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8 September 2009 | News
New US cyber security detection system raises privacy concerns
A new version of a computer intrusion detection system being developed by the United States Department of Homeland Security has raised concerns from advocacy groups over privacy and the involvement of the National Security Agency (NSA) in the development of the software. The new system, known as Einstein 3, can reportedly read email as well as its original function, to detect malicious software.
11 August 2009 | News
US cybersecurity guidlines under attack
A new set of guidelines on cybersecurity released by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the United States has fallen short of the protection needed for government systems, a cybersecurity analysis group has warned.
15 July 2009 | News
British army officer loses Blackberry in China
A senior Army officer lost his BlackBerry mobile phone while on holiday in China, sparking a security alert back in the UK.
13 July 2009 | News
US and Korean govts hit by cyber attacks
Cyber attacks assumed to be launched from North Korea disrupted United States and South Korean government and key private sector websites last week.
2 July 2009 | News
South Korea to bolster cyber defences
The government of South Korea has hatched plans to launch a cyberwarfare agency by 2012 in preparation for what it sees as a growing threat of attack from neighbouring North Korea.
2 July 2009 | News
UK launches cybersecurity agency
One month after the United States government announced that it was to appoint a ‘cyber czar’, the United Kingdom is following suit with the formation of a cybersecurity agency.
2 July 2009 | News
Michael Jackson's death triggers spam attacks
The death of pop legend Michael Jackson has triggered a swathe of attacks by internet fraudsters attempting to capture computer users’ email addresses to use for future spam campaigns.
10 June 2009 | News
Obama campaign guru: hackers to drive web evolution
Scott Goodstein, the architect of United States President Barack Obama’s online election campaign, told delegates at a conference today (Wednesday 10 June 2009) that hackers will drive the evolution of new media and the internet.
10 June 2009 | News
Expert calls for mobile workforce infosecurity strategy
Governments need to develop strategies to bolster cyber security as their workforces become more mobile, an information security expert has urged.
8 June 2009 | News
Social networks fueling phishing spat
Social engineering is the most effective hacking technique, according to information security experts. Social engineering is the act of manipulating people into divulging confidential information, and security professionals warn that social networks such as Twitter and Facebook are ideal conduits for the theft of sensitive information.
2 June 2009 | News
White House Cyber Czar announcement delayed
The announcement of the US Government’s first Cyber Czar has been delayed amid speculation that the newly created role has become embroiled in a political row.
28 May 2009 | News
Infosecurity chief contenders revealed
Melissa Hathaway, Rod Beckstrom and Paul Kurtz are the frontrunners in the race to be the US government’s first ‘Cyber Czar’. So tips Don Adams, the Palo Alto-based Chief Technology Officer, Worldwide, Public Sector for tech giant Tibco.
21 May 2009 | Feature
Know your enemy: a profile of a hacker
Hackers - who are they, and why do they do what they do? Alice Kok is given a glimpse into the murky underworld of cyber crime by one of the world’s most prolific hackers
20 May 2009 | News
Philippines govt to secure online transactions
Two government agencies in the Philippines have endorsed a proposed executive order to set up a system that will enable government offices to keep online transactions secure using “digital signatures”.
14 May 2009 | News
US school data breach affects 160,000
A data breach at University of California, Berkeley, exposed the data of more than 160,000 current and former UC Berkeley students and 3400 Mills College students.
12 May 2009 | News
Hackers breach US air traffic system
According to a government audit, hackers broke into the air traffic control computers of the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) several times in recent years.
12 May 2009 | News
China deploys secure computer operating system
China has installed a secure operating system on government and military computers, according to Washington Times.
6 May 2009 | News
Hacker infiltrates Obama's Twitter account
A hacker has claimed to have broken into the internal administration system of the popular social networking site Twitter, giving him access to the accounts of millions of users - including Barack Obama and Britney Spears.
