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How to Protect Operational Technology (OT) from Cyber Threats

CyberSecurity Insiders

By Jayakumar (Jay) Kurup, Global Sales Engineering Director at Morphisec Securing operational technology (OT) creates unique challenges. Sometimes this is due to cultural reasons (management’s fear of even the slightest chance of disruption); other times, it is technological.

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GUEST ESSAY: Where we stand on mitigating software risks associated with fly-by-wire jetliners

The Last Watchdog

Government Accountability Office in 2020 about increasing risk due to connected aircraft technology developments. In 2019, a cybersecurity firm demonstrated security risks that could allow an attacker to disrupt engine readings and altitude on an aircraft. There was another warning from the U.S. And those incidents may only be increasing.

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The Global Cyber Arms Race: Ensuring Competitive Advantage in National Defense

SecureWorld News

Cyber espionage, a subset of cyber warfare, focuses on the covert theft of sensitive information or intellectual property, further fueling the race for technological superiority. The United States, China, Russia , and Israel are among the leading players, with sophisticated cyber commands and vast resources at their disposal.

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Smarter Cybersecurity Spending in a Pandemic

CyberSecurity Insiders

Maintaining an intensive focus on protecting sensitive data from cyber threats benefits the customers you serve, as well as the longevity of your company. However, to execute a successful cybersecurity strategy, the fundamental elements required are people, processes, and technologies. The Economic Instability Shuffle.

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Buckeye APT group used Equation Group tools prior to ShadowBrokers leak

Security Affairs

In 2010, security vendor FireEye identified the Pirpi Remote Access Trojan (RAT) which exploited a then 0-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer versions 6, 7 and 8. The APT3 cyberespionage group had been active since at least 2009 and its last operation was uncovered in mid-2017.

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Apple Patches Vulnerabilities in iOS Exploited by Spyware

eSecurity Planet

. “While that means they are not a threat to the overwhelming majority of our users, we continue to work tirelessly to defend all our customers, and we are constantly adding new protections for their devices and data.” ” NSO Group Faces Skeptics. ” NSO Group Faces Skeptics.

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When lawyers get hacked: How law firms grapple with risk tied to supply chain breaches

SC Magazine

Elizabeth Wharton, a technology attorney and chief of staff for cyber threat emulation company Scythe believes that swaths of the legal industry are ill-prepared to grapple with the same software supply chain visibility challenges they advise their clients on. billion invested in legal technologies in 2019, compared to $1.5

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