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November 29, 2023/in Computer Security

National Computer Security Day 2023: National Computer Security Day is observed annually on November 30. Cybersecurity impacts every aspect of our lives, including our financial transactions, political elections, and spending habits. We cannot afford another MyDoom, the most destructive email virus in history, that wreaked havoc costing $38.5 billion; therefore, let’s educate ourselves on online safety!

National Computer Security Day History

It seems as though we hear about cybersecurity breaches every day. Globally, ensuring the online security of individuals and organizations is of the utmost importance. It is a thought that occupies a prominent position in our thoughts on National Computer Security Day. National Computer Security Day has a fascinating history.

Researchers from Cornell University discovered an unidentified pathogen infiltrating their computer systems on November 2, 1988. Four hours after its initial discovery, the “Morris worm” malware infiltrated a number of additional university systems, including the ARPANET, which served as an early prototype of the contemporary internet.

Six days later, two Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) computer experts advised the formation of a “National Computer Infection Action Team” (NCAT) to respond to these types of attacks around the clock, 365 days a year. The Software Engineering Institute (SEI), a Carnegie Mellon University-affiliated research facility, established the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) on November 14.

The Washington, D.C. chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery’s (ACM) Special Interest Group on Security, Audit, and Control established National Computer Security Day in 1988 to bring attention to cybercrimes and infections. As stated in an article from “Networld” in 2004, the selection of November 30 as Computer Security Day (CSD) was intended to maintain a heightened awareness of security concerns amidst the holiday season, a time when individuals are generally preoccupied with holiday shopping rather than preventing security breaches. CERT and the Department of Homeland Security of the United States merged in 2003 to establish the National Cyber Awareness…

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Nissan data breach leaks customers full names, dates of birth, & Nissan finance account number

January 18, 2023/in Mobile Security

Nissan North America has alerted affected customers of a breach that occurred at a third-party service provider and resulted in the exposure of client information.

According to the notification, Nissan states that on June 21, 2022, it was notified of a data breach by one of the software development suppliers that it works with.

The customer data that the third party had obtained from Nissan to utilize in creating and testing software solutions for the carmaker had mistakenly been exposed owing to a poorly configured database. The data had been received by the third party from Nissan.

In January 2021, Nissan North America was the victim of an incident that was similar to this one. The company accidentally left a Git server accessible online with default access credentials, which led to numerous of the company’s repositories being made public.

This event resulted in the loss of twenty gigabytes worth of data, which included the source code for mobile applications and internal tools, information on market research and client acquisition, diagnostics, and specifics regarding NissanConnect services.

As soon as Nissan became aware of the security breach, the company took immediate action to guarantee that the vulnerable database was protected and began an internal inquiry. On September 26, 2022, it was confirmed that the data had most likely been accessed by a third party that was not permitted.

On Monday, January 16, 2023, the security breach was reported to the Office of the Attorney General of Maine, where Nissan confirmed that a total of 17,998 customers had their information compromised by the attack.

Full names, birth dates, and NMAC account numbers are among the information that has been compromised (Nissan finance account). In addition, the warning makes it quite clear that the information that was disclosed did not include any credit card or Social Security number specifics.

Nissan claims that it has, as of this point in time, found no proof that any of this information has been abused. Nevertheless, the company is sending out the letters because it wants to err on the side of caution.

In addition, Experian will provide each person who…

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UK weather forecast: Exact dates of two storms to batter Britain with 90mph winds

March 2, 2022/in Internet Security

The Met Office says two low pressure systems that will bring spells of very strong winds and potentially snow between Wednesday and Saturday have been named as storms Dudley and Eunice

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Met Office: Yellow weather warning continues as storms spread

It’s set to be a wet and wild end of the week for Brits, with two storms set to hit the country expected to bring 90mph winds and potentially some snow.

Two low pressure systems were originally expected to bring spells of very strong winds and potentially snow between Wednesday and Saturday, but Brits could feel the impact of sooner than thought after forecasters moved forward the warning period.

Storm Dudley, which carries a “danger to life” weather warning, will likely start and finish earlier than expected, according to the Met Office, ahead of Storm Eunice moving in, bringing strong winds and potentially some snow for parts of the country on Friday.

Gusts of up to 90mph are set to batter the whole of the country due to a jet stream which was originally forecast to hit on Wednesday and Thursday under a yellow weather warning.

Storm Dudley will cross the northern half of the UK from Wednesday night into Thursday morning
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But this has now been upgraded to a more severe amber warning bringing life-threatening gales to parts of Northern Ireland, most of Scotland and the north of England.

Met Office chief meteorologist Paul Gundersen said an active jet stream is driving low-pressure systems across the country, both of which are likely to cause some disruption.

Winds are expected to be strongest on exposed coasts and hills of Scotland, with 60-70mph possible further inland.

This is applicable to southern and western Scotland, the north coast of Northern Ireland and northern England, where the strongest and most disruptive winds are expected.

Winds are expected to ease through Thursday afternoon and evening, only for another storm to arrive on Friday
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Winds are expected to ease through Thursday afternoon and evening.

The stormy conditions will barely have subsided before the next…

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