a major retail chain was targeted by cyber criminals in a well planned phishing attack that attempted to convince store staff to install rogue software on their computers. Cybersecurity programme manager Chris Hails refuses to name the chain involved, but told NBR ONLINE, “We were pleased they reported the issue... Read more
Monthly Archive: September 2013
The NSA Can’t Replace 90% of Its System Administrators
In the aftermath of Edward Snowden’s revelations about NSA’s domestic surveillance activities, the NSA has recently announced that they plan to get rid of 90% of their system administrators via software automation in order to “improve security.” So far, I’ve mostly seen this piece of news reported and commented on straightforwardly. But... Read more
Syrian hackers attack Melbourne IT reseller
Alter domain records for NY Times, Twitter. Hackers associated with the Syrian dictator Bashir al-Assad have once again succesfully attacked Western media, this time by altering the domain name registration records for sites such as Twitter and the New York Times. The Syrian Electronic Army also redirected the NYT website to a... Read more
