The commander of Britain’s Joint Forces Command has warned that UK traffic control systems and other critical infrastructure could be targeted by cyber adversaries – but industry experts say this is nothing new and something organisations should be preparing for. Download this free guide 3 key web security guidelines from FS-ISAC We address the ongoing […]
<p><img title=”The WannaCry attack caused global disruption in May” src=”http://images.mid-day.com/images/2017/jun/WannaCry.jpg” alt=”The WannaCry attack caused global disruption in May” /><br /><span style=”font-size: x-small;”><em><strong>The WannaCry attack caused global disruption in May</strong></em></span></p><p>A major ransomware attack on Tuesday hit computers at Russia’s biggest oil company, the country’s banks, Ukraine’s international airport as well as global shipping firm AP Moller-Maersk.</p><p>Moscow-based […]
NORTH Korea carried out the crippling NHS cyber attack last month, British security officials claim. It’s thought hackers from a group named Lazarus launched the unprecedented global attack in May – two years after apparently targeting Sony Pictures, according to the BBC. PA:Press Association Security officials say the cyber attack was the work of North […]
Update: Cyber-attack knocks US Energy Services Group offline A cyber-attack against Energy Services Group (ESG) in the US, which handles customer transactions for natural gas pipelines owned by several energy firms, has knocked the company’s systems offline. ESG, which provides business process solutions for firms such as Energy Transfer Partners, has not released any details […]
The latest Digital Health cyber security round-up includes news that Dixons Carphone has been hit by yet another cyber-attack, as well as a report from Symantec that suggests a Chinese espionage group may have breached the control systems of a satellite operator. Meanwhile, Yahoo UK has paid the price for an infamous security breach dating […]
UK govt doesn’t know who’s behind cyber attack, says home secy Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre was working with the health service to ensure the attack was contained, while the National Crime Agency was working with them to find out where it came from. UK’s home secretary Amber Rudd said the government did not know […]
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), part of GCHQ, said today it is working with Dixons Carphone on mitigation measures, after the retailer said it was investigating a data breach involving 5.9m payment cards and 1.2m personal data records. The company announced earlier on that there was an attempt to compromise 5.9m cards in one […]
A new report finds that most organisations lack the right mix of strategy and execution to tackle rising threats to cybersecurity. And the Internet of Things (IoT) is a growing part of the problem. Chris Middleton presents some solutions. What keeps business people awake at night? The twin risks of cyber attack and fraud, says […]
It’s time for our Cyber Security News Wrap-up. Here are the stories that grabbed our attention this week (19th May – 25th May) a) Hackers targeted and infected over half a million routers and storage devices, primarily in Ukraine, which the country says is a part of a Russian plan for a future cyber attack. […]
Microsoft announced that the Azure IoT Edge computing service publicly previewed at the end of last year has entered the official version and is open sourced by GitHub. Azure IoT Edge primarily shifts cloud-based analytics and custom business logic to edge devices, enabling companies to focus on insights into business opportunities rather than data management. Microsoft […]