MCYSEKA-Maritime Cyber Security Knowledge Archive

The US Department of Justice said in court documents that the Google Apps for Government cloud-based IT suite was not certified under the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), despite claims by Google that it was.

Sony Computer Entertainment America has settled its PS3-related legal spat with the infamous code cracker George Hotz. Also known as Geohot, Hotz is well known for being the first person to jailbreak the Apple iPhone in his mid-teens.

Barracuda Networks has become the latest IT security vendor to be hit by an SQL injection attack, but the company has moved swiftly to mitigate the fallout from the attack, as well as confirming that all active passwords for applications remain secure.

It looks like cybercriminals have moved their ATM skimming game to its logical conclusion and developed wireless plus miniaturised cash machine add-ons that are indistinguishable from the real thing.

The medical history of 31 children and their mothers was lost by NHS Liverpool Community Health during a premises move in October last year.

The first Apple iPhone keylogging ‘utility’ has reportedly arrived in the security industry. Ostensibly for legitimate use, iKeyGuard is also being discussed as potential darkware.

South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) has launched a probe into a data breach at Hyundai Capital that affected 420,000 of its customers.

CIOs will need to rethink their IT governance policies as employees turn to social media tools to collaborate at work, according to research from analyst group Gartner.

Trend Micro claims to have identified a new type of cloud service that allows a variety of crimeware exploits – botnets, Javascript vulns and PDF exploits to mention but a few – to be rented from the cloud for around $30.00 a day.

Botnets – swarms of infected PCs controlled by a command-and-control server(s) – are becoming big business for cybercriminals and now security researcher Brian Krebs has detailed how crimeware professionals are now renting out sub-swarms for cash.