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  • When Cybersecurity Meets Physical Security

    January 13, 2017

    In a recent interview with CNN, the Director of the Secret Service noted that his organization is increasingly focusing on the cyber security of the physical facilities visited by the President of the United States as part of its duty to protect him. This raises the fascinating question of just how much cybersecurity will become ...

  • Rudy Giuliani to lead Trump’s cybersecurity team

    January 12, 2017

    Mr Giuliani, once a leading contender for secretary of state, said Mr Trump would meet the team on a regular basis. He was selected because of his private sector cybersecurity expertise, a Trump transition team statement said. Mr Trump has said he plans to create a cybersecurity team within his first 90 days in office. Mr Giuliani’s appointment ...

  • Stolen NSA “Windows Hacking Tools” Now Up For Sale!

    January 10, 2017

    The Shadow Brokers who previously stole and leaked a portion of the NSA hacking tools and exploits is back with a Bang! The hacking group is now selling another package of hacking tools, “Equation Group Windows Warez,” which includes Windows exploits and antivirus bypass tools, stolen from the NSA-linked hacking unit, The Equation Group. For those unfamiliar ...

  • UK to review its cybersecurity after US election hacks

    January 9, 2017

    God save the queen’s emails. The United Kingdom wants to make sure it can’t be hit with a cyberattack like the one that affected the US 2016 presidential election. On Monday, Britain’s Joint Committee on National Security Strategy announced that it’s reviewing the nation’s cybersecurity. “The national security implications of the leap to cyber are a matter ...

  • National Guard expects expanded role in cybersecurity

    January 6, 2017

    The National Guard’s role in cybersecurity began in 1999 thanks to the uncertainty created by Y2K. With concerns of potential computer chaos looming when dates on systems turned over to 2000, the National Guard was given a new force structure called a computer network defense team. Renamed Defensive Cyber Operations Elements, the eight-to 10-person teams are ...

  • Hacker claims to have hacked the FBI, but it wasn’t

    January 5, 2017

    A hacker yesterday claimed to have hacked the FBI’s website running on Plone CMS, but it seems it wasn’t hacked using any zero-day vulnerability in Plone. We contacted Plone security team and updated this story (see below) with official statements.A hacker, using Twitter handle CyberZeist, has claimed to have hacked the FBI’s website (fbi.gov) and ...

  • Cyber security chief honoured for taming hi-tech threats

    January 4, 2017

    A leader in the field of cyber security who spent 28 years in the RAF and protected the White House has been named in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list. Group captain Andrew Gudgeon, who works at Nationwide, was awarded an OBE for his work strengthening and protecting the UK and US’s cyber security, The 51-year-old, who ...

  • Czechs build new cyber-security HQ

    January 3, 2017

    The Czech National Security Authority (NSA) is establishing a new headquarters for its National Cyber-Security Centre (NCSC) and plans to significantly increase the centre’s workforce. The plan was unveiled late last year (2016) by Martin Ayrer, a spokesperson for the government of Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka. “The government has approved the proposal to develop the capacity of ...

  • Army social media psyops bods struggling to attract fresh blood

    January 3, 2017

    Army social media psyops unit 77 Brigade is struggling to reel in new government cyber-warriors in spite of a recruitment publicity blitz last year, according to the Ministry of Defence. The “brigade” – in reality a unit slightly smaller than an infantry battalion, with a target manning strength of 448 people – is under strength by ...