The head of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), Ciaran Martin, has said that it is a matter of “when, not if” the UK suffers a category one cyber attack. Martin told the Guardian that he expects such an attack to take place in the next two years, and that the UK would be “fortunate” […]
The countries posing the greatest cyberthreats to the United States are Russia, China, Iran and North Korea. Like its counterparts, Kim Jong Un’s regime engages in substantial cyber espionage. And like Russia and Iran, it launches damaging cyberattacks that wipe data from computer disks and shut down online services. But the North Korean cyberthreat is different in two ways. […]
Every single one of the 200 NHS trusts so far assessed for cyber security resilience has failed an onsite assessment, MPs on the Public Accounts Committee were told yesterday. There are a total of 236 trusts. There is no timeline on when the remaining thirty-six will be checked over. In a hearing about the WannaCry […]
Current cyber security processes that lawyers use can put their client data at risk, according to a new research done in Australia. Researchers from Edith Cowan University’s Security Research Institute carried out a survey of 122 lawyers regarding their cyber security conduct. This survey revealed the lack of knowledge among the lawyers in regards to […]
Attention to Detail and Diligence are Critical When Dealing with Cyber Security If the data breaches of the last couple of years are any indication, cyber security and data breaches will continue to make headlines in 2017. Most data security breaches are the result of an oversight somewhere in the system. Companies large and small […]
A “significant number” of Australian organisations have been affected by the attack, Minister for Law Enforcement and Cyber Security, Angus Taylor, confirmed. Australia joined the United States and Britain in alleging Russia was the culprit and “expressed concern at the malicious cyber activity”. “This attempt by Russia is a sharp reminder that Australian businesses and […]
Equifax’s quarterly profits have dipped and the company’s revenues come in lower than forecast as a result of the costs arising from dealing with a major cyber attack this year, which was only revealed in September. The cyber attack affected more than 145 million accounts in the US and more than 15 million in the […]
Last year in June, cyberattacks swamped Ukrainian banks, government departments, public utilities and newspapers. Their computers froze and thousands of employees were locked out of the company networks. Very soon reports of similar attacks began coming in from Europe, with a few cases reported from the US as well. Everyone feared a WannaCry redux in […]
CyberEdge Group, a premier research and marketing firm serving the security industry’s top vendors, today announced immediate availability of its fifth annual Cyberthreat Defense Report. New this year, the report found that 55 percent of responding organizations were compromised by ransomware in 2017, down from 61 percent in 2016. However, respondents who were victimized by […]
It’s a story as old as time: hacker sees cool tool, hacker recoils in horror at the price of said tool, hacker builds their own version for a fraction of the price. It’s the kind of story that we love here at Hackaday, and has been the impetus for countless projects we’ve covered. One could […]
