Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi (right) and UK Minister of State for Security Dan Jarvis shake hands. — X/@MOIofficialGoPISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the United Kingdom have agreed to significantly expand bilateral cooperation across counterterrorism, counter-narcotics, cybercrimes and immigration following high-level delegation talks held at the Ministry of Interior in Islamabad.The agreement was reached during aa visit by...Read More
Editor’s note: this story was translated from the original VOA Korean article.Cybersecurity experts tell VOA that the recent North Korean hack of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange is particularly concerning because of the speed of both the attack, and how quickly the hackers moved the assets through financial networks.Michael Barnhart, lead nation-state threat researcher...Read More
Cybersecurity is still treated as a peripheral IT issue in many digital signage projects. However, a recent incident in Germany demonstrates how quickly what appears to be a minor security gap can become a serious business risk.According to information obtained by invidis, the digital signage system of a German franchisee of a well-known QSR chain...Read More
Market jitters, government policy moves and the looming shakeup in political leadership lit signal fires about the risks and economics surrounding enterprise technology this week. Investors sharply reassessed the value of companies tied to AI infrastructure, while businesses and policymakers debated how to strengthen cybersecurity cooperation and respond to increasingly disruptive attacks.The week’s security developments...Read More
Michigan State University is actively monitoring and investigating a potential cybersecurity threat, according to a campuswide email sent by MSU IT. MSU IT, its cybersecurity partners, law enforcement and the State of Michigan are working together to take the “appropriate steps” to protect the university, its information and the continued delivery of campus services, MSU...Read More
The volume of digital data within businesses is exploding, and digital evidence is now central to how enterprise organisations are reviewing fraud and misconduct cases. With remote working and the introduction of AI into business processes, enterprises now carry 4.31 times as many critical vulnerabilities as before AI-powered software development, while applications are built almost...Read More
A Saskatoon man has been extradited to the United States to stand trial on hacking charges.Ryan James Roach, a 35-year-old Saskatoon man, is accused of hacking into multiple supercomputers at educational institutions across the U.S. to install malware — hijacking the processing power from their heavy-duty hardware to mine an obscure cryptocurrency called Electroneum.Roach was...Read More
Cybastion and Cisco have launched a cybersecurity centre in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, to strengthen cyber defence capabilities and expand digital skills training across West and Central Africa. The Cisco Cybersecurity Center at Cybastion will combine cybersecurity operations, technology demonstrations and professional training. Managed and operated by Cybastion, the facility follows a partnership involving Cisco, Cybastion...Read More
THE United States has imposed sanctions on 45 individuals and companies linked to alleged international cyberscam operations in Cambodia and Madagascar, including a Malaysian accused of leading a fraud network targeting American victims. The US Treasury Department announced on Nov 5 that it had sanctioned four individuals and 41 companies associated with Cambodia-based Prince Group,...Read More
Censys scanned the open internet and found 1,465 live consoles of Artex, the Chinese-made AI penetration testing tool already tied to bank breaches in South Korea, sitting wide open with no login required. TechCrunch reported on November 6 that security researchers at Censys identified 1,465 hosts running an exposed Artex console as of November 4,...Read More
