MCYSEKA-Maritime Cyber Security Knowledge Archive

Ever since the extent of government surveillance of the internet became known through the Snowden leaks, public and commercial interest in virtual private networks (VPNs) to both bypass internet blockades and provide user privacy has escalated.

Last summer an FOI request showed that the FBI had abandoned an investigation into TSChan, allegedly a child pornography site on the Darknet, since “because everyone… connected to the TOR Network is anonymous, there is not currently a way to trace th…

Legions of vendor reports have highlighted the sheer pervasiveness of Android malware: that there are now 1 million samples in the wild; and that 99% of all mobile malware is Android-related. Google however says that the actual threat has been vastly o…

Adobe has been hacked. Source code for numerous Adobe products including Acrobat and ColdFusion has been stolen. Customer IDs and passwords have been accessed; and card details for 2.9 million customers stolen.

When it comes to industrial systems, manufacturers believe they’re doing well in terms of cybersecurity, even as data breaches are actually increasing. In an era of increasing cyber-espionage by state-sponsored attackers, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) s…

On Monday of this week it was reported that listening devices had been found in the former Nortel campus – due to be occupied by the Canadian Department of National Defence (DND). DND has since denied this; but the accusation remains.

On Tuesday this week Infosecurity reported that Yahoo had offered the equivalent of $12.50 (being a voucher redeemable in the company shop) as a reward for responsibly disclosed vulnerabilities. Launch of a new Yahoo reward program has now been rushed …

Silk Road is perhaps the most infamous illicit marketplace on the hidden (dark) web. It has been seized and shutdown by the feds; and its owner, allegedly Ross William Ulbricht (aka Dread Pirate Roberts), has been arrested.

Cybersecurity training programs at colleges and universities across the United States are being required to apply new curriculum standards established by the National Security Agency and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

A mobile phishing page is popping up that mimics the official Facebook mobile login page. In and of itself this is not a new gambit—but this particular phish looks to steal more than login credentials.