MCYSEKA-Maritime Cyber Security Knowledge Archive

Only 34% of companies are strongly confident about quantifying the potential financial impact of a data breach, according to a report by security firm McAfee.

Nearly all of the successful phishing attacks against US banks exploit compromised infrastructure, according to data compiled by email security firm Agari.

While the UK is becoming increasingly better connected, trust in those connections is declining.

A new botnet is nearing completion and is being offered for sale on the hacking underground at $8000.

The ongoing cyberwar between India and Bangladesh has escalated with Teamgreyhat, in support of “our Indian brothers”, moving from commercial to economic targets.

Greg Schaffer is leaving his post as head of the US Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Cybersecurity and Communications, marking the sixth high-ranking cyber official to leave the agency since June 2011.

Guido Fawkes in the UK is the pseudonym of an award-winning anti-establishment blog operated by Paul Staines. In the US it is a name associated with a Twitter account handed over to law enforcement. Around the world is has become associated with the An…

Ryan Harris, known as the cable modem hacker, was convicted on seven counts of wire fraud by a federal court in Boston for helping users steal internet access that cost cable companies $1 million in lost revenues.

Cybersecurity threats will overtake terrorism as the top US national security concern, FBI Director Robert Mueller told the RSA Conference on Thursday.

Three-fourths of information security professionals lack confidence in their ability to address cybersecurity threats, according to a survey by LogRhythm.