Information Security is the practice of preventing unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, inspection, recording or destruction of information. The information or data may take any form, e.g. electronic or physical.
Tag: Information Security
Bangkok CyberTech District heralded as “game-changer
Neighbourhood is set to provide a comprehensive ecosystem for both domestic and international start-ups
Chinese Head fired after crypto mining at school
A Chinese headmaster has been fired after secretly mining cryptocurrency using his school’s electricity supply.
Certified ISO 27001 Lead Implementer training event in Orlando, FL on 03-07 December
Secure your organization's sensitive information and improve the overall performance and effectiveness.
Stealthy Crypto-Mining malware evades detection
A coin-miner goes undetected by using Windows Installer as an evasion technique, says Trend Micro.
List of data breaches and cyber attacks in October 2018 – 44,701,278 records leaked
See the list of data breaches and cyber attacks in October 2018.
Girl Scouts alerted to possible data breach
Thousands of members of the Girl Scouts in California may have had their personal information stolen after one of its official email accounts was accessed by unauthorized third party.
6 cyber security scary stories for Halloween
We live in a scary world of cybercrime. In celebration of Cyber Security Awareness Month and Halloween (of course), we are sharing tales of security gone wrong.
Why intelligence services need access to your phone
We, as a society, have to decide what the balance is between giving our security intelligence and law enforcement agencies the tools they need and safeguarding the privacy and immunity from eavesdropping we crave.
Email still poses a cyber-threat, but there is hope
The total number of emails sent and received daily worldwide exceeds 281 billion and is forecast to grow to over 333 billion by 2022.
Millions of US voter records for sale
An estimated 35 million voter records from 19 states are up for sale on a dark web forum, in what may be an inside job ahead of the mid-terms.
Time to audit your Information Security Management System?
Do you have a Certified ISO 27001 Lead Auditor within your organization?
Alphabet shuts down Google+ after data leak it has known about since March is exposed
WSJ reports that Google decided not to disclose the leak earlier partly due to fears of regulatory scrutiny.