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Kroll Employee SIM-Swapped for Crypto Investor Data

Krebs on Security

A major portion of Kroll’s business comes from helping organizations manage cyber risk. Kroll’s website says it employs “elite cyber risk leaders uniquely positioned to deliver end-to-end cyber security services worldwide.”

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Cybersecurity in Aviation: Rising Threats and Modernization Efforts

SecureWorld News

The modernization includes replacing antiquated copper wiring with fiber, wireless, and satellite links at more than 4,600 sites; deploying 25,000 new radios and 475 voice switches by 2027; swapping out 618 radars from the 1970s and 1980s; and constructing six new ATC centers for the first time since the 1960s.

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Cybersecurity Risks of 5G – And How to Control Them

eSecurity Planet

Consumers and organizations are enthused about the operational benefits of more robust mobile connectivity, but the shift to 5G networks doesn’t come without risks. Service providers and 5G-enabled device manufacturers both have critical roles to play in the success and sustainability of this wireless network rollout.

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Russian cyber attack on US mobile customers

CyberSecurity Insiders

And telecom company Verizon Wireless was forced to issue a public statement that some threat actors might have taken control of its servers to send spam to its users and diverting them to Russian state media network Channel One.

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The top 5 cybersecurity threats to OT security

IT Security Guru

It’s mostly problems from the IT world, says Andy Norton, European Cyber Risk Officer at Armis. Networking, remote management, and wireless connectivity were all the rage and it made sense for IT and OT to be one from an admin point of view. What keeps OT security specialists up at night? Vulnerabilities, especially in IT.

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Episode 193: Repair, Cyber and Your Car with Assaf Harel of Karamba Security

The Security Ledger

Voters in the state approved Question 1 , a ballot measure that expands Massachusetts’ automotive right to repair law, giving vehicle owners access to wireless repair and maintenance data transmitted via telematics systems on modern, connected vehicles. Report: Hacking Risk for Connected Vehicles Shows Significant Decline.

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Encore Podcast: Chris Valasek on Hacking The Jeep Cherokee

The Security Ledger

With Black Hat and DEFCON upon us, we revisit a 2015 interview with Chris Valasek about his wireless, software based hack of a Chrysler Jeep Cherokee. Episode 215-1: Jeremy O’Sullivan of Kytch On The Tech Serving McDonald’s Ice Cream Monopoly Episode 218: Denial of Sustenance Attacks -The Cyber Risk To Agriculture.

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