MCYSEKA-Maritime Cyber Security Knowledge Archive

A survey conducted among IT professionals and hackers at last month’s DEF CON reveals concerns over cloud vendor security, and an opportunity for hackers.

Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust lost a CD containing the unencrypted records of 112 patients from the intensive care unit of New Cross Hospital’s heart and lung unit, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found.

Endpoint security provider LANDesk has announced plans to be purchased from its parent company by Thoma Bravo, a private equity firm.

Lost passwords are the biggest headache for IT helpdesks, according to a survey by Diskeeper and research firm Vanson Bourne.

Zurich Insurance UK has been fined £2.275m by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for not having the controls to prevent the loss of confidential personal data of 46 000 customers.

Reports are coming in that a Spanair plane crash in 2008, in which 154 people died, may have been caused by trojans and similar malware. If true, this could be one of the first links to malware causing a major loss of life.

Reports are coming in that a Spanair plane crash in 2008, in which 154 people died, may have been caused by trojans and similar malware. If true, this could be one of the first links to malware causing a major loss of life.

In a move that will have iPhone owners more than a little concerned, Apple has reportedly applied for a patent on a technology designed to identify when an iPhone smartphone has been jailbroken.

Research carried out by the Georgia Institute of Technology has confirmed what many IT security professionals have suspected for some time – that eight character passwords are no longer enough to keep the serious hackers at bay.

Earlier this week, Federal authorities announced they would not be prosecuting administrators of the Lower Merion School District over its highly publicized webcam spying incidents. The district’s legal troubles, however, are likely not over.