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January 18, 2018 by Lisa Weintraub Schifferle Attorney, FTC, Division of Consumer & Business Education Considering Equifax’s offer of free credit monitoring after its breach? You need to sign up ...
Read More Equifax’s free credit monitoring – time is ticking …

HONOLULU, Hi., Dec 13, 2017 (MidWeek) — Another day, another hugely worrying breach of personal information by a company obstinately trusted to safeguard it.  Yahoo admitted that every single one ...
Read More The Future of Cybersecurity: Hawaii’s CyberPatriot Program

University of Hawaiʻi-West Oʻahu – A team of University of Hawaiʻi-West Oʻahu cyber security students placed first in their bracket in the Fall 2017 National Cyber League Season, helping to ...
Read More UH West Oʻahu team takes second in national cyber security competition

BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 5, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — SANS Institute today announced Governor Ige and the Cybersecurity Manager for Hawaii’s Department of Defense Reynold Hioki have been named among the winners ...
Read More Governor Ige and the Cybersecurity Manager for Hawaii’s Department of Defense Reynold Hioki Named Winners of the SANS Institute’s 2017 Difference Makers Awards

Vulnerability Found in MacOS

Posted on Dec 1, 2017 in News

Earlier this week a vulnerability was discovered in the MacOS High Sierra, the operating system used by MacOS 10.13.1 or higher versions. The vulnerability which was first disclosed by a ...
Read More Vulnerability Found in MacOS

Hawaii doubled it number of middle and high school CyberPatriot competition teams registering a record 106 teams for the National Youth Cyber Defense Competition Season X sponsored by the Air ...
Read More HAWAII REGISTERS RECORD 106 CYBERPATRIOT TEAMS FOR SEASON X

Despite facing a few logistical challenges, a cyber security team from the University of Hawaiʻi placed third in a national competition behind the prestigious U.S. Military Academy in West Point ...
Read More UHWO Cyber Team Places Third in National Competition

Frank Abagnale, who the movie “Catch Me If You Can” starring Leonardo DiCaprio was based on, presented his incredible yet criminal life as a young teenager to a standing-room only ...
Read More “CATCH ME IF YOU CAN” CON MAN FRANK ABAGNALE COMMUNITY CYBER SAFETY PRESENTATION

On Oct. 4 and 5, about 275 people gathered to learn and talk about cybersecurity, astronomy and space exploration.   In its third year, the Future Focus Conference, hosted by the ...
Read More CyberHawaii Launches in Tandem with Hawaii Cyber Security Awareness Month

Cyber Hui (local cybersecurity nonprofit), in partnership with the Young AFCEANs, hosted Lieutenant General Paul Nakasone, Commanding General, U.S. Army Cyber Command at the Oahu Veterans Center on October 4, ...
Read More LIEUTENANT GENERAL PAUL NAKASONE (COMMANDING GENERAL, US ARMY CYBER COMMAND) INSPIRES HAWAII’S YOUTH IN CYBERSECURITY