Posts for category: Regional News

Britain Setting Up Its Own National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)

Posted March 18, 2016 Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35843218 Normally Britain's cybersecurity is handled by GCHQ, but GCHQ is an intelligence entity who is not setup to share ...

New USB malware that steals data – USB Thief

Source: http://www.scmagazine.com/new-usb-based-data-stealing-malware-detected-in-wild/article/485140/ Win32/PSW.Stealer.NAI aka USB Thief is a data stealing type malware that is hard to detect ...

MedStar Health hit by virus

Source: http://time.com/4274220/fbi-computer-virus-washington/?xid=time_socialflow_twitter  The FBI is currently investigating a virus that has affected MedStar Health, a major Washington area ...

FBI managed to hack iPhone without Apple’s help

Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/03/28/apple-justice-department-farook/82354040/ The FBI was able to hack the phone of terrorist Farook and his wife recently. The FBI ...

The Importance of Information Governance in Information Security

Source: http://www.darkreading.com/operations/why-marrying-infosec-and-info-governance-boosts-security-capabilities/a/d-id/1324572?_mc=RSS_DR_EDT The article begins with the importance of data ...

Phishing for W2’s

Source: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2016/03/07/phishers-tricking-payroll-pros-sharing-employee-data/ A word of warning to payroll and accounting employees, be careful of phishing emails ...

Dell open sources DCEPT honeypot tool

Source: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2016/03/08/dell-open-sources-dcept-honeypot-tool-detecting-network-intrusions/ Dell SecureWorks researchers have developed a honeypot tool for Windows ...

Should I Hack Them Back? No. No, You Shouldn’t…

Source: https://threatpost.com/gentle-reminder-at-rsa-hacking-back-is-a-bad-idea/116564/ The RSA Conference 2016 just took place last week, but I felt that this was an important topic for all ...

Toymaker VTech Trying To Escape Data Protection Responsibilities

Source: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/03/vtech-we-are-not-liable-if-we-fail-protect-your-data-eff-oh-yes-you-are In November 15, VTech's systems and information was hacked. An estimate of ...