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New MAA regulations for cyber security

Air June 15, 2023

With cyber-attack continuing to present a significant threat to the safe operation of modern military air systems, new regulation has been introduced to assess and mitigate potential impacts on air safety. The MAA has now equipped the regulated community with Cyber Security for Airworthiness (CSA) regulation to ensure our safety-related systems ...

Britain criticises Russia over suspected involvement in Georgia cyberattacks

Homeland February 25, 2020

The British government has released a statement criticising Russia’s GRU over its suspected involvement in cyberattacks in Georgia. The government has released a statement condemning the GRU after the NCSC (National Cyber Security Centre) surmised that it was likely responsible for cyberattacks against Georgia. The UK’s NCSC assesses that the GRU ...

Censornet criticises cosmetic business data leak

Homeland February 19, 2020

Censornet has released a statement criticising the cosmetic firm Estée Lauder after a data leak saw 440,000,000 records posted online. Cybersecurity firm Security Discovery first reported the data leak after finding the records posted online. They found: 440,336,852 logs and records that should not have been publicly exposed online. ‘User’ emails in plain ...

Radware survey finds more companies are reporting attacks by nation-state hackers

Homeland January 20, 2020

A new report from Radware has revealed a 42% increase in companies reporting cyber attacks by nation-state hackers. Radware found an increase in companies reporting cyber attacks by nation-state hackers in its 2019 Global Application & Network Security Report as well as many participants expressing concern over IoT and 5G. The ...