A security flaw resembling Facebook’s previous hack was discovered, ostensibly wouldn’t even require a password to access user information. With a ship big enough to hold millions of people, there’s…
Month: January 2019
Australia to harden GPS infrastructure cyber defences
Geoscience Australia is taking no chances with the resilience of its $161 million GPS augmentation project, revealing plans to develop a specific cyber security strategy to address any inherent risks.…
Attackers Leverage Open Source in New BYOB Attack
An attack leveraging the open-source Build Your Own Botnet (BYOB) framework has reportedly been intercepted by Israeli cybersecurity firm Perception Point’s incident response team. According to the team, this appears to…
VOIPo Left 7 Million Logs Unencrypted with No Passwords
Another California-based communications provider has announced a potential security incident, as VOIPo confessed that it left a database containing seven million call logs, six million text messages and other internal documents containing unencrypted…
Triton/Trisis Attack Was More Widespread Than Publicly Known
4×19 — Miami — New details have emerged about the 2017 Triton/Trisis cyberattack on a Middle East plant’s safety instrumentation system — including a missed opportunity to squash it two…
No-deal Brexit - the data dilemma
Two urgent questions – does your business move data across borders and if so are you prepared for what could happen if the UK leaves the EU at the end…