5 May 2009 | News
LexisNexis data used by credit card fraudsters
LexisNexis—a popular searchable archive for content from newspapers, magazines, legal documents and other printed sources— has acknowledged that criminals have used its information retrieval service for more than three years to gather data to commit credit card fraud.
5 May 2009 | News
South Korea and US strike deal to fight cyber crime
South Korea and the United States have forged a tentative agreement to join forces in fighting cyber terrorism and securing their defence networks, the Defence Ministry in Seoul said.
4 May 2009 | Spotlight
Govt will not fight cyber security war alone
The Internet has transformed the way many advanced societies work, live and play. It has not only created new industries but also transformed the way traditional industries are operated. Along with the internet’s phenomenal growth and success have been a growth in computer-related crimes.
The range of criminal activity that the internet supports is vast ranging from commercial to consumer, to national security and public safety threats.
4 May 2009 | News
US cyber warfare policy under attack
A study by the National Research Council has criticised the United States government for lacking a comprehensive policy on how and when will engage in cyber warfare against other nations.
2 May 2009 | News
Adobe warns about PDF software vulnerabilities
Adobe Systems has acknowledged that all versions of its Acrobat and Adobe Reader, creators and readers of the popular PDF document format, contain two critical vulnerabilities.
30 April 2009 | News
Security fears slow e-complaint uptake for ICAC
Public concerns over internet security have made Hong Kong’s Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) reluctant to introduce an e-complaint system, the government body has revealed to Asian Security Review.
30 April 2009 | News
Phishers Hit Facebook with scam messages
Facebook users were hit yesterday (29th April 2009) with a phishing attack that tried to steal names and passwords from users of the popular social networking site.
29 April 2009 | News
Swine flu panic exploited by spammers
Spammers are exploiting the panic caused by the swine flu virus to install malicious code on unsuspecting victims’ computers, flood email inboxes with spam and lure people into clicking links that collect their email addresses.
29 April 2009 | News
Gmail worm unearthed in Vietnam
A Vietnamese security company has detected what it believes is a new worm that thwarts Google’s security protections in order to register new dummy Gmail accounts from which to send spam.
29 April 2009 | News
Botnet infects computers worldwide
One of the largest botnets ever to be discovered has infected 1.9 million computers around the world, including corporate and government machines, according to a security firm.
24 April 2009 | News
New email security solution unveiled
The offering aims at preventing lost email of a given network under its existing security infrastructure
22 April 2009 | News
Indonesia pushes for smart cards to curb fraud
A head of an Indonesian bank has urged the country’s financial services industry to migrate from magnetic strips to smart cards by the end of the year in a bid to combat credit card fraud.
22 April 2009 | News
Social engineering scams threaten web security: AVG
Between eight and 14 million web users in the US are exposed to social engineering scams such as hoax Facebook pages or rogue security applications that encourage surfers to download malicious software to their PCs, according to a report from security vendor AVG.
22 April 2009 | News
Indonesia: cyber attacks not yet a major threat
While the United States government begins a search for hackers to test its computer networks, Indonesia’s Defence Department has said that the threat of cyber attacks is not yet big enough to justify a similar initiative.
22 April 2009 | News
Security experts urged to unite to combat cyber crime
Call for the information security industry to join forces to combat the global cyber crime ecosystem
17 April 2009 | News
Data security of Singapore schools exposed
The data security of schools in Singapore came into question this week when an online community group Singapore Security Meetup Group (SSMG) went onto the web sites of various schools and came away with personal information, such as addresses and identity card and telephone numbers of staff and students.
16 April 2009 | News
Hong Kong tax office airs cloud security concerns
Hong Kong’s Inland Revenue has voiced concerns over the security of using cloud computing services to manage tax payer information.
15 April 2009 | News
Surge in cyber criminality in 2008: Symantec
Malicious activity online is continuing to grow at a frightening pace, according to a new report by internet security firm Symantec.
