NASA has admitted that it experienced more than 5,000 cyber security incidents which resulted in the installation of malicious software and the theft of “export-controlled” and otherwise sensitive data. In a published statement, Paul K. Martin, inspector general of NASA, said some of the breaches in 2010 and 2011 “may have been sponsored by foreign intelligence [...]
09 Nov 2011 |
Mobile Malware Increases By 273%As people would expect the increasing use of smart phones in the business world has heralded an influx in targeted malware tailored to smart phones. The first half of the year saw an increase of 273% compaired to last year. G Data, publisher of the statistics suggested that this rise translated into one new strain of malware discovered every 12 seconds. [...] 
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19 Sep 2011 |
Mitsubishi Missile Factory HackedMitsubishi Heavy Industries announced over a Japanese paper that 80 of their servers had been hacked with the intent to obtain data relating to submarines, missiles and nuclear power plants. At the moment it is understood that no sensitive information has been leaked. The Japanese government where not best pleased to find out about the breach via the local [...]
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16 Sep 2011 |
1.6 Million Patient Records Lost In A LandfillA undertaking has been taken out by the ICO recently against Eastern and Coastal Kent Primary Care Trust. It disclosed that 1.6 million records were lost in a landfill site. The records were being kept on a CD in a filing cabinet which is relatively safe, however while changing offices a miscommunication lead to the filing cabinet [...]
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14 Sep 2011 |
File Share Provider Hit With VirusBitTorrent’s sister company uTorrent was hacked yesterday meaning that within a certain time frame users of the site are under threat. Impressively the threat was identified and neutralized within a few hours. To eliminate the threat infected servers were taken offline till the issue was resolved, normal service has been resumed now. BitTorrent have not confirmed [...]
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