MCYSEKA-Maritime Cyber Security Knowledge Archive

A cybercriminal gang appears to have resurrected the old pump and dump internet scam, this time adapted to use the power of a botnet.

The world’s second-largest seller of website addresses knowingly helped groups that sell counterfeit pharmaceuticals to US residents in violation of federal laws, a research report alleges.

Online ticket sales are hot targets for fraudsters, but research shows UK customers are buying only from sites that offer security assurances, says VeriSign.

The Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General testified before Congress yesterday and provided an update on US-CERT’s efforts to improve cybersecurity, while also identifying many key points where the department is still falling short.

M86 Security has come across active exploitation of a Skype ActiveX vulnerability that affects older versions of the popular VoIP service.

You wouldn’t normally classify digital printers as being a security risk but, according to Quentyn Taylor, director of information security with Canon, high-end multi-functional printers pose a serious security risk when they come to the end of their …

Twitter’s outages at the start of the week could be repeated in the next few weeks due to technical problems and increased traffic during the FIFA World Cup, the site has warned.

You wouldn’t class digital printers as being a security risk but, according to Quentyn Taylor, director of information security with Canon, high-end multi-functional printers pose a serious security risk when they come to the end of their working lifet…

Twitter’s outages at the start of the week could be repeated in the next few weeks due to technical problems and increased traffic during the FIFA World Cup, the site has warned.

Massachusetts-based managed file transfer (MFT) provider Ipswitch has acquired MessageWay Solutions in a bid to expand its offerings into high-value, sensitive file transfer services.