Korean Register (KR) has granted its first cyber security type-approval certificate to a new smart shipping integrated communication system. The cyber security type-approval certificate has been awarded to Hyundai Electrics for its Hyundai Integrated Smart Communication System (Hyundai-ISCS), aimed at providing comprehensive cyber security protection for next-generation vessels. KR’s cyber security type-approval is based on international standards such as IEC 62443 4-2 and IEC 61162-460. U...
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The annual congress, from Oct. 23 to 25, will be held in Zhengzhou, provincial capital of central China's Henan. It will discuss information security challenges in the "big data" era and explore solutions, according to the federation....
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The international cybersecurity market is not working as it should, with demand for important info sharing schemes, risk reviews accreditations and the like still too low, according to the head of GCHQ. Speaking at the IA15 conference in London yesterday—organized by the spy agency’s infosecurity arm, CESG—Robert Hannigan argued that it’s time to “take a hard look” at the free market. There’s been good progress since this time last year, when GCHQ set ou...
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Cyber Command has called off a sweeping solicitation that would have outsourced support for cyberspying and network attacks against foreigners, as well as the defense of military networks....
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A cyber-espionage group has been weaponizing presumably secure USB drives to target air-gapped critical systems. The Tick group, discovered by researchers at Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, reportedly targets organizations from Japan and South Korea with custom malware, including Minzen, Datper, Nioupale (aka Daserf), and HomamDownloader. Though the type of USB drive compromised in the attack was supposed to be certified as secure by the South Korean ITSCC, the Tick group loaded malicious files onto...
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Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Chicago have unveiled a password meter that offers real-time feedback and advice to help people create better passwords....
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