MCYSEKA-Maritime Cyber Security Knowledge Archive

Just as the switch to the new millennium caused havoc with computer systems a decade ago, the switch to the new decade has caused technology problems once again.

A report commissioned by one of the UK’s major business Internet service providers claims to show that 2010 will be the year of cloud computing, but that — whilst many SMEs are gearing up for the benefits of cloud facilities — few are also upgrading th…

Over 40% of executives don’t know how to stop compromised devices from polluting their networks, according to a poll conducted by Deloitte.

Online scammers are re-scamming Internet pharmaceutical customers with a new ploy: posing as government agents and extorting money from them, says the US Food and Drug Administration.

Vendors of encrypted USB drives are recalling their NIST-certified products and issuing security updates after a fundamental flaw was found in the way that information is accessed. The flaw enables attackers to access encrypted data without trying to t…

A Pennsylvania woman has been charged with identity theft and device fraud after forging driver’s licenses and selling them on to third parties.

Analysis published by Symantec claims to show that South Africa is set to become a cybercrime hub during the coming year, largely due to the introduction of new broadband internet capacity.

Nir Goldshlager, a security researcher and penetration tester with Israel’s Avnet, claims to have discovered a number of cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities with Twitter, the popular social networking portal.

Applications that blur the boundaries between online and offline software will be a primary hacker target this year, according to McAfee.

Van Morrison, the veteran rock star – now in his 60s – got a rude awakening to the world of IT security over the holiday when the newspapers and newswires were full of stories that he had become a father again.