Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Cyber security firm NCC Group has bought US cyber security and payment consultancy Payment Software Company for up to $18.75m in cash. NCC said it will make an initial payment of $15m, with two further payments of up to $1.875m The…
Hackers claim they breached Aussie point-of-sale tech firm, try to sell ‘customer DB’
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Exclusive Hackers are claiming to have hacked Australian point-of-sale technology (PoS) company H&L Australia, and have been claiming to potential buyers that they had lifted its customer database. They were already offering it for sale for AU$22,000 ($16,580, £12,723) more The…
Israeli spyware firm NSO Group charges governments $650,000 to hack 10 iPhones
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans We read news and outrage related to the government snooping on its citizens’ computers and smartphones to access their data without their authorization through backdoor, every now and then. And, to encash the opportunity, there are several digital surveillance firms The…
Keppel T&T partners with Singapore’s largest security firm to boost cybersecurity
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The partnership will take effect in August. Aiming to benefit from the cyber security solutions by leading security organisation Certis CISCO, Keppel T&T has partnered with Quann, the security firm’s subsidiary. According to a press release by Keppel T&T, the partnership…
UKFast owned Secarma acquires IT security firm
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The deal sees Pentest relocate to the UKFast Campus, where a cyber-security research lab and defensive security operations centre are currently under construction. IT firm Pentest has been snapped up by Secarma, the cyber security business owned by UKFast CEO Lawrence…
Cleveland cyber firm predicts GOP Convention will draw cyber attacks
According to the CEO of Stealthcare, a Cleveland-based cyber security firm, the next major cyber security attack will likely be tied to the GOP Convention, although he believes it won’t come from hacktivitsts upset with Donald Trump but rather from a state-sponsored group. Jeremy Samide, CEO of Stealthcare, points to…
Cybersecurity Firm Bay Dynamics Nabs $23M
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Cyberrisk analytics company Bay Dynamics announced on Wednesday (July 13) that it secured $23 million in a Series B funding round, led by Carrick Capital Partners. The new capital will be used to help fuel national and global growth, a go-to-market…
Dubai firm launches ‘hacker-proof’ smartphone
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A Dubai company has launched a new smartphone, which comes without a camera or GPS function and is being promoted as appealing to security-conscious users who want to reduce the chance of hackers accessing the device to spy on them. Mobile…
Cybersecurity firm acquired by Jacobs Engineering
Jacobs Engineering Group has acquired the Van Dyke Technology Group Inc. in a move that adds to Jacobs’ cybersecurity capabilities. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Based in Columbia, Md., Van Dyke is a 180-person cybersecurity company specializing in identity and access management, threat mitigation and other advanced…
Cybersecurity firm calls for Government
Your bank, insurer or doctor may know your personal details are being circulated around criminals after a cyber-attack on their system, but choose not to tell you. It is on this basis the global cybersecurity firm, Symantec, is lobbying the Government to urgently push through changes to the Privacy Act…