Issues: Cybersecurity
Resources to help you understand the dangers posed by, and mitigation measures that can be deployed against, cyber-security threats. This includes hackers working for bad state actors, as well as criminals.
- One hacker took things into his own hands and brought down North Korea's Internet after being dissatisfied with the US reaction to the Hermit Kingdom's assault on him. [web page]
- NSO Group, an Israeli monitoring firm, was accused by Apple of "flagrant" abuses of its software as well as breaking federal and state laws in the United States. [web page]
- Steal your data today, crack it ten years' time with advanced quantum tools. [web page]
- Microsoft has taken control of domains used by a Chinese hacking outfit, dealing a blow to the criminals behind sophisticated assaults on government agencies and other institutions. [web page]
- China keeping database of 2.4 million target foreigners. [web page]
- The cyberwar battlefield is looking terribly real, these days. [video]
- The SolarWinds hack is a new level of cyberwarfare. [web page]
- Through a weakness in third-party software, a hacker gains control of more than twenty Tesla cars. [web page]
- Chinese hackers were in on the SolarWinds attack, too. [web page]
- US power system attacked by foreign hackers. [web page]
- A.I's can write more convincing phishing e-mails than hackers, now. [web page]
- Entire US Federal computer system hacked by Russia and/or China. [web page]
- It's possible that 'Netwar' will be worse than Cyberwar. [web page]
- According to research, four out of every five NHS trusts have seen unprecedented levels of cyber intrusions in 2022 in the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. [web page]
- CPUs introduce a mighty morphing hacker defence. [web page]
- In the midst of Russia's war in Ukraine, hacktivists are causing havoc. [web page]
- Food-chain processing hacked in the USA. [video]
- Because electric vehicles may now be hacked through charging stations, security weaknesses put them at danger of cyber attacks. [web page]
- The Internet of Things is widening the threat of hacking. [web page]
- Experts warn that Chinese hackers are exploiting the 'completely weaponized' Log4shell software vulnerability, which is causing 'mayhem on the web' and presents a danger to all internet-connected devices across the globe. [web page]
- Russia most likely behind Pearl Harbour-scale cyber attack on USA. [web page]
- Remote storage takes a beating as My Book Live devices wiped by a suspected Trojan. [web page]
- The use of 'zero-click' hacks is becoming more popular. There isn't much that can be done to stop them. [web page]
- Alibaba's cloud-security team informed Apache's engineers of a major vulnerability and encouraged them to 'please speed up.' [web page]
- Russia is providing a safe haven for criminal computer hackers. [web page]
- Britain must enhance its cyber defences or face a digital strike similar to 9/11. [web page]
- Chinese hacking teams are now using a "very sophisticated" piece of malware called Daxin to attack government and critical infrastructure targets. [web page]
- Malware is now being concealed in Google Drive by the Russian hackers behind SolarWinds. [web page]
- Russian Evil Corp. cybercriminals now struggle to make a living... and that is a good thing. [web page]
- Pipelines have been falling victim to Chinese-backed cyber warfare activities for over a decade. [web page]
- JPMorgan is being sued by Ray-Ban for a $272 million cyber crime. [web page]
- How vulnerable is the Western world to the state-sponsored cyberattacks of North Korea? [web page]
- U.S. electrical grid under cyber-attack danger, says GAO. [web page]
- How many intentional backdoors are there hidden in your crypto- currency, which allow those with sys-admin privileges to confiscate your wealth? [web page]
- Lights Out: A Cyberattack, A Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath, by Ted Koppel [book]
- Chinese and Russian hackers disrupting Covid-19 vaccine roll-out. [web page]
- The UK's needs to ditch the Harry Palmer raincoats and embrace its inner cyber-geek to prosper. [web page]
- Hackers seize control of water treatment system to try to poison city. [web page]
- Oxford University Covid vaccine research hacked. [web page]
- The USA faces up to the new array of cybersecurity threats. [video]
- Zero-trust security models are taking off as a way to bolster cyber-security in the wake of multiple serious cyber attacks on the USA. [web page]
- Hackers versus new chip - hackers lose bigly. [web page]
- Vital fuel pipeline cut in USA by Russian criminal hackers. [web page]