15 April 2009 | News
Hong Kong police staff up to fight cyber crime
Hong Kong police is tripling the number of officers dedicated to tackling cyber crime.
13 April 2009 | News
Canada develops new cyber security strategy
The government in Ottawa responds to repeated intrusions into the country’s critical computer networks
9 April 2009 | News
Cyber security programme called for in the Philippines
Government web sites in the Philippines are vulnerable to attacks and without a nationwide cybersecurity programme government cannot keep hackers at bay, says the National Computer Center (NCC), an agency under the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT).
9 April 2009 | News
Spammers exploit Italy earthquake
The earthquake that struck Italy on Monday (April 6th 2009) has been exploited by spammers to target recipients seeking news updates on quake that registered 6.3 on the Richter scale.
9 April 2009 | News
Asian govts unaware of serious data leaks: CA
Data losses are much more serious than governments in Asia are aware of an executive at Computer Associates has revealed to Asian Security Review.
1 April 2009 | News
World awaits Conficker worm attack
April Fool’s cyber security threat Conficker.c has failed to wreak havoc – yet – although a veteran hacker has warned Asian Security Review that the PC worm still has the potential to cause widespread damage.
31 March 2009 | News
PC worm to strike Singapore tomorrow
A government information security watchdog has issued a warning for companies and the general public to take precautions against a fast-mutating malicious computer program, which is poised to strike tomorrow (Wednesday April 1st).
30 March 2009 | News
Exposed: China cyber spy network
A Chinese cyber spy network has tapped into classified documents from government and private organisations in 103 countries, according to a report by a Canadian research group released on Sunday (29 March 2009).
26 March 2009 | News
USB drive with patient data missing
Sensitive data of 47 patients are on the lost personal USB flash drive of a Hong Kong public hospital doctor
25 March 2009 | News
Cyber crimes cost Vietnam US$1.76 billion in 2008
Many of the country’s businesses are lacking protection against cyber crimes.
18 March 2009 | News
Public sector data theft problem could get worse in Asia: Symantec
More than half of Americans who left their jobs in 2008 admit to stealing data from their employees – and eight per cent of them were from government agencies. The problem is at least as bad in Asia, but data theft goes unreported, according to the survey’s author, Symantec.
12 March 2009 | News
Using same password poses major security risk: Sophos
The tendency for internet users to use the same password for different web sites poses a major security risk to public and private sector organisations, according to a survey conducted by IT security firm Sophos.
12 March 2009 | News
ATM robberies prompt tech rethink in Thailand
Thailand has revamped more than 30,000 automated teller machines (ATMs) to prevent criminal gangs from stealing bank account information amid a spat of thefts in the South East Asian country.
10 March 2009 | News
Google fixes online document sharing bug
Some users of Google Docs, a free web-based word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, and form application, discovered over the weekend that their collaborators for some shared documents had disappeared.
10 March 2009 | News
Digital signatures address security issues in the Philippines
Philippine trade officials are set to submit a draft executive order (EO) that will introduce the use of digital signatures, a move slated to encourage e-commerce in the country by resolving security issues.
9 March 2009 | News
China moves to block information security threat
China’s top legislature has been debating how it can more effectively prevent its citizens’ personal information from being leaked and misused.
3 March 2009 | News
The UK - a database state?
Senior government officials in the UK have voiced their concern that their country is becoming a “database state”.
2 March 2009 | News
Joined-up approach for corporate security urged
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has urged companies to align more closely IT security with other corporate security functions, after conducting a study of 10 FTSE companies with the aim of discovering ‘what a 21st century security function looks like’.
26 February 2009 | Feature
Why you need to be malware aware
The number and diversity of viruses, worms and other nasty threats to information security is growing quickly. What - if anything - can be done to stop it, asks Alice Kok.
