SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Cybersecurity governance has undergone a dramatic transformation over the past few decades. From its early days, where security was an afterthought to business operations, to the present, where it has become a board-level discussion, governance has had to adapt to an ever-evolving digital landscape.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

government officials. telecoms, compromising networks to steal call records and access private communications, mainly of government and political figures. broadband providers, including Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen Technologies, potentially accessing systems for lawful wiretapping and other data. .” broadband providers.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

government officials. telecoms, compromising networks to steal call records and access private communications, mainly of government and political figures. broadband providers, including Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen Technologies, potentially accessing systems for lawful wiretapping and other data. .” broadband providers.

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Penetration Testing

JUNE 23, 2025

House of Representatives has banned WhatsApp on government devices, citing security and transparency concerns. Meta strongly disputes the "high-risk" assessment.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 14, 2025

In the rapidly evolving landscape of corporate governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC), artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a game-changing force. This technological leap allows organizations to identify patterns, predict potential risks, and automate routine compliance tasks with remarkable efficiency.

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Responsible Cyber

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

However, with every partnership comes potential risk. As networks expand to include third, fourth, and even fifth parties, the complexities of managing these risks multiply. For CCEOs and senior leaders, effective third-party risk management (TPRM) is not just a necessity—it’s a strategic imperative.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 15, 2025

A new Regulatory Intelligence Office would use the technology to “regularly suggest updates” to the law and “accelerate the issuance of legislation by up to 70%.” The UAE has promised to spend more than $3 billion to transform into an “ AI-native ” government by 2027. In 2020, the U.S.

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Joseph Steinberg

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Join Bonnie Stith, former Director of the CIA’s Center for Cyber Intelligence , and and Joseph Steinberg, renowned cybersecurity expert witness and columnist , for a special, free educational webinar, Best Practices for Asset Risk Management in Hospitals. The discussion will cover: * How IT asset risks have evolved.

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Jane Frankland

MAY 30, 2025

Everyone’s talking about AI aren’t they, and when I gave a keynote on Artificial Intelligence and cybersecurity recently, I relayed how the rise of AI has brought us to a pivotal moment in historya moment brimming with both extraordinary opportunity and unparalleled risk. AI amplifies these risks exponentially.

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Jane Frankland

JUNE 8, 2025

The modern enterprise C-suite is undergoing a seismic shift—not over profits or market share, but over who leads technology, shapes strategy, and ultimately defines the future of the business. The digital era has brought with it not just new technologies, but new power dynamics. But that dominance is fading.

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Joseph Steinberg

JULY 20, 2022

And, while today’s commercially-created quantum machines are nowhere near powerful enough to approach quantum supremacy, absolutely nobody knows the true extent of the quantum capabilities of all of the technologically-advanced governments around the world. Clearly, there is a need to act in advance – and acting takes time.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

To wrap up our 2024 year-end roundtable, we turn our attention to new technologies and trends that are emerging to help bridge the gaps. Enterprises must secure AI agents, adopt proactive data governance, and deploy AI-based security platforms. As compute costs decrease, autonomous operations and AI-discovered zero-day exploits loom.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 13, 2025

As geopolitical instability, supply chain disruption, and cyber threats continue to escalate, third-party risk management (TPRM) is evolving from a compliance function to a strategic business imperative. According to the EY survey , 87% of organizations have experienced a third-party risk incident in the past three years.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Enter the Texas Responsible AI Governance Act, or TRAIGA, with Texas's unique style of doing business—balancing innovation with accountability, consumer empowerment, and a good ol' dash of no-nonsense enforcement. These are labeled "High-Risk AI Systems" (HRAIS). if they (1) put their name or trademark on a high-risk AI system.(2)

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2025

-funded CVE program, a core cybersecurity tool for tracking vulnerabilities, faces funding expiry Wednesday, risking disruption to global security. government funding for MITRE s CVE program , a key global cybersecurity resource for cataloging vulnerabilities, is set to expire Wednesday, risking disruption.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 13, 2025

And now comes the GenAI wave flooding security vendors with new tools, but also disrupting organizational dynamics, blurring responsibility lines, and injecting fresh uncertainty into already fragile governance structures. It reads not as a how-to manual, but as a diagnosis of systemic design failure and a blueprint for recovery.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

This shift is expected to place significant pressure on organizations that haven’t yet developed trusted data to manage risk effectively. To mitigate risks, businesses will invest in modern, privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs), such as trusted execution environments (TEEs) and fully homomorphic encryption (FHE).

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Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2025

CISA warns Russia-linked group APT28 is targeting Western logistics and tech firms aiding Ukraine, posing an elevated threat to supply chains Russia-linked cyberespionage group APT28 intensifies its operations against Western logistics and technology companies moving supplies into Ukraine, US CISA warns. ” reads the joint alert.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 1, 2025

Alcavio: AI-powered deception Anand Akela of Alcavio Technologies offered a provocative take: Deception technology is the only way to detect threats that no one has seen before zero days generated on the fly by LLMs. Theyre totally different tech and governance models. You cant govern what you cant see, Mogull said.

