MCYSEKA-Maritime Cyber Security Knowledge Archive

While the role of the CISO is increasingly recognized – usually reporting directly to the board and sometimes sitting on the board – the problems it faces is highlighted by a new Cryptzone survey: security policy doesn’t apply to senior management.

Two US lawmakers are asking the Justice Department to reopen its investigation into Google’s collection of data from unprotected WiFi networks for its Google Maps Street View project.

TheWikiBoat, a new hacking group that uses techniques and tools similar to Anonymous, but for the lulz rather than the principle, plans to launch its first major operation, #OpNewSon, today.

A group of Iranian students are saying that they stole personal information on researchers at the US space agency.

Boston Children’s Hospital admitted this week that 2,159 patients may have had their personal information compromised as the result of a lost laptop.

A surprising 60% of US and Canadian marketing executives are unaware that Canada has an anti-spam law that contains fines of up to $10 million per offense and applies to any firm that sends communications to or from Canada.

The US Senate’s Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee is warning that an Al Qaeda video calling for the “covert Mujahidin” to commit “electronic jihad” against the US demonstrates the urgency of enacting cybersecurity legislation.

The hacker group UGNazi was able to infiltrate the billing system database of WHMCS, a billing and customer support provider, and steal 500,000 client records, including credit card details.

Monday Mail Mayhem was this week launched by Anonymous starting with the Pirate Bay dump of a 1.7GB database stolen from the Department of Justice, and the release of the traditional Anonymous video announcement.

Blizzard Entertainment’s newly launched Diablo III video game was hacked within a few days of its launch, and servers in Europe were taken offline for four hours on Sunday.