Kali Linux Wireless Penetration Testing Beginner’s Guide

Kali Linux Wireless Penetration Testing Beginner’s Guide

Free eBook from Packt – Kali Linux Wireless Penetration Testing Beginner’s Guide – Third Edition Kali Linux Wireless Penetration Testing Beginner’s Guide – Third Edition presents wireless pentesting from the ground up, and has been updated with the latest methodologies, including full coverage of the KRACK attack. As wireless networks become ubiquitous in our lives, […]

Hurricane on the horizon: US government fears impending cyber attack

Hurricane on the horizon: US government fears impending cyber attack

A top government official has said that the threat of cyber attacks has left the U.S. in “crisis mode”. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen made the comments in an interview with Axios, where she compared the potential damage of a cyber attack to a Category 5 hurricane. She isn’t alone in her fears, with intelligence […]

Are you afraid of cyber attacks? Improve your cyber security!

Are you afraid of cyber attacks? Improve your cyber security!

Even though we are well into our second decade of widespread internet use, the term ‘cyber attack’ is still a relatively new and daunting one for many people. Many individuals and small businesses entrust their cybersecurity to off-the-shelf antivirus softwares, which can effective but certainly aren’t foolproof. When it comes to preventing cyber attacks, everyone […]

Russia behind global cyber attack: US and UK

Russia behind global cyber attack: US and UK

Washington and London have detailed how Russian-backed hackers have been compromising network devices around the world since 2015. The announcement has come amid heightened tensions between the two countries and Russia. The US and Britain warned on Monday of a Russian government-sponsored cyber attack against internet network infrastructure around the world. Britain’s National Cyber Security […]

Britain blames Russia for global ‘notPetya’ cyberattack

Britain blames Russia for global ‘notPetya’ cyberattack

The British government is blaming Russia for the massive “notPetya” malware attack that infected machines all over the world last June.  A statement issued by the government Thursday states that the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre concluded that Moscow’s military was “almost certainly” responsible for the cyberattack, which first broke out in Ukraine and then […]

Internet separation on public healthcare computers could have disrupted cyber attack: DPM Teo Chee Hean, Politics News & Top Stories

Internet separation on public healthcare computers could have disrupted cyber attack: DPM Teo Chee Hean, Politics News & Top Stories

SINGAPORE – Internet surfing separation could and should have been implemented for computers in the public healthcare sector, just as it had been done for the public sector, said Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean in the wake of the cyber attack on SingHealth, Singapore’s largest group of healthcare institutions.  This would have gone some […]

Prime Minister among 1.5m patients in Singapore health cyberattack

Prime Minister among 1.5m patients in Singapore health cyberattack

A major cyberattack on Singapore’s government health database stole the personal information of about 1.5 million people, including Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, the government said on Friday. The attack, which the government called “the most serious breach of personal data” that the country has experienced, comes as the highly wired and digitalised state has […]

Tata Communications launches state-of-the-art Cyber Security Response Centre in Chennai

Tata Communications launches state-of-the-art Cyber Security Response Centre in Chennai

Tata Communications has unveiled a new, state-of-the-art Cyber Security Response Centre (CSRC) in Chennai. It was jointly inaugurated by Ms. Rama Vedashree, CEO, Data Security Council of India and Mr. Srinivasan CR, Chief Digital Officer at Tata Communications. The Cyber Security Response Centre will act as an experiential showcase for Tata Communications’ Managed Security Services. […]

Cyberthreat warnings ‘blinking red,’ says top U.S. intelligence official

Cyberthreat warnings ‘blinking red,’ says top U.S. intelligence official

Warning lights about cybethreats to U.S. national security are “blinking red” and the digital attempts to undermine America are occurring daily, not just at election time, the nation’s top intelligence official said Friday. Russia has been the most aggressive foreign actor, but cybethreats also are coming from China, Iran and North Korea as well as […]