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The Northern Territory (NT) in Australia will be setting up a cybersecurity operations center which will serve as a centralized base for cyber analysts, engineers and forensic specialist staff to collaborate and respond to cyber incidents in real-time. NT...
A flaw in the routers of Cisco Smart Install Client was misused by a group of cyber miscreants to bring down Internet services on a global scale. Over 200,000 router switches across the world were affected by this attack,...
They are giants standing with their heads held high looking over the vantage point, possibly thinking they are still beyond reach but the sniper in his hoodie has already locked his target on them. The energy sector is not...
Cyber criminals are rapidly adding cryptojacking to their arsenal and creating a highly profitable new revenue stream, as the ransomware market becomes overpriced and overcrowded, according to Symantec's Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR), Volume 23. “Cryptojacking is a rising threat to...
The recent hack at cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck Inc highlighted the need for cybersecurity in the region. The cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck lost 58 billion yen ($530 million) in what was dubbed as biggest cryptocurrency heist ever recorded. The website had...
Washington State plans to revamp its IT infrastructure and strengthen its cybersecurity framework with the $7.9 million it will receive from the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) this year. The omnibus agreement of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations...
A partnership was announced between the Information Technology Authority (ITA) of the Arab Regional Cybersecurity Centre of ITU and Oman and Oman Oil Company (OOC) on Monday, April 2, 2018. Signed at the OOC headquarters, this partnership will allow...
Matthew Masterson has been appointed the senior cybersecurity adviser for the Department of Homeland Security, the department announced in a statement on Monday, March 26, 2018. Prior to this, he was serving as the Election Assistance Commission Chairman from...
A crucial U.S. pipeline network was the target of a cyber invasion on Monday, April 2, 2018. In a notice to its shippers, Energy Transfer Partners LP clarified that an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) for their Panhandle Eastern pipeline...
On March 27, Bank Negara Malaysia thwarted a cyber heist aimed at carrying out fabricated money transfers through the SWIFT messaging network. As a preventive measure post this incident, the Philippine Central Bank sent across a cautionary notice to...