Australian Parties Hacked - Pass the Blame
by Reflare Research Team on Feb 25, 2019 5:10:00 PM
Australia has been gripped by a series of cyber-attacks. As the accusations fly in light of the most recent breach, there is one blindingly obvious thing missing from the blame game - evidence. First Published 25th February 2019 Australia's new National Centre for Cyber Security. 4 mi …
Russia Envisions a More Closed Internet
by Reflare Research Team on Feb 18, 2019 5:08:00 PM
Russian bill No. 571793-6, which is also called Доктрина демократического развития интернета (the Digital Economy National Program), or “ДНП” for short would increase the government’s ability "flick the switch." First Published 18th February 2019 The frameworks for geographically-base …
Japan Intends to Preventively Hack Citizens' IoT Devices
by Reflare Research Team on Feb 1, 2019 5:06:00 PM
The Japanese government is considering a proposal from the country’s leading IT firms to hack citizens’ IoT devices to improve the nation’s cyber-security. However, Japanese citizens have a constitutional right to privacy. First Published 1st February 2019 "Hi. I'm from the government …
The Risks Applications Face From Central Package Repositories
by Reflare Research Team on Jan 25, 2019 5:05:00 PM
When developer teams use a central place for sharing their applications or libraries of code, they open themselves to the risk that attackers might get in. And once in, malware can be implanted and distributed with ease. First Published 25th January 2019 Where are you keeping your pac …
The NASA Hack and Areas of Expertise
by Reflare Research Team on Dec 21, 2018 3:48:00 PM
This is not the first time NASA has been a victim of a cyber-attack. However, this response seems to suggest that the agency is facing a number of compromised systems, but offers no further insights into the incident. First Published 21st December 2018 "That's one small click for man. …
Australia, Cryptography and the Dangers of Analogies
by Reflare Research Team on Dec 14, 2018 3:46:00 PM
The new law is a sizeable step forward for the Australian government on its long-standing quest to undermine encryption, forcing individuals and organisations into weakening their systems to comply. First Published 14th December 2018 The world is watching Australia closely. 4 min read …
Global 4G Outages Caused by Ericsson Backend
by Reflare Research Team on Dec 7, 2018 3:44:00 PM
Users across the world almost simultaneously started receiving messages that they had trouble connecting to mobile networks on their phones, proving that even the largest carriers are still susceptible to failures in their core network. First Published 7th December 2018 Ring ring? 4 m …
Uber Fined for 2016 Data-Breach
by Reflare Research Team on Nov 30, 2018 3:43:00 PM
Uber was recently fined for failing to protect the data of 57 million users worldwide in 2016. This comes under the EU-wide GDPR 2018, which was adopted into law after a “one-year grace period”. First Published 30th November 2018 This wasn't the first time Uber had been found to have …
The Daniel's Hosting Hack and Dark Web Security
by Reflare Research Team on Nov 23, 2018 3:41:00 PM
The hack of Daniel’s Hosting has put the anonymous nature of the DarkNet and Tor into question by revealing that there are no official backups of the sites hosted on it, which has raised a lot of questions for the internet community. First Published 23rd November 2018 Deutschland and …
MiSafe Child Tracking Watches and the Paradox of Buying Security
by Reflare Research Team on Nov 16, 2018 3:38:00 PM
Child care and security is big business. With a global market value of $23bn, the child monitoring systems industry is going nowhere but up. However, software vulnerabilities that could be exploited bring the whole proposition into question. First Published 16th November 2018 There is …