Cloud Based Security: Is it Right for your Company?
With all the stories currently making the rounds about NSA Hacking, the PRISM program, GCHQ setting up web cafes, Phine chargers that hack your phones and even Manchester City gettign hacked, you’d be forgiven for being a little sceptical as to why your comapny should move to the cloud.
Attacking Crypto Phones: Weaknesses in ZRTPCPP
In the wake of the recent NSA / Prism debacle, there has been a large push for secure, encrypted communications for the average user.
Britain ‘under attack’ in cyberspace
Britain is seeing about 70 sophisticated cyber espionage operations a month against government or industry networks, British intelligence has told the BBC.
Facebook and Twitter are hackers’ secret weapon as phishing attacks soar
In the realm of IT security, when organisations have their very business on the line, the instinct for most companies is to simply throw money and technology at the problem, upgrading technical systems at every opportunity to keep pace with emerging threats.
CNN’s Political Ticker Hacked, Fake Bitcoin Operator Story Published
CNN’s Political Ticker blog was hacked last week. The hacker published a bogus story entitled “Anonymous Bitcoin operator Btc-e.com goes out of business.”
US senators demand to know from Clapper extent and benefits of spy program
A group of 26 U.S. senators, cutting across party lines, are seeking “public answers” on whether the National Security Agency collected in bulk other data such as credit card purchases and financial information in the U.S. besides phone records.
Stronger laws urged to protect personal information
Tougher measures to ensure the security of personal information are needed, legal experts said, after police detained four people accused of illegally purchasing students’ family details and defrauding money from their parents.
[Video] Bruce Schneier on power and security
In this video, Bruce Schneier talks about trust. We all trust millions of people, organizations, and systems every day — and we do it so easily that we barely notice. But in any system of trust, there is an alternative, parasitic, strategy that involves abusing that trust.
Governments should focus on cyber security for critical infrastructure
Cyber security spending for critical infrastructure totalled US$41.76 billion globally in 2012, according to an ABI Research report.
DOD Readies Elements Crucial to Cyber Operations
Hard work by the administration, the services and the leadership at U.S. Cyber Command is putting in place elements crucial to defending U.S. and allied interests in cyberspace, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for cyber policy said in a recent interview.
