In the face of a projected shortage of technicians in the cyber security field, IBM has announced a new skills initiative. It is designed to reach more potential employees by targeting trainable skills and aptitudes, while deemphasizing academic training....
Ransomware has quite become the buzz word of 2017. The amount of attacks is preposterous, and every single day has become a date that lives in infamy. Post the NSA leaked WannaCry attack sporadically crippled the entire world, the...
The government of Singapore has earmarked as much as $528 million of its tech budget, representing 22 percent of the total, to cyber security programs. With its aggressive economic development plans in the digital economy sector, Singapore recognizes the...
The Government of India has sanctioned 111 posts for cyber security professionals for the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (ICERT), which falls under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY).
This might come after the ransomware WannaCry attack that...
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded ITAMCO, the developer of Crypto-Chat, the advanced privacy app, with the Phase 1 grant to make a secure, non-hackable messaging platform for the U.S. military. The Phase 1 will run into...
Cybersecurity company, FireEye has stated that nation backed Vietnamese hackers are most likely targeting Philippines state agencies to gather maritime related intelligence with regard to the South China Sea dispute.
The Vietnam government hasn’t made a comment about the subject,...
The Mississippi court has sentenced three Nigerian nationals, for running online dating scams that deceived numerous people into shelling of millions of dollars, to a total of 235 years in prison.
The culprits Oladimeji Seun Ayelotan was sentenced to 95...
The world is nearing the desired futuristic connectivity. The Internet of Things in Buildings (BIoT) is paving way to this with numerous innovations and tangible business benefits. A new report on the market for Cyber Security Hardware, Software &...
In its budget proposal for fiscal 2018, which begins on October 1st, the administration of Donald Trump claims it will undertake measures that toughen the information security of governmental agencies, even while cutting the cyber security budgets of a...
Cybersecurity firm Hexadite has been acquired by Microsoft. The financials details of acquisition were not revealed by the firms, but Calcalist, a financial news website from Israel, in May, had reported that the deal would be cracked for a...
