MCYSEKA-Maritime Cyber Security Knowledge Archive

Home computer users do not, in general, pay for security. They rely instead on free software offered with little or no support. This can cause problems when different free products conflict with each other.

The studio behind the Star Trek Online game had its user account database breached over a year ago, but is only reporting it now.

BT conducted a survey of over 2000 IT users and decision makers across 11 countries. The research, released during last week’s Infosecurity Europe show in London, showed that Western European organizations tend to take a more guarded approach to BYOD i…

Columbia University has notified 3,000 faculty members that their names, addresses, social security numbers, and bank account numbers were available on the internet for two years.

Genuine news sites publish information on events – these sites, say the Chinese authorities, promised not to publish information for a fee.

A software bug can often lead to a vulnerability that can be exploited with sophisticated exploit code. Or sometimes you can just instal a free add-on that lets you do the same thing with no effort.

In a joint exercise between between multiple law enforcement agencies, 36 websites associated with an e-commerce platform known as an automated vending cart (AVC) used to sell stolen credit cards were taken down on Wednesday.

A researcher has uncovered a backdoor in RuggedCom software used to control traffic and railroad systems that could enable a remote attacker to take control of the systems.

A hacker has posted source code for VMware’s ESX virtual machine on the internet, the company has confirmed.

Christopher Graham, the UK Information Commissioner, talks about his role as an information regulator and facilitator at Infosecurity Europe in London