Researchers have simulated a cyber attack on the maritime ports of the Asia-Pacific region and projected the cost of cyber attack to reach $110 billion in a worst-case scenario.
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Nicole Lindsey is a journalist and writer for more than 10 years, focusing on the intersection of technology, innovation and privacy. She has a background in information technology and has worked with various software companies and tech startups on their public relations and communications initiatives.
New report shows Chinese hackers engaging in cyber espionage by stealing SMS messages and phone records to track and monitor top diplomats and foreign leaders.
China recently passed an encryption law to regulate encryption in public and private sectors, and also set forth guidelines for how cryptography should be used to help safeguard national security.
Swedish police will be given powers to deploy spyware on devices of suspected criminals. The spyware could turn on cameras, microphones, and access encrypted chat logs or images stored on the device.
Google’s Acquisition of Fitbit may have privacy implications if they combine the health and fitness data with what they know about users from search and other Google services.
Credit card database of 1.3 million cards for sale on Joker’s Stash could be used to make online banking transactions or create cloned versions of the bank cards.
UniCredit suffered a recent data breach which exposed PII of nearly 3 million customers. The bank said there is no stolen banking account information that enables hackers to make unauthorized transactions.
The White House may be at risk of cyber attacks with the recent exodus of at least a dozen senior officials from the cyber security team and the removal of duties and security privileges of those remaining.
Largest cyber attack in Georgia's history resulted in massive web defacement that affected nearly 15,000 websites and forced nearly 2,000 websites to go offline on 28 October.
Facebook-owned WhatsApp is suing Israeli surveillance technology firm NSO Group. It alleged that NSO group exploited a WhatsApp hack to spy on more than 1,400 people in 20 countries.
