MCYSEKA-Maritime Cyber Security Knowledge Archive

The leader of an identity theft ring that stole more than 600 identities from US government employees and others has been sentenced to serve 12 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.

The latest revelations from the Snowden files, published by Glenn Greenwald’s new venture The Intercept, show that NSA thinking has followed the same arguments developed by cybercriminals: if you wish to control a large number of subjects (infected com…

While network time protocol (NTP) amplification attacks have been a threat for many years, a new DDoS surge is ringing alarm bells: in just one month, February 2014, the number of NTP amplification attacks increased 371.43%. The average peak DDoS attac…

More than a year ago, Kaspersky Labs analyzed dozens of modules used by Red October, an extremely sophisticated cyber-espionage operation that has been at work in dozens of high-profile targets. New analysis shows that one of its genetic progenitors is…

Essen, Germany-based secunet Security Networks, which specializes in protecting classified/sensitive information, gives a sneak peak at soon-to-be-available updates to the firm’s product line

The tragic and mysterious loss of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has spawned numerous dark theories, most centered around the discovery that two passengers were using stolen passports.

Penetration testing is a valuable part of any security audit. It applies a hacker mindframe to finding the vulnerabilities that hackers seek to exploit before they get to exploit them. But it suffers from two weaknesses: cost and timeframe. A third-par…

LockLizard, a leading provider of document digital rights management (DRM) systems, will be addressing the holy grail of document security with the launch of a new web-based DRM solution for viewing protected PDF files

London operates a congestion charge to reduce traffic in central London. The congestion charge is enforced by 1300 automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras operated by Traffic for London. Now the City of London is considering making feeds from…

There is a current scam campaign in the UK claiming that people are overdue in payment of a parking charge. An email apparently from the Ministry of Justice claims that photographic evidence of the offense is enclosed in an attachment. This, says the p…