Pokémon Go, the augmented reality game, has reportedly suffered a major DDoS attack which prevented US and European gamers from accessing it for most of Saturday. Stephen Gates, chief intelligence research analyst at NSFOCUS, reacts:.
The Microsoft corporation won a major legal battle recently against the United States Justice Department when a federal appeals court ruled that a warrant for a suspects data does not extend to information stored in overseas computers, handing a victory to privacy advocates. Circuit Judge Susan Carney said communications held by U.S service providers on servers outside the United States are beyond the reach of domestic search warrants, reversing a 2014 ruling by a US district court requiring Microsoft to turn over emails stored on a server in Dublin.
It is being reported that there was a spike in cyber attacks on Philippine government web sites, including a key Malaccañang agency, following the United Nations International Arbitration court's ruling in favour of the Philippines on the West Philippine Sea territorial dispute. However, it was not clear if the attacks were carried out by parties associated with China itself, as they apparently emanated from multiple countries. So far, the government has not been able to pinpoint the origin of the attacks. All were categorised as DDoS, or Distributed Denial of Service actions.
In partnership with the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) and the Association of Information Security Professionals (AISP), CREST has established a Singapore Chapter to introduce its penetration testing certifications and accreditations to Singapore. This initiative was developed in collaboration with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) and the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA). The CREST Singapore Chapter is the first CREST Chapter in Asia. Marking this milestone is the official opening of the CREST Examination Facility at the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) today. The facility was opened by Mr David Koh, Chief Executive, CSA.
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