Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Malaysia’s Science, Technology and Innovation ministry (MOSTI) has launched Cyber Range Malaysia, a virtual environment used for cyber technology development and cyber warfare training. “With the launch of Cyber Range Malaysia, organisations can now utilise state-of-the-art facilities to simulate cyber-attacks,” The…
Dell Security targets small organizations with AI product launch
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Your ads will be inserted here byEasy Plugin for AdSense.Please go to the plugin admin page toPaste your ad code OR Suppress this ad slot. Dell has launched a new AI-based security solution, Threat Defence, which has been designed specifically for…
Cyberattacks targets at universities printers, including UB
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) – Hackers are targeting computer printer networks on college campuses–and the University at Buffalo was on the hit list. An Anti-Semitic network of computer hackers is taking credit for a series of cyberattacks, remotely hijacking computer printers, spewing…
FireEye acquires Invotas, targets next-gen cyber security with orchestration and automation
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans FireEye has announced that it has acquired Invotas International, a firm that looks at security automation and orchestration. The firm has not disclosed how much it has paid out in this purchase. In a post on the company website, CEO Dave…
Ocwen Financial, homeowners targets of mortgage fraud
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans State Attorney General Hector Balderas is warning of a “dangerous new scam” that is targeting New Mexicans who are having trouble paying their mortgages. “Do not pay Ocwen mortgage payments by Moneygram in response to ‘Making Home Affordable’ offer letters or…
Gameover ZeuS Trojan Targets Users of Monster.com Employment Portal
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Zeus Trojan is one of the most popular families of Banking Trojan, which was also used in a targeted malware campaign against a Salesforce.com customer at the end of the last month and researchers found that the new variant of Zeus…
The world’s richest countries agree that hacking industrial targets for profit isn’t right
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The world’s richest nations have agreed for the first time to abstain, in principle, from hacking for commercial gain. At the G20 conference attended by countries including the US, China, Russia, France, and Germany, world leaders agreed that “no country should conduct…
TalkTalk hack: industry hits back after Daily Mail targets ‘gaming addict’
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The gaming industry has hit back after theDaily Mail claimed a suspect arrested in connection with the TalkTalk hack was a “violent video game addict”. The UKIE, the UK’s games industry body, told WIRED that there was “no link between addiction or…
Kerala: Hacker group ‘Mallu Cyber Soldiers’ targets websites of sex rackets
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans After hacking Pakistan’s official websites as a reply to Pak hackers’ 27 September attack on the Kerala government’s online portal — www.kerala.gov.in, online hackers “Mallu Cyber Soldiers” is in the news again. Recently, there were many reports on online prostitution by Kerala-based…
Retirees Prime Targets for Identity Theft
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Well, one thing’s for sure: A disproportionate percentage of identity theft complaints come from people 50-plus (though I’m sure some readers would hardly consider 50-somethings to be seniors—but you get the point). Some scammers go after seniors because they know that…