MCYSEKA-Maritime Cyber Security Knowledge Archive

Commtouch has detected a series of recent attacks that contain emails promising great Groupon “deals”, but deliver malware instead.

The Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act is used by public bodies, including the police, to obtain phone and text information on customers from telecoms companies. It was originally designed to help combat terrorism and serious crime.

MIT’s Technology Review says that Apple’s iPhone and iTab security has improved to the extent that, if used correctly, it can prove unbreakable even to law enforcement.

The Citadel trojan is best known for its recent delivery of the Reveton ransomware. Now Trusteer has discovered a Citadel-based man-in-the-browser (MitB) attack aimed against VPN-using employees at a major international airport.

Oracle is warning customers about a privilege escalation vulnerability in its Oracle Database Server that could enable an attacker to gain control of the affected server.

Defense contractor MacAuley-Brown (MacB) has won a multimillion dollar contract to provide cybersecurity to the US Air Force (USAF).

Christopher Mark Doyon, AKA Commander X, is the voice of the Peoples Liberation Front, and a high-profile and respected voice within Anonymous. He has now publicly debunked the idea of Anonymous 2.

Christopher Schroebel, a 21-year-old Maryland man, was arrested for credit card theft in November 2011. He pled guilty in June. Dutch national David Benjamin Schrooten, known as ‘Fortezza’ and ‘Xakep’, was extradited from Romania on associated charges …

Bloomberg has agreed to pay the Economist Group, owner of CQ, an unspecified amount of money in damages because Bloomberg employees, who were formerly employed by CQ, accessed the publication’s information using their old log-ins and passwords.

The FBI is warning about an increase in “drive-by” Reveton malware disguised as a message from law enforcement; it locks the computer and tries to extort money from the victim.