CSI: Cyber.” In “Gone in 6 Seconds,” TV Guide reports that the…
‘CSI Cyber’ 205 Hacked ER
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans On this week’s episode of CSI: Cyber, a Dallas hospital’s computer system was hacked into. A patient died because they couldn’t provide her with proper care as a result. The incident was reported to the FBI, and Agent Ryan said this…
He is special guest at the Ground Zero Summit 2015 being organised by Indian Infosec Consortium – a group of ethical hackers. “Threat to national security has moved to the digital dimension. Terrorist organisations have turned social networks and online forums into recruitment hotbeds and propaganda mechanisms. We need a security apparatus in the digital space to address this threat. Hackers are the face of this digital army.” The actor said he is bringing his whole team including scriptwriters of the show to observe and interact with the ethical hacker community. (Also Read: Tabu Has Shown Interest in 24, Says Director ) “From November 22, I will start shooting for 24. It will go on air in 2016. When an actor prepares for a role, we often start to live like the character. Some call it method acting. We meet real life people like the character and try to understand their nuances, their life,” he said. As per the summit’s website, speakers will share details of the espionage mission as well as hold sessions on hacking of cellular networks, medical devices in hospitals, using technical loopholes in them. The consortium claims to have discovered cyber espionage operation under which phones of Indian Army personnel, who had downloaded some mobile application related to news, had been compromised by hackers based in Pakistan. IIC CEO Jiten Jain has said that the findings were handed over to security agencies who promptly acted and sanitised the infected handset early this year.
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans He is special guest at the Ground Zero Summit 2015 being organised by Indian Infosec Consortium – a group of ethical hackers. “Threat to national security has moved to the digital dimension. Terrorist organisations have turned social networks and online forums…