- Wikileaks releases thousands of hacked Macron campaign emails
July 31, 2017
More than 20,000 emails from Emmanuel Macron’s presidential campaign have been published by Wikileaks. The whistleblowing website released the trove of leaked emails on Monday as a searchable archive. It comes almost three months after the Macron campaign was hacked on the eve of his election. Wikileaks, best known for publishing huge stores of US spy agency records, ...
- India vulnerable to cyber crime, must upgrade defence: Study
July 31, 2017
NEW DELHI: Demonetisation and the subsequent push for digitisation has escalated risks relating to cyber crime and India needs to urgently upgrade its defences by setting up a cyber security commission on the lines of the Atomic Energy and Space Commissions, according to an IIT Kanpur study shared with Parliament‘s committee on finance. Noting that the ...
- Delays at Australian airports as security bolstered after alleged terror plot
July 31, 2017
Travellers have been warned to arrive two hours earlier because of “additional scrutiny” and security experts say the arrangements will likely be in place for the foreseeable future. “What people can expect to see is an increased police and security agency presence,” Federal Police Commissioner Andrew Colvin said in Sydney on Sunday. “You can expect longer delays ...
- German nightclub shooting: Two dead in Constance
July 30, 2017
A gunman has been shot dead by German police after opening fire at a nightclub in the city of Constance. One person was killed and three seriously injured in the attack at about 04:30 (02:30 GMT) on Sunday. The shooter targeted the Grey club in an industrial part of the city, on Max-Stromeyer-Strasse. Police have ruled out a ...
- Sydney terror raids ‘disrupted’ plot to bring down plane, Malcolm Turnbull says
July 30, 2017
Authorities in Sydney have seized material that could be used to make an improvised bomb, as investigations continue into an alleged terror plot to bring down a plane. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull this morning confirmed raids carried out in Sydney yesterday “disrupted” what appeared to be an “elaborate” conspiracy, and said extra security was in place ...
- Hackers descend on Las Vegas to expose voting machine flaws
July 30, 2017
Election officials and voting machine manufacturers insist that the rites of American democracy are safe from hackers. But people like Carten Schurman need just a few minutes to raise doubts about that claim. Schurman, a professor of computer science at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, used a laptop’s Wi-Fi connection Friday to gain access to ...
- Barakah cybersecurity meets global standards, says ENEC chief
July 29, 2017
Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) is working to make sure that the UAE’s first nuclear power plant can withstand threats to its cybersecurity. Mohammed Al Hammadi, ENEC chief executive officer, said that the company is committed to meeting the highest standards when it comes to cybersecurity, adding that Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant is compliant with the cybersecurity regulations that have been ...
- Migrant crisis: Italy backs force to police Libya shore
July 28, 2017
Italy’s cabinet has backed sending a mission to Libya to try to stem the influx of migrants. The mission would help Libya “reinforce their capacity to control their borders and national territory”, said Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni. It would reportedly comprise ships, planes and at least 700 sailors. Mr Gentiloni claimed it had been requested by Libya, but ...
- Hackers scour voting machines for election bugs
July 28, 2017
Hackers attending this weekend’s Def Con hacking convention in Las Vegas were invited to break into voting machines and voter databases in a bid to uncover vulnerabilities that could be exploited to sway election results. The 25-year-old conference’s first “hacker voting village” opened on Friday as part of an effort to raise awareness about the threat ...
- More than 50 injured in train crash at Barcelona’s Estacio de Franca
July 28, 2017
At least 54 people have been injured, one seriously, after a commuter train ploughed into the buffers at a station in Barcelona. The force of the crash at the Estacio de Franca in the north of the city crumpled the front of the carriage and tore off a sheet of metal. Emergency services said 51 of the ...
- Virgin America Hacked, Employee Passwords and Personal Information Compromised
July 28, 2017
Virgin America has confirmed in a letter sent to employees that its network was compromised by hackers, with data belonging to thousands of workers compromised and possibly stolen by the attackers. While an investigation is already under way, the airline did not provide any specifics about the hackers, saying instead that it’s working with law enforcement ...
- Congress asks U.S. agencies for Kaspersky Lab cyber documents
July 28, 2017
A U.S. congressional panel this week asked 22 government agencies to share documents on Moscow-based cyber firm Kaspersky Lab, saying its products could be used to carry out “nefarious activities against the United States,” according to letters seen by Reuters. The requests made on Thursday by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and ...
- Elaine Duke to become new acting DHS secretary
July 28, 2017
With the announcement on Friday that Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly would be taking over from Reince Priebus as the White House chief of staff, a vacancy was left at the top of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). According to the leadership structure of the DHS, the new acting Secretary of Homeland Security is Elaine ...
- BRICS NSAs meet to discuss cooperation in counter-terrorism
July 28, 2017
India’s National Security Adviser Ajit Dovalalong with top security officials of the BRICS countries held their annual security dialogue here on Friday to discuss ways to enhance cooperation in counter-terrorism, cyber and energy security. The meeting of NSAs from BRICS — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — is hosted by China’s State Councillor Yang Jiechi. Doval and Yang, who ...
- Swedish PM Lofven drops two ministers over IT crisis
July 27, 2017
Sweden’s Prime Minister, Stefan Lofven, says his minority government will not resign despite a security crisis over the handling of sensitive public data. He said two ministers would leave their posts, rejecting calls for a snap election. Citing Brexit and security he said “I won’t put Sweden in political crisis.” Meanwhile, the main opposition bloc said a vote ...
