Phil Muncaster Several US gas pipelines have been hit after a cyber-attack targeted a third-party supplier. Latitude Technologies, which supplies “electronic data interchange” (EDI) services to some of the country’s…
Tag: cyberespionage
Majority of Critical Infrastructure Orgs Unprepared for Attacks
Tara Seals Nearly 60% of executives at critical infrastructure operators polled in a recent survey said they lack appropriate controls to protect their environments from security threats. While organizations have…
Staying one step ahead of the cyber-spies
By Mark Ward If you want a job that rides the wave of the future, get hired by a firm that combats cyber-threats. Criminal and malicious hackers are endlessly inventive…
Audit finds Department of Homeland Security's security is insecure
The agency that keeps America safe runs un-patched Flash, and worse besides By Thomas Claburn The United States’ Department of Homeland Security could do more to keep its IT systems…
UK and Aussie Governments Sign Up to Breach Aggregation Site
Phil Muncaster The British and Australian governments have begun working with a popular breach aggregation site to monitor their domains. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and Australian Cyber Security…
UK blames Russia for 'malicious' NotPetya cyber-attack
The Russian military was directly behind a “malicious” cyber-attack on Ukraine last summer that spread across Europe, British ministers have said. The UK government has taken the unusual step of…