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The growth of the internet has impacted profoundly on everyday life and the global economy. It has evolved into a global, interconnected network of systems and information – cyberspace – that we know today, transforming the conduct of business and opening new markets.
Threats to cyber security are persistent and constantly evolving. With an ever-growing number of cyber attacks on critical infrastructure, online commerce and the private sector worldwide, security experts are finding that their work has become a race against the attackers.
The Cyber Security Review is designed to draw on the combined knowledge, skills and expertise of the cyber security community to identify the emerging threats and facilitate the development of coherent policies and robust capabilities.
Our mission is to promote dialogue and provide a platform for information exchange and cooperation between stakeholders, industry, academia and security experts worldwide.
Latest news
- U.S. Military Members Catfished and Hooked for Thousands of Dollars
December 3, 2018
Prisoners in South Carolina posed convincingly as beautiful women on social media platforms. A sextortion ring that aimed “catfish” efforts at U.S. military service members has ...
- UK’s NCSC Explains How They Handle Discovered Vulnerabilities
December 1, 2018
When the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) performs operational tasks, they may find vulnerabilities in software, hardware, websites, or critical infrastructure. When they ...
- 500 Million Marriott Guest Records Stolen in Starwood Data Breach
November 30, 2018
The world’s biggest hotel chain Marriott International today disclosed that unknown hackers compromised guest reservation database its subsidiary Starwood hotels and walked away with personal ...
- New PowerShell-based Backdoor Found in Turkey, Strikingly Similar to MuddyWater Tools
November 30, 2018
MuddyWater is a well-known threat actor group that has been active since 2017. They target groups across Middle East and Central Asia, primarily using spear phishing ...
- Uber fined $1.1 million by UK and Dutch regulators over 2016 data breach
November 29, 2018
British and Dutch data protection regulators Tuesday hit the ride-sharing company Uber with a total fine of $1,170,892 (~ 1.1 million) for failing to protect ...
- Symantec comes out in swinging in bitter legal battle over security bug audit conspiracy claims
November 29, 2018
Symantec says the biz that accused it of conspiring with others to avoid independent security audits is “less than honest” and driven by a “thirst ...
- 57 Million Personal Info Records Leaked by Unprotected ElasticSearch Server
November 28, 2018
An unprotected Elasticsearch server indexed by the Shodan IoT search engine on November 14 exposed a 73 GB database of 57 million US citizens’ records. The ...
- U.S Charges Two Iranian Hackers for SamSam Ransomware Attacks
November 28, 2018
The Department of Justice announced Wednesday charges against two Iranian nationals for their involvement in creating and deploying the notorious SamSam ransomware. The alleged hackers, Faramarz Shahi Savandi, ...
- New industrial espionage campaign leverages AutoCAD-based malware
November 28, 2018
Security researchers have spotted a somewhat unique malware distribution campaign that targets companies using AutoCAD-based malware. Discovered by cyber-security firm Forcepoint, which shared its findings with ZDNet ...
- Dell announces security breach
November 28, 2018
US-based hardware giant Dell announced today a security breach that took place earlier this month, on November 9. Dell says it detected an unauthorized intruder (or ...
- Pegasus Spyware Targets Investigative Journalists in Mexico
November 27, 2018
Colleagues of slain Javier Valdez Cárdenas, known for investigating drug cartels, were targeted just days after his death. The notorious state actor mobile spyware known as ...
- GreyEnergy APT Delivers Malware via Phishing Attacks and Multi-Stage Dropper
November 27, 2018
The highly complex backdoor malware payload designed by the GreyEnergy advanced persistent threat (APT) group is being dropped on targeted machines using the common phishing ...
- Backdoor in Popular JavaScript Library Set to Steal Cryptocurrency
November 27, 2018
A JavaScript library that scores over two million downloads every week has been injected with malicious code for stealing coins from a cryptocurrency wallet. The affected ...
- Threat Actor Uses DNS Redirects, DNSpionage RAT to Attack Government Targets
November 27, 2018
Cisco Talos discovered a new malware campaign targeting a commercial Lebanese airline company, as well as United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Lebanon government domains. According to ...
- Mobile Rotexy Malware Touts Ransomware, Banking Trojan Functions
November 26, 2018
A mobile malware has accelerated its activity in 2018, launching more than 70k attacks in August through October. Mobile malware, dubbed Rotexy, has evolved from being ...
- Germany proposes router security guidelines
November 26, 2018
The German government published at the start of the month an initial draft for rules on securing Small Office and Home Office (SOHO) routers. Published by ...
