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Nation-State Attacker of Telecommunications Networks

Schneier on Security

Someone has been hacking telecommunications networks around the world: LightBasin (aka UNC1945) is an activity cluster that has been consistently targeting the telecommunications sector at a global scale since at least 2016, leveraging custom tools and an in-depth knowledge of telecommunications network architectures.

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ROUNDTABLE: Why T-Mobile’s latest huge data breach could fuel attacks directed at mobile devices

The Last Watchdog

At the start of this week, word got out that hackers claimed to have seized personal data for as many as 100 million T-Mobile patrons. According to the attackers, this was a configuration issue on an access point T-Mobile used for testing. T-Mobile left a gate left wide open for attackers – and attackers just had to find the gate.”.

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Building a scalable RAVPN architecture in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure using Cisco Secure Firewall

Cisco Security

With Cisco Secure Firewall, organizations are able to build a scalable RAVPN architecture on OCI, providing employees secure remote access to their organization’s resources from any location or endpoint. Architects can still design a scalable architecture using cloud components like Oracle’s Network Load Balancer (NLB) and DNS.

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Storing Encrypted Photos in Google’s Cloud

Schneier on Security

New paper: “ Encrypted Cloud Photo Storage Using Google Photos “: Abstract: Cloud photo services are widely used for persistent, convenient, and often free photo storage, which is especially useful for mobile devices.

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Network Security Architecture: Best Practices & Tools

eSecurity Planet

Network security architecture is a strategy that provides formal processes to design robust and secure networks. This article explores network security architecture components, goals, best practices, frameworks, implementation, and benefits as well as where you can learn more about network security architecture.

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New Triada Trojan comes preinstalled on Android devices

Security Affairs

The Triada Trojan was spotted for the first time in 2016 by researchers at Kaspersky Lab who considered it the most advanced mobile threat seen to the date of the discovery. The most interesting characteristic of the Triada Trojan is its modular architecture, which gives it theoretically a wide range of abilities.

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Google Android to simplify mobile security with Enterprise Essentials

CyberSecurity Insiders

Most Small and Medium Scale Businesses(SMBs) are finding it difficult to manage a fleet of mobile devices, especially when half of their workforce is remotely working. This is where Google is offering Android based Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) tools to break the complexity faced by SMBs regards to security management.

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