In a statement provided to Business Insider, on Oct 29, The Singapore Police Force advised the public to “protect your privacy, cover the camera of your computer when you are not using it.”
This piece of advice follows more than 15 reports received by the police since Sept 2018, of which scammers claimed that they had screenshots of victims watching pornographic materials. They then threatened to expose them to their family and friends,
A $100,000 grant from the Silicon Valley Foundation will help Cal Poly’s California Cybersecurity Institute (CCI) protect critical infrastructures, starting with a hackathon on November 4.
The grant will help promote cybersecurity for both private and public infrastructure. Critical infrastructure vital to the country’s economic well-being and health and security has sectors in financial services, government facilities, healthcare, and agriculture. CCI will be able to research infrastructure protection with private industry, academia and public entities,
Hampshire Police and Crime Commissioner Michael Lane’s Cyber Ambassador programme – which trains pupils about internet safety so they can pass on the advice to their classmates – was tried out in 16 schools, including Medstead Primary School and Mill Chase School in Bordon.
According to Jackson Police Chief Chris Perley, “The power of the internet makes the entire world a click away for all of us. However, among the many great and meaningful uses of the World Wide Web lurks real danger as well — danger for our children, as social media has become the most commonly used trap to snare young victims.
Final session of Daily FT-CICRA Cyber Security Summit 2018 focuses on dynamics of digital investigations.
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Earlier this month, the first known case of law enforcement requiring a suspect to unlock their phone using Face ID surfaced. Now, Motherboard reports that cops around the United States are receiving instruction to ensure they themselves do not look at an iPhone X or iPhone XS displays, as that could count as one of the ‘false’ trials, and thus disable Face ID.
As self-driving cars become increasingly common on American streets, an obvious question arises: What happens when police want to pull over a robot-driven vehicle that has no human backup driver? In their recently updated “Emergency Response Guide,” Alphabet’s Waymo — which has hundreds of autonomous Chrysler Pacifica minivans on the road in Phoenix — provides a protocol that may offer some glimpse of what is to come.
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Forbes has discovered what is believed to be the first known case of law enforcement using Face ID to gain access to a suspect’s phone data, by requiring the person to present his face to the iPhone X found on his person.
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Rolling up a cybersecurity company would help Facebook acquire new, security-focused engineering DNA, and give the company a PR boost. Both of the Information’s sources declined to name the companies Facebook is looking at, as the conversations are still ongoing.
Cyber crimes are increasing globally at the rate of over 100% every year, Superintendent of Police, Maharashta Cyber, Dr. Balsing Rajput, said on Friday. Dr. Rajput was speaking at a panel discussion hosted by HDFC ERGO as part of a week-long cyber security awareness drive organized by the company.
