MCYSEKA-Maritime Cyber Security Knowledge Archive

In this week’s information security news: Trojan eavesdrops on Skype; Snow Leopard only recognizes two Trojans; private messages are sent to wrong recipients; search warrants are needed for digital data; and more…

Google has patched two serious security holes in its Javascript and XML engines, according to a blog post on the Google Chrome website.

Google has patched two serious security holes in its Javascript and XML engines, according to a blog post on the Google Chrome website.

Posting your address and then updates about when you are going on holiday onto social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook is a gift to potential burglars, and a headache for insurers.

The American Civil Liberties Union has called on the UK foreign secretary to review the “lopsided” extradition treaty to prevent people like UFO hacker Gary McKinnon being “unfairly” removed from their home country to stand trial abroad.

PandaLabs has ranked the most dangerous computer threats in the form of viruses of the last 20 years, coinciding with Panda Security’s 20th anniversary.

The UK is to share fingerprint information with Canada and Australia, with the US and New Zealand to follow soon, the Home Office said today.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has admitted that it does not keep a running total of security breaches committed on its sensitive Customer Information System (CIS) database, prompting accusations that it is not taking adequate steps to prot…

As the fall-out in the Albert Gonzalez credit card hacking case – in which the card hacker was charged earlier this week with gaining unauthorized access to 130 million people’s card details from major merchants – continues, the Miami Herald has publis…

As the fall-out in the Albert Gonzalez credit card hacking case – in which the card hacker was charged earlier this week with gaining unauthorized access to 130 million people’s card details from major merchants – continues, the Miami Herald has publis…