26 February 2009 | News
US government CIOs: security in federal systems has not improved
The number one concern for US government chief information officers (CIOs) is infosecurity - a problem that is not getting any easier to address - according to a recent TechAmerica survey.
25 February 2009 | News
Trojan horse attacks Facebook
Social networking giant Facebook has been attacked by a rogue application that bombards users with bogus notification messages.
19 February 2009 | News
Google “butterfly effect” error prompts wider security fears
A human error at search engine giant Google, which caused all of its web sites to be flagged as potentially containing dangerous viruses, has raised fears that similar incidences could occur at other large technology-based organisations.
10 February 2009 | Feature
ING Singapore: Fighting IT Security Risk on All Fronts
How one of the world’s most successful financial services firms reduces risk in its organization every day.
9 January 2009 | News
Debate over Apple's removal of security advice
Apple’s sudden move to withdraw a piece of antivirus advice from its support site has caused quite a stir in the digital world. Its long standing claims that Apple products are very unlikely to be affected by virus is the reason of such debate.
9 January 2009 | News
Attacks on critical cyber infrastructure predicted
A new report has revealed that critical infrastructure systems are likely to become prime targets for cyber criminals.
22 December 2008 | News
The year’s most dangerous malware comes from the Internet
Research has shown that in 2008, 50 per cent of the top 100 malware came from the internet which was accidentally downloaded by users surfing unknown or malicious websites.
22 December 2008 | News
US unprepared for cyber war
The United States has much to do if it wants to be ready for attacks against vital computer network systems, said government and industry leaders after participating in a two day “cyber war” simulation.
19 December 2008 | News
Police and telco team up to fight cyber crime in Australia
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) and telecommunications provider, Telstra are partnering up in efforts to better combat new technology-enabled crimes.
19 December 2008 | News
Philippines firms 'take information security lightly'
Companies in the Philippines are not taking serious steps in protecting their information as compared to their foreign counterparts, according to professionals.
18 December 2008 | News
Cyber terrorism may be the future security threat, says expert
Cyber terrorism is the future biggest security threat, says Ankit Fadia, a widely recognised computer security expert.
11 December 2008 | News
US leads the world in internet attacks
The United States has overtaken China as the country hosting the most web-based malware. And American computers now relay more spam than in any other country.
9 December 2008 | News
Companies expand alliance to advance information security
EMC and Microsoft Corp. are expanding their technology partnership to help companies better protect sensitive information and share it in a more secure manner. The companies will be working together with a built-in “systems” approach that helps protect information throughout the infrastructure based on content, context and identity.
5 December 2008 | News
US needs to step up on cyber security, according to report
Cyber security is now a major national security issue and “America’s failure to protect cyberspace is one of the most urgent national security problems facing the new administration”.
3 December 2008 | News
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13 November 2008 | Research
Cybercrime perceived as major business risk
A survey has found out that companies are taking a greater interest in protecting sensitive information and intellectual property from threats coming from the web.
9 October 2008 | News
USB stick containing massive prisoner data lost
Another data loss by UK’s public sector, and the data is not encrypted this time round
6 October 2008 | News
Homeland Security Department’s phone system hacked
A hacker who broke into a telephone system belonging to the Homeland Security Department racked up about $12,000 in international calls.
1 October 2008 | Deals
Motorola acquires AirDefense
Motorola has completed its total acquisition of wireless LAN security provider AirDefense.
30 August 2008 | Feature
Fear moves to documents
Inherent in the 21st century is a need to be secure and this genetic make-up of the global society does not leave out the area of electronic documents.
22 August 2008 | News
Thumb drives not big security concern
While not seeing thumb drive comprise that often, Bryan Sartin says partial insider such as vendors and contractors pose real danger to organisations’ networks.
6 August 2008 | Research
New threat found in VoIP
VoIP streams are encrypted to prevent eavesdropping. However, a team from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, US, has shown that simply measuring the size of packets without decoding them can identify whole words and phrases with a high rate of accuracy.
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