FBI believes device vendors won’t disable these protocols and warns companies to take preventive and protective measures. he Federal Bureau of Investigation sent an alert last week warning about the discovery of new network protocols that have been abused to launch large-scale distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. The alert Read more…
WASHINGTON — The Air Force is ensuring its mission essential cyber training goes on during the global COVID-19 pandemic but officials are also delaying some training related to the service’s networks. “When all this kicked off, we prioritized all of the mission essential courses that are supplying operators to the Read more…
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is warning that threat actors are actively exploiting a remote code execution vulnerability in F5’s BIG-IP network products that can allow attackers to exfiltrate data, access networks, carry out commands, create or delete files and disable services. ee Also: Gartner 2019 Magic Quadrant for Integrated Risk Read more…
With more people working remotely than ever, a new concern the public should be aware of is cyber security. Here are some tips to make sure you’re protecting your personal information while protecting yourself. Right now, because of the work turmoil over the COVID-19 effects, cyber hackers are attacking like Read more…
Albany County in the state of New York has been struck by two separate cyber-attacks in three weeks. A five-figure ransom in Bitcoin was paid by Albany County Airport Authority (ACAA) earlier this month after their servers became infected with ransomware on Christmas day. Airport CEO Philip Calderone said that the authority Read more…
New legislation developed by DCMS and the NCSC may help guarantee the security and privacy of users of consumer IoT devices Rigorous new legislation is set to protect the security and privacy of millions of users of internet of things (IoT) devices across the UK under plans drawn up by the Department Read more…
DDoS attacks are getting harder to identify, and they will most likely be found to originate in Indonesia or China, new research has shown According to Akamai Technologies’ Second Quarter 2013 State of the Internet Report, “Adversaries conducting DDoS attacks spend increasing effort to make their attacks look more and more Read more…
Iranian cyber attacks against the United States could be arriving soon, experts say. Cybersecurity experts warn that there is a risk of a state sponsored by the Iranian state cyber attack against the United States remains high. During the past week, there have been concerns that Iran may retaliate against the United Read more…
Saudi authorities detected a new destructive cyberattack suspected of coming from Iran on Dec. 29. On the same day the U.S. military struck targets controlled by Iranian-backed proxies in retaliation for a rocket attack that killed an American contractor the previous Friday. Officials in Riyadh, who nicknamed the malware “Dustman,” did not Read more…
Department of Homeland Security issues warning for potential cyber security attack Potential for major cyber attack on U.S. critical infrastructure now a real threat considering that Iran may retaliate with it’s cyber war force. CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) – The Department of Homeland Security issued a warning for a potential Read more…