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What Is WannaCry? Our Guide to The NHS Ransomware Fiasco
May 16, 2017Earlier this week, the NHS suffered a widespread and crippling cyberattack that put important data at risk. We take a look at ‘WanaCrypt0r 2.0’, the ransomware software behind the attack. What is ransomware? The first thing ...
Tags: ransomware, WannaCry
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A Streetwear Clothing Store Will Sell You a Camouflage Hoodie for About 0.10862 Bitcoin
Feb 27, 2014A streetwear clothing store in Bergenfield, N.J., will sell you a camouflage hoodie for about 0.10862 bitcoin. It's received bitcoins for online orders, but so far no one has walked into the Jeffersons storefront and asked to pay with it. ...
Tags: transactions, market niche, form of payment
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ENISA Report Compiles Data on 79 Incidents That Occurred Across 18 E.U. Member States
Aug 26, 2013Although cyberattacks caused just 6 percent of significant outages of public electronic communications networks and services in the E.U. last year, they affected more people than hardware failure, a much more common factor in service ...
Tags: Computer Products, webservice
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Many IT Security Vendors Have a Minimal Understanding of Industrial Control Systems
May 28, 2013Many IT security vendors have a minimal understanding of industrial control systems (ICS) and try to sell technology that could easily damage the devices found in plants running the nation’s critical infrastructure, experts say. In ...
Tags: Applied Control Systems, CNME, computer news middle east, congress
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A Survey of U.S. Utilities Shows Many Are Facing Frequent Cyberattacks
May 28, 2013A survey of U.S. utilities shows many are facing frequent cyberattacks that could threaten a highly interdependent power grid supplying more than 300 million people, according to a congressional report. More than a dozen utilities said ...
Tags: US, Cyberattack, Power Companies
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A Survey of U.S. Utilities Shows Many Are Facing Frequent Cyber-Attacks
May 24, 2013A survey of U.S. utilities shows many are facing frequent cyber-attacks that could threaten a highly interdependent power grid supplying more than 300 million people, according to a congressional report. More than a dozen utilities said ...
Tags: attack, China, CNME, computer news middle east, congress, constant
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Dutch Citizen Arrested in Spain on Suspicion of Launching
May 2, 2013A Dutch citizen arrested in Spain on suspicion of launching what is described as the biggest cyberattack in internet history operated from a bunker and had a van capable of hacking into networks anywhere in the country, officials say. The ...
Tags: Cyberattack, Computer Products
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LivingSocial Was Hacked and Personal Data of 50 Million Customers May Have Been Affected
May 2, 2013Online deals service LivingSocial was hacked at the weekend, and the personal data of more than 50 million customers may have been affected. The company said on Friday on the US that customers' names, email addresses, dates of birth and ...
Tags: Computer Products, Online deals
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A U.S. House of Representatives Committee Failed to Make The Changes
Apr 15, 2013A U.S. House of Representatives committee failed to make the changes necessary to allay fears about government surveillance in a controversial cyberthreat sharing bill that's moving toward a House vote, critics said. The House ...
Tags: CISPA, Surveillance Bill
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Bitcoin Exchange Mt. Gox Faced a Distributed Denial-of-Service Attack Late Thursday
Apr 2, 2013Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox faced a distributed denial-of-service attack late Thursday, at a time the digital currency is seeing an upward swing. The Japanese company, which is rated as the largest exchange for bitcoins, was hit by a DDoS ...
Tags: Bitcoin, DDoS Attack, service
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Bitcoin Exchange Mt. Gox Faced a Distributed Denial-of-Service Attack Late Thursday
Mar 31, 2013Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox faced a distributed denial-of-service attack late Thursday, at a time the digital currency is seeing an upward swing. The Japanese company, which is rated as the largest exchange for bitcoins, was hit by a DDoS ...
Tags: Bitcoin, cryptographic system, DDoS
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Computer Networks of Banks and Some Broadcasters in South Korea Were Hit in Cyber Attack
Mar 22, 2013Computer networks of banks and some broadcasters in South Korea were hit Wednesday in what is suspected to be a cyber attack, according to news reports. At least three broadcasters and two banks reported to the National Police Agency that ...
Tags: Cyber Attack, computer network, computer
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Cyberattacks Are Near The Top of The List of Most Serious Threats Facing The U.S.
Mar 14, 2013Cyberattacks are near the top of the list of most serious threats facing the U.S., with the rivaling concerns about terrorism and North Korea, intelligence officials with President Barack Obama's administration said. James Clapper, the ...
Tags: cyberattack, private networks, networks
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Demand for Information Security Experts Is Outstripping The Available Supply
Mar 11, 2013Demand for information security experts in the United States is outstripping the available supply by a widening margin, according to a pair of recently released reports. A report from Burning Glass Technologies, which develops ...
Tags: information security, Burning Glass Technologies, cybersecurity
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The U.S. Is Dangerously Unprepared to Face a Full-Scale Cyberconflict Launched
Mar 8, 2013The U.S. is dangerously unprepared to face a full-scale cyberconflict launched by a peer adversary, a report by the military's Defense Science Board (DSB) warns. The report, released in January, and first reported on by The Washington ...