Month: June 2017

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You should probably reset your password, says GDS                                    By Rebecca Hill 29 Jun 2017   Users of the UK government’s data dashboard have been asked to change their passwords after their information was made public.   According to an email seen by The Register, a file containing the… Continue reading UK.gov leaves data dashboard users’ details on publicly accessible site

News Wire Feed Light Reading  6/29/2017     SHANGHAI — At the Mobile World Congress in Shanghai, network signalling security experts Evolved Intelligence warned that operators racing to deploy 5G services in time for the Winter Olympic games in 2018 were in danger of forgetting the security lessons of the past. Co-Founder and Commercial Director… Continue reading Evolved Intelligence Highlights 5G Security Concerns

By Ryan Johnston June 29, 2017   Microsoft announced a new feature dedicated to fending off ransomware via its Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16232 on Wednesday.   The newly revealed tool, known as Controlled Folder Access, is designed to assist the user in data protection from a variety of different computer viruses, especially ransomware, said Dona… Continue reading Microsoft unveils specialized anti-ransomware tool for next update

By Kevin Townsend on June 29, 2017 There is a pressing need for technical assurance standards for industrial control systems (ICS). This is the conclusion and recommendation of a new paper from CREST (a leading UK accreditation body), and is supported by the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). That need just got stronger if,… Continue reading Group Pushes For Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Security Testing Standards

The IT world is doomed with yet another strain of ransomware – Petya gushing out to knock down businesses with a loud uproar in UK, France, Europe, India and Ukraine Europe. The IT security experts are to have an extra pair of eyes to work on commendable security measures to stay ahead of such new… Continue reading Petya Ransomware – The latest rival Uncovered

Royal Navy £3.5bn carrier appears to be running Windows XP, the operating system targeted in NHS ransomware attack   Now, this one really tickled me pink…I know that we have austerity programs here in the UK…but really…was it necessary to skimp on the OS…LOL     “Britain’s new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, which has… Continue reading HMS Queen Elizabeth could be vulnerable to cyber-attack

28th June 2017  By Sead Fadilpašić                                             VMWare is finally going to release its security solution for virtual machines, and according to the company’s senior VP, it could be released in the third quarter of this year.   Speaking at a global roadshow in Melbourne, Australia, Jeff… Continue reading VMware will release security solution for virtual machines

28th June 2017   By Muhammad Jarir Kanji   People expect their anti-virus to protect them from malware and exploits but sometimes, even these products have their own vulnerabilities. Leandro Barragan and Maximiliano Vidal, researchers at network security firm Core Security, have found a number of possible exploits in the Web Management Console for Kaspersky’s Anti-virus… Continue reading Multiple vulnerabilities found in Kaspersky Lab’s Anti-Virus for Linux File Server

Catches up with https everywhere memo                                          By John Leyden 28 Jun 2017   UK-based hosting and domains provider firm 123-reg has fixed an issue that meant access to some customers’ databases ran over an unsecured link, creating a privacy risk in the… Continue reading 123-reg resolves secure database access snafu