Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Researchers have made a low-cost gadget to track the precise location of smartphones using 4G/LTE by hacking Facebook and WhatsApp signals. It was earlier thought that though such attacks could be targeted against the 2G and 3G enabled smartphones and 4G/LTE enabled…
Hack of dating sites signals an end to promiscuous use of online identity
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans If anybody is still labouring under the mistaken belief that anything online can remain private and secure, this week should have seen them finally admit defeat. In the US, UCLA Health reported) that 4.5 million health records had been compromised. UCLA…
Coast Guard turns to Rohde & Schwarz for help in analyzing communications signals
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Coast Guard signals beginning of port cleanup, warns on possible lingering water dangers
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Buoys knocked askew or sunk, channel markers overwhelmed by rising storm surge and other maritime hazards lie in the considerable wake of Hurricane Sandy in ports in New York and New Jersey. The Coast Guard is moving to begin its survey and restoration of…
2011-10-24 – Australian Defence Signals Directorate wins 2011 U.S. National Cybersecurity Innovation Award
Australian Defence Signals Directorate wins 2011 U.S. National Cybersecurity Innovation Award View full post on SANS Press Room View full post on National Cyber Security » Announcements
SonicWall buy signals Dell’s security ambitions
Dell has announced a deal to buy security equipment outfit SonicWALL for an undisclosed cash sum reported to be around the $1-$1.5 billion mark. If this figure is correct, it would mean that private equity group Thoma Bravo will have possibly doubled its money after buying SonicWALL for $717 million…
No cellphone signals along Nazarene procession route
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATE) – The Philippine government on Monday ordered telecommunications companies to shut off cellphone signals in areas where the procession of the Feast of the Black Nazarene will pass. View full post on cellphone security – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Stuxnet Strike on U.S. Utility Signals Disturbing Trend
U.S. security experts say a variant of the Stuxnet computer worm caused the destruction of a water pump at a public utility in Springfield, Ill., last week. Discovered in June of last year, Stuxnet targets the Windows-based supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems developed by Siemens to control and…
2011-10-24 – SANS announced today that the Australian Defence Signals Directorate wins 2011 U.S. National Cybersecurity Innovation Award
SANS announced today that the Australian Defence Signals Directorate wins 2011 U.S. National Cybersecurity Innovation Award View full post on SANS Press Room View full post on National Cyber Security » Announcements