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The Australian government is increasingly concerned about the blurring of state and non-state activity, in particular that certain states have used third-party criminal groups to mask their cyber-based activity, a joint parliamentary committee has heard. Addressing an inquiry into Australia’s Read More …
Critical, top secret Apple code for the iPhone’s operating system was posted on Github, opening a new, dangerous avenue for hackers and jailbreakers to access the device, Motherboard reported. The code, known as “iBoot,” has since been pulled, but Apple may have Read More …
Two common methods of physical cybersecurity, air gapping and Faraday cages, have been found breachable in two papers released by researchers from Ben-Gurion University. Faraday cages are grounded cages made of electrically conductive material that can completely block electromagnetic fields and signals. Read More …
Security researchers have discovered a custom-built piece of malware that’s wreaking havoc in Asia for past several months and is capable of performing nasty tasks, like password stealing, bitcoin mining, and providing hackers complete remote access to compromised systems. Dubbed Operation Read More …
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson wants to develop a Bureau of Cyberspace and the Digital Economy, according to a letter from him to Edward Royce, the chair of the committee of foreign affairs. The bureau, as described in the letter, would Read More …
A security researcher, who last year demonstrated that X.509 certificate exchanges could carry malicious traffic, has now published his proof-of-concept code. Fidelis Cybersecurity’s Jason Reaves has disclosed a covert channel that uses fields in X.509 extensions to sneak data out Read More …
Artificial intelligence to form essential component of Infosecurity Middle East, ME3S, collocated forums AI has potential to transform national security technology, says US study Reed Exhibitions, the leading global event organiser, confirmed that in line with the UAE leadership’s vision, Read More …
There is as yet no indication of who is behind the massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on Netherlands banks and government websites that ran from last weekend to Tuesday. Initial reports suggesting a Russian connection appear baseless. The Read More …
When working with CEOs, I like to use a safety program within an organisation, running parallel with the cyber security program. In a number of industries, having a safety program is required but it’s a good idea for all companies Read More …
German antivirus testing firm AV-Test has identified 139 samples of malware that seem to be early attempts at exploiting the Meltdown and Spectre CPU bugs. “So far, the AV-Test Institute discovered 139 samples that appear to be related to recently reported Read More …