Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans New security research has revealed a whole new area of concerns for the soon-to-be-everywhere Internet of Things – smart home hubs. Hubs – devices that link into home networks to control lighting, dead-bolt locks and cameras – can be dangerously vulnerable…
Senate bill proposes cyber security standard for cars
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Cars will have to be much better protected against hacking and new privacy standards will govern data collected from vehicles under proposed legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday. The Security and Privacy in Your Car Act of 2015 seeks…
How AIG Is Using Cyber Intelligence to Protect Property from Cyber Attacks
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A three-hour shutdown of the New York Stock Exchange on the same day that a network failure halted all United Airlines flights in the U.S. had people across the country thinking one thing: cyber-attack. It wasn’t, but the July 8 incidents…
Consumer Alert: Cyber Security Safety Tips
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The National Cyber Security Alliance is reporting that 84 percent of Americans feel the need to protect their personal information. From the sudden awareness of hacking incidents involving cars to a person’s identity, the Florida Office of Financial Regulation (OFR) is…
Homeland Security Gives Cyber Crimes Center a Major Upgrade
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans It’s not quite “CSI: Cyber,” but the the United States has its own cyber crimes task force, and its headquarters is getting a major upgrade. The ICE Cyber Crimes Center in Fairfax, Virginia, is getting a 5,000 square-foot forensic laboratory, more…
Dems, GOP senators push cyber bill for Homeland after breach
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A bipartisan group of senators is pushing to strengthen the authority of the Homeland Security Department to thwartcyberattackson government networks and websites after a massive government data breach. Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, who has spearheaded cyber legislation in the…
THE TOP 10 WOMEN CYBER GUARDIANS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The paucity of women in math and science extends to the data security realm. Women make up 14 percent of federal government cyber personnel, according to a May (ISC)2 global information security workforce study. The number was even lower in the…
Sales and customer service teams ‘most vulnerable to cyber attacks’
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A report from McAfee found that the UK is one of the countries most vulnerable to risk across Europe, since one in ten UK organisations do not provide the necessary online protection training for their staff. With 82 million new suspect URLs found in…
Two Israelis arrested in cyber hack case on US stock market
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A joint investigation by the Israeli police and the FBI resulted in the arrest of two Israelis for allegedly manipulating stock prices in the US, authorities announced on Tuesday. Israeli investigators were asked by US federal authorities to probe the suspects’…
Security experts predict cyber attacks on critical infrastructure
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A survey by Intel Security and the Aspen Institute revealed that 18 per cent of US security professionals and three per cent of those in the UK believe an incident to be “extremely likely”. Such an attack could result in the…