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Qatar bolsters cyber security in preparation for World Cup

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Qatar hosts the FIFA World Cup this year – the first time the event has been staged in the Arab world. Cyber security experts in the country predict that ticketing, hotel bookings and restaurant reservations will be faked by hackers to capture personal data from people travelling to Qatar. Also, phishing and social engineering will be used to steal personal and financial information from anyone using the internet to get information about the tournament. 

“If there is anything we have learned about cyber crime from past encounters, it would be that it thrives around major global events,” said Mohammad Al-Kayed, director of cyber defence at Black Mountain Cybersecurity. “Both viewers and attendees are advised to keep their guard up for cyber threats in the form of online scams and malicious emails promoting the sales of tickets and sporting goods. The biggest threat of all is piracy of ongoing football matches through online platforms.” 

On 25 March, Interpol gathered a group of global cyber security experts together in Qatar to analyse threats ahead of the World Cup. The meeting was part of Project Stadia, which was established by Interpol in 2012 and funded by Qatar. Although special emphasis is placed on the 2022 World Cup, the project aims to contribute to security arrangements for any major sports event. 

Qatar has partnered with several countries to provide physical security for the World Cup, including Turkey, France and the UK. Turkey will send 3,000 riot police, France will send four airborne warning and control systems to track airborne threats, including drones, and the UK will providing maritime security support and counter-terror policing.  

But surprisingly, the biggest announcement so far about helping Qatar with cyber security comes from Morocco, which will send a team of cyber security experts to Qatar as part of the two countries’ efforts to expand cooperation in security. Could it be that Qatar thinks it has enough home-grown expertise in cyber security not to call on help from more powerful countries? 

Al-Kayed told Computer Weekly: “The Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy has already issued a cyber security framework ahead of the…

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Adare Manor mansion with Ryder Cup views for €3.5m

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The village of Adare is one of the prettiest in Ireland. Host to the 2027 Ryder Cup, it is also home to four fine four-star hotels – the family-run Dunraven Arms, Fitzgeralds Woodlands House, country house The Mustard Seed – and the five-star Adare Manor, which is hidden from view behind security gates. No gawkers get in, unless you have a booking in its restaurants or are overnighting as a guest.

And it is this combination of ultra-private positioning within well-maintained grounds and a sizeable home on 3.3 acres with room for all the family to come and stay that drew the current owners to Winterwood, an eight-bedroom Celtic Tiger-era abode built by Sisk for local developer Robert Butler.

Hall, stairs and landing
Hall, stairs and landing
Landing and rotunda with chandelier
Landing and rotunda with chandelier
Kitchen/dining room
Kitchen/dining room
Dining room
Dining room
Dining area
Dining area

Back in 2008 the property had an ambitious guide price of €12 million. Its current owner bought it in 2012 for €1.78 million, according to the Property Price Register.

The house is one of just 20 built on the grounds of one of Ireland’s best-regarded manor house hotels. There were 21 sites offered for sale and the previous owner of Winterwood bought two, which explains its extensive grounds. These include woodlands where more than 300 native trees were planted.

The golf offering is also first-class. The parkland course, originally designed by American Tom Fazio, has been beautiful upgraded by Robert Trent Jones Snr. Having staged two Irish Opens in its previous incarnation, its 2018 transformation has delivered soft-rolling terrain along the sweeping banks of the River Maigue that helped in its selection for the 2027 Ryder Cup. Golf Monthly describes it as “the most Augusta-like experience you can get anywhere in Europe”.

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NCL, Powered by Cyber Skyline, Partners with National University to Host 2021 SoCal Cyber Cup Challenge

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The combined NCL and SoCal communities are contributing a wealth of academic and cybersecurity experience to this Challenge


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The National Cyber League (NCL), powered by its technology partner Cyber Skyline, has been chosen as the platform, content, and mentoring partner to host the 2021 SoCal Cyber Cup Challenge.

Now in its 12th year, the SoCal Cyber Cup Challenge (SCCC) is a cybersecurity competition for middle school, high school, and community college students in the Southern California region, started by NDIA San Diego. Supported by a Department of Defense grant, this year’s competition will include community college students and extensive training for competitors and their mentors. As part of the grant, faculty from Coastline College, Palomar College, and Riverside City College will be supporting the challenge by developing mentor training content and promoting the competition.

The 2021 SoCal Cyber Cup Challenge will be held February 15, 2021 – May 31, 2021 and consists of three main components: an individual Practice Round/Gym, a Team Qualifier Round, and a Team Final Round. Participating schools include middle schools, high schools, community colleges, and universities in the five-county region of Imperial, San Diego, Orange, Riverside, Imperial, and San Bernardino Counties in Southern California.

NCL, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, is a bi-annual collegiate cybersecurity Capture-the-Flag competition, as well as a community consisting of its Academic Board, its platform and content partner Cyber Skyline, the NCL Player Ambassadors, the NCL Coach Ambassadors, academic institutions, and more than 10,000 U.S. high school and college students who participate each year.

NCL’s collaboration with the nonprofit National University brings to the SoCal Cyber Cup Challenge NCL’s long standing experience in support of students seeking to advance their cybersecurity career goals through hands-on, all-virtual…

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Tianfu Cup Hackers Exploit Microsoft Windows, Google Chrome, and iOS in Minutes

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How easy is it hack some of the world’s most popular software, such as Microsoft’s Windows 10 and Google’s Chrome? Well, quite easy it seems, at least for some of the world’s best hackers. That’s what happened at this year’s Tianfu Cup in China, where brand new exploits were used against leading services.

If you are unfamiliar with the Tianfu Cup, it is one of the biggest hacking competitions in the world and the largest in China. Held in central China city Chengdu each year, the competition has become a proving ground for security researchers.

It is also a place where the best tech software can test their mettle against zero-day exploits. Over the two-day event, security researchers test how popular software can handle zero-day vulnerability threats.

Hackers at the Tianfu Cup are looking to exploit apps and programs with never-seen-before attacks. If they succeed a point is earned, and the researchers with the most points win prizes. Last year, Microsoft Edge was successfully breached, and it seems Windows 10 was this year.

While that’s not good news for Microsoft, the company is certainly not alone. In fact, many leading platforms and services were compromised during the event. It is worth noting companies welcome these hackathons for exposing issues in software that can be fixed before an in-the-wild exploit is made.

“Many mature and hard targets have been pwned on this year’s contest,” organizers said today. The following services were successfully breached:

  • iOS 14 running on an iPhone 11 Pro
  • Samsung Galaxy S20
  • Windows 10 v2004 (April 2020 edition)
  • Ubuntu
  • Chrome
  • Safari
  • Firefox
  • Adobe PDF Reader
  • Docker (Community Edition)
  • VMWare EXSi (hypervisor)
  • QEMU (emulator & virtualizer)
  • TP-Link and ASUS router firmware

Fifteen Chinese hacking groups took part in the Tianfu Cup this year. Each hacker gets three five-minute windows to attempt to…

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