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IT Security Guru

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

As technology advances, so do the methods and motivations of those who seek to disrupt global stability. Cyber attacks can compromise critical infrastructure, financial systems, and sensitive government data. The risk posed by these actors continues to grow as nations rely increasingly on interconnected digital infrastructure.

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Jane Frankland

JANUARY 19, 2025

For us in cyber, how do we navigate these new digital threats especially when we layer in the rise of AI and deepfake technologies, and the stakes grow even higher? Deepfake Technology Amplifying Risks: The evolution and democratisation of deepfake technology have blurred the line between reality and fabrication.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 11, 2024

An analysis of their technology infrastructure shows that all of these exchanges use Russian email providers, and most are directly hosted in Russia or by Russia-backed ISPs with infrastructure in Europe (e.g. A machine-translated version of Flymoney, one of dozens of cryptocurrency exchanges apparently nested at Cryptomus.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 6, 2025

government. This means that thousands of government contractors will soon be required to implement structured processes for identifying, reporting, and mitigating vulnerabilities, aligning them with U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) guidelines.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 3, 2025

government sanctioned a Chinese national for operating a cloud provider linked to the majority of virtual currency investment scam websites reported to the FBI. Department of the Treasury announced economic sanctions against Funnull Technology Inc. , government.” In May 2025, the U.S. On May 29, the U.S.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 24, 2025

Its a question of how much risk your organization is willing to take, based on the data you must protect and its long-term value. We recommend using Dr. Michele Moscas theorem of quantum risk against an optimistic vs. pessimistic probability analysis. This is where the concern of harvest now, decrypt later attacks apply.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Among the key findings: Widespread vulnerabilities: The OIG's passive assessment revealed critical or high-risk vulnerabilities in 97 drinking water systems serving more than 26.6 Invest in security technology: Utilize advanced security technologies to protect critical infrastructure and data. million people.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

But it risks giving the Egyptian government permission to read users’ emails and messages. The app also provides Egypt’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, which created it, with other so-called backdoor privileges, or the ability to scan people’s devices.

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Joseph Steinberg

JULY 8, 2021

Ironically, while many larger enterprises purchase insurance to protect themselves against catastrophic levels of hacker-inflicted damages, smaller businesses – whose cyber-risks are far greater than those of their larger counterparts – rarely have adequate (or even any) coverage. Cyberattacks can even kill businesses.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

From a risk standpoint, they are well-contained. This new wave of technology is profoundly different. Are the efficacy, legal, regulatory, reputation, cyber, and OpEx risks high? Are the risks, including the risks associated with not adopting the tech, measured and managed? Perhaps even existential? That's the why.

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Jane Frankland

APRIL 18, 2025

Organisations invest heavily in governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) and risk management efforts while neglecting foundational elements like leadership and culture. Without these foundations, all the technology in the world wont secure your organisation. However, technology alone cannot solve the security puzzle.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 21, 2025

Graylark Technologies who makes GeoSpy says its been developed for government and law enforcement. But the investigative journalists from 404 Media report thatthe tool has also been used for months by members of the public, with many making videos marveling at the technology, and some asking for help with stalking specific women.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 29, 2023

Here’s what you should know about the risks, what aviation is doing to address those risks, and how to overcome them. It is difficult to deny that cyberthreats are a risk to planes. Risks delineated Still, there have been many other incidents since. There was another warning from the U.S.

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Joseph Steinberg

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

He is also the inventor of several information-security technologies widely used today; his work is cited in over 500 published patents. He frequently serves as a cybersecurity expert witness , advises businesses and governments on information security matters, and has amassed millions of readers as a regular columnist for Forbes and Inc.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The Government of Canada ordered the TikTok Technology Canada Inc. The government is taking action to address the specific national security risks related to ByteDance Ltd.’s s operations in Canada through the establishment of TikTok Technology Canada, Inc.

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BH Consulting

MARCH 26, 2025

If there is one statistic that sums up the increasing pace of technological change, it might well be this. This rapid transformation creates a challenge for boards tasked with balancing emerging risks and strategic opportunities. The Data Governance Act creates a framework to facilitate trustworthy data sharing across the EU.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2023

government agency in charge of improving the nation’s cybersecurity posture is ordering all federal agencies to take new measures to restrict access to Internet-exposed networking equipment. “COVID-19 extended the life of these companies and technologies, and that’s unfortunate.”

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 3, 2025

Chinese company 360 Security Technology, also known as Qihoo 360, purchased Lemon Seed, according to its 2019 annual report. The Entity List identifies entities that the US believes pose a risk to its national security. Both use language lifted directly from Chinese privacy regulations.

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