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Wesley McGrew May Be Among The Few People Thrilled with The Latest Grim Report
Feb 25, 2013Wesley McGrew, a research assistant at Mississippi State University, may be among the few people thrilled with the latest grim report into a years-long hacking campaign against dozens of U.S. companies and organizations. But McGrew's ...
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Wesley McGrew May Be Thrilled with The Latest Grim Report Into a Hacking Campaign
Feb 24, 2013Wesley McGrew, a research associate at Mississippi State University, may be among the few people thrilled with the latest grim report into a years-long hacking campaign against dozens of U.S. companies and organisations. But ...
Tags: US Students, Malware Code, computer security
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RIM Has Issued a Statement Apologising for Yet Another Service Outage
Dec 28, 2012BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion (RIM) has issued a statement apologising for yet another service outage across the UK, Europe and the Middle East. RIM said: "We are currently experiencing a BlackBerry service issue affecting some ...
Tags: BlackBerry, RIM, service outage, UK
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One Billion Hacking Attempts Will Be Made Globally in The Final Quarter of 2012
Dec 27, 2012One billion hacking attempts will be made globally in the final quarter of 2012, according to new predictions by information assurance firm NCC Group. The firm’s latest Origin of Hacks report identifies 981 million hacks attempted ...
Tags: Hacking, NCC Group, Computer Products
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A New Version of Its Wireless Network Security Visualization Tool, MeerCAT Pro Version 4.0
Dec 25, 2012The Secure Decisions Division of Applied Visions has released a new version of its wireless network security visualization tool, MeerCAT Pro Version 4.0. NORTHPORT, NY, August 26, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- MeerCAT, a visualization tool ...
Tags: Secure Decisions, MeerCAT, wireless network, security visualization tool
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Government Announced Scheme to Help UK Respond Effectively to Increase in Cyber Attacks
Dec 24, 2012The government has announced a scheme to help UK organisations respond effectively to the increase in cyber attacks. The scheme is backed by CESG, the Information Assurance arm of GCHQ, and the Centre for the Protection of National ...
Tags: UK, cyber attacks, Protection of National Infrastructure
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Winner Leo Pickford Could Soon See BYOD Dogs Appearing on Post
Dec 24, 2012The UK national Cyber Security Challenge has announced the winner of its Can you talk security? competition devised by BT and Get Safe Online. Winner Leo Pickford, an IT manager at a design company, could soon see his ...
Tags: UK national Cyber Security Challenge, BT, Get Safe Online, net security
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Cost of Protection Against Cyber Crime Can Far Exceed The Cost of The Threat Itself
Dec 20, 2012The cost of protection against cyber crime can far exceed the cost of the threat itself, a Cambridge University-led international study has concluded. The first systematic study of the cost of cyber crime recommends that less should be ...
Tags: cyber crime, anti virus software, network, cyber safety
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The Need for Highly Trained Cybersecurity Professionals Is Acute
Nov 13, 2012At a time when cyberattacks on America's critical infrastructure have increased 17-fold(between 2009 and 2011),the need for highly trained cybersecurity professionals is acute.However,83%of federal hiring managers in a recent survey said it ...
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GCHQ Has Unveiled a Cyber Incident Response Scheme
Nov 7, 2012Government spy agency GCHQ has unveiled a cyber incident response scheme that is intended to help public-sector organisations that form part of the UK's critical national infrastructure in dealing with cyber attacks. The pilot scheme, ...
Tags: Government, spy agency, cyber incident
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The Roles That Candidates Will Be Assessed Against Are as Follows
Oct 26, 2012The CESG,the Information Assurance(IA)arm of GCHQ,has launched a UK scheme to develop skills and certify IT professionals in IA and cyber security. The CESG Certification for IA Professionals scheme aims to help the government and UK ...
Tags: CESG certification, Information Assurance, cyber security unveiled, UK
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HMRC Will Use Becrypt Disk Protect,Which Has Been Certified by The CESG
Oct 2, 2012HM Revenue and Customs(HMRC)is implementing disk encryption as part of a laptop refresh programme following a pilot rollout using 300 laptops. HMRC will use Becrypt Disk protect,which has been certified by the CESG,the UK Government's ...
Tags: HMRC, encryption, Becrypt Disk protect, Becrypt
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Govt Is Hoping to Shore up Its Defences Against Cybercrime Through Post-Graduate Training
Jul 20, 2012The government is hoping to shore up its defences against cybercrime through post-graduate training,and has asked universities to apply for funding to run training courses for post-graduates. Through the Engineering and Physical Sciences ...
Tags: cybercrime, post-graduate training, training courses, EPSRC
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6.5 Million Encrypted Stolen Passwords Had Been Posted on a Russian Web Forum
Jun 7, 2012LinkedIn has confirmed that "some" of the stolen passwords posted online by a hacker correspond to accounts on the professional networking site. The confirmation came after reports that 6.5 million encrypted stolen passwords had been ...
Tags: LinkedIn, passwords, hacker, the professional networking site