SINGAPORE: Seven priority and nine additional recommendations have been put forward by the Committee of Inquiry (COI) investigating the SingHealth cyberattack as a “necessary and vital first step” to combat cybersecurity threats, it said in the public version of its report on Thursday (Jan 10). The recommendations relate to five…
It has been turned out that 30 computers installed on the internal system of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration, in charge of arms procurement such as next-generation fighter jets, have come under simultaneous virtual attacks and 10 out of them saw internal data leaked. As cyberattacks have continued on major…
Two former government cyber officials are working on a new way for industry to measure whether the Trump administration’s surge in offensive hacking operations is successfully deterring U.S. cyber adversaries or just egging them on. Jason Healey, a White House cyber official during the Bush administration, and Neil Jenkins, an Obama…
While all attention was on the social media circus that played out before US Congress throughout the latter part of 2018, another meeting – one of potentially greater significance – took place between the tech giants and members of the Indian government. Held behind closed doors in December, representatives of…
SINGAPORE: A potent mix of pre-existing system vulnerabilities, staff lapses and extremely skilled hackers led to the cyberattack on SingHealth’s patient database last year, said a report from the Committee of Inquiry (COI) into the breach. The voluminous 424-page public version of the report was released on Thursday (Jan 10)….
Late last year, the Federal government announced its plans to take all government services online by 2025. The digital transformation will see end-to-end services underpinned by a myGovID that will merge all existing government logins, giving you the ability to do everything online. But with the Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) recently revealing the…
The Trump administration has launched a public awareness campaign for the U.S. private sector, urging businesses to better defend themselves against online attackers who may be trying to steal their sensitive data or wage supply chain attacks. The effort, being run by the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, aims to…
The government is hunting for the hacker or hackers who stole massive amounts of personal information from political leaders and celebrities — and the German media is, of course, following every step. Interior Minister Horst Seehofer met with the heads of the data security and federal criminal police offices on Monday, but there…
Podcasts are amongst of the easiest and most expedient means to find out the most up-to-date information and news. Cybersecurity podcasts did not have an exacting influence on the flourish of podcast fame as a whole. However, there exist a plethora of great shows that merit being the cybersecurity podcasts…
BEIJING/WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) – The United States and China will continue trade talks in Beijing for an unscheduled third day, U.S. officials said on Tuesday amid signs of progress on issues including purchases of U.S. farm and energy commodities and increased access to China’s markets. People familiar with the…
The original Zero Trust model was conceived by Forrester, and leveraged by Google as part of their BeyondCorp initiative. Gartner has their framework called Continuous Adaptive Risk and Trust Assessment (aka. CARTA). These trust-centric approaches shift access decisions based on network topology to authorized users and devices. The first step…
We think of hacking as bending technology to our will. But some systems are biological, and we’re also starting to see more hacking in that area. This should excite science fiction fans used to with reading about cultures that work with biological tech, so maybe we’ll get there in the…
A 20-year-old student has allegedly confessed to hacking and then publishing private data relating to more than 1,000 German politicians and journalists. The hack first came to light in December when the hacker, using the name G0d, started publishing data, including photos, phone numbers, correspondence and credit card data on…
The National Counterintelligence and Security Center this week launched a campaign to alert the public to growing threats posed by hackers from China, Russia and other foreign adversaries. The center, part of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, says private-sector companies need to be vigilant against the growing danger…
McAfee Survey Finds Gamers Take Their Cybersecurity Seriously, However Actions Don’t Map Back to Concerns ADDITIONAL NEWS HIGHLIGHTS: Three-quarters of gamers worry about the security of gaming in the future. Fifty-five percent of gamers reuse passwords across accounts for online services. The average gamer has experienced almost five cyberattacks. SANTA…
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross predicted on Monday that Beijing and Washington could reach a trade deal that “we can live with” as dozens of officials from the world’s two largest economies resumed talks in a bid to end their trade dispute. Ross told CNBC the immediate…
Consultants Trend Micro predict the biggest upcoming technology trends expected to have an impact on security. A special summary of these predictions have been provided to Digital Journal readers. Under the heading consumer, Trend Micro predict that the growing use of smart home technology will be a target for cybercriminals…
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Australians got scary texts, emails and phone calls from a trusted emergency warning service late last week after a hacker broke into its systems and used it to send fake messages.
The app is accused of being a “location data company powered by weather” and profiting from users’ data without being upfront about it.
