#hacking | North Korean government hackers sanctioned by U.S. Treasury
Source: National Cyber Security - Produced By Gregory Evans Written by Shannon Vavra Sep 13, 2019 | CYBERSCOOP Add the U.S. Treasury to the list of government agencies going after North Korean hackers....
View Article#computersecurity | National Party attacks Government over Tū Ora PHO hack
Source: National Cyber Security - Produced By Gregory Evans The National Party has used news of a cyber security breach at Tū Ora Compass, one of New Zealand’s largest primary health organisations, to...
View Article#hacking | NSF earns $11,000 finding bugs by ‘hacking’ into government...
Source: National Cyber Security - Produced By Gregory Evans SINGAPORE – Most full-time national servicemen (NSFs) spend their off-duty days resting at home, playing video games or hanging out with...
View Article#cybersecurity | Government interference in Australia’s premier cybersecurity...
Source: National Cyber Security - Produced By Gregory Evans It seemed like a good idea at the time. Roll the government’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) conference into the professional...
View Article#infosec | UK Government Announces Major New Security Partnerships
Source: National Cyber Security - Produced By Gregory Evans The UK government has revealed it is working with chip-maker Arm on a £36m initiative to make more secure processors. Although details are...
View Article#infosec | US Government Agencies Outline Security Strategy for 2020 Election
Source: National Cyber Security - Produced By Gregory Evans American government agencies gathered in Washington, DC, yesterday to describe how they plan to fight interference in next year’s...
View Article#infosec | US: Saudi Government Recruited Twitter Staff to Spy
Source: National Cyber Security - Produced By Gregory Evans The Saudi Arabian government recruited two former Twitter employees to spy on prominent critics of the regime, a new US complaint has...
View Article#infosec | UK Government Spends £2M on Anti-Drone Projects
Source: National Cyber Security - Produced By Gregory Evans The UK government is set to spend £1.8m developing anti-drone capabilities, as threats from the skies increase. The Ministry of Defence’s...
View Article#infosec | UK Government Brexit App Riddled with Flaws
Source: National Cyber Security - Produced By Gregory Evans A Home Office app intended for EU citizens to apply for UK residency lacks basic security, potentially exposing the passport and biometric...
View ArticleNSA won’t collect phone location data, promises US government – Naked Security
Source: National Cyber Security - Produced By Gregory Evans US intelligence agencies won’t harvest US residents’ geolocation data in future investigations, revealed the US government this month. In...
View Article#infosec | UK Government Invites Bids for New Cybersecurity Platform
Source: National Cyber Security - Produced By Gregory Evans The UK’s Ministry of Justice is inviting bids for the creation of a single, centralized cybersecurity log collection and aggregation...
View Article#infosec | Pests Force Estonian Government Offline
Source: National Cyber Security - Produced By Gregory Evans The government of Estonia lost internet access after hungry rats chewed through fiber-optic cable located underground near the country’s...
View Article#infosec | UK Government Laptop Losses Soar 400%
Source: National Cyber Security - Produced By Gregory Evans The UK’s Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has seen laptop losses soar by 400% over the past three years, according to new Freedom of Information...
View Article#infosec | UK Government Issues Cybersecurity Warning to Charities
Source: National Cyber Security - Produced By Gregory Evans The British government issued a cybersecurity alert to charities today warning of a spike in reported cases of mandate fraud in which...
View Article#infosec | Over 100 Fake Sites Spotted in Government Phishing Campaign
Source: National Cyber Security - Produced By Gregory Evans Scores of domains and over 120 phishing sites have been detected as part of a major global campaign targeting government procurement...
View Article#infosec | Emotet Locked onto US Military and Government
Source: National Cyber Security - Produced By Gregory Evans New research into the latest victims of Emotet has found increased instances of the malware affecting the United States of America’s...
View Article#infosec | UK Government Under Fire Over NSO Group Links
Source: National Cyber Security - Produced By Gregory Evans The British government is under fire after it emerged that controversial espionage software provider NSO Group has been invited to a...
View Article#infosec | Puerto Rico Government Loses $2.6m in Phishing Scam
Source: National Cyber Security - Produced By Gregory Evans A Puerto Rican government agency unintentionally gave cyber-criminals $2.6m after being taken in by an email phishing scam. A senior official...
View Article#infosec | Personal Data of 144K Canadians Breached by Federal Government
Source: National Cyber Security - Produced By Gregory Evans New figures tabled in Canada’s House of Commons have revealed that at least 144,000 Canadians have had their personal information mishandled...
View Article#infosec | Over 2000 UK Government Devices Go Missing in a Year
Source: National Cyber Security - Produced By Gregory Evans Over 2000 mobile devices used by UK government employees have gone missing in the space of a year, with a significant number unencrypted,...
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