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Schneier on Security
JUNE 24, 2022
Earlier this month, I and others wrote a letter to Congress, basically saying that cryptocurrencies are an complete and total disaster, and urging them to regulate the space. Nothing in that letter is out of the ordinary, and is in line with what I wrote about blockchain in 2019.
Lohrman on Security
JUNE 19, 2022
The United States and the European Union are planning to work together to secure digital infrastructure in developing countries. Here’s why this is vitally important
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Joseph Steinberg
JUNE 10, 2022
Last week, I attended an excellent briefing given by Tom Gillis, Senior Vice President and General Manager of VMware’s Networking and Advanced Security Business Group, in which he discussed various important cybersecurity-related trends that he and his team have observed.
Krebs on Security
JUNE 7, 2022
Netflix has a new documentary series airing next week — “ Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies & the Internet ” — in which Yours Truly apparently has a decent amount of screen time.
Speaker: Karl Camilleri, Cloud Services Product Manager at phoenixNAP
Through a detailed analysis of major attacks and their consequences, Karl Camilleri, Cloud Services Product Manager at phoenixNAP, will discuss the state of ransomware and future predictions, as well as provide best practices for attack prevention and recovery.
Daniel Miessler
JUNE 28, 2022
It’s common to hear that it’s hard to get into cybersecurity, and that this is a problem. That seems to be true, but it’s informative to ask a simple follow-up: The current cybersecurity jobs gap sits at around 2.7 million people. A problem for who?
Anton on Security
JUNE 3, 2022
One of the well-advertised reasons for being in the office is about those “magical hallway conversations” (Google it). One happened to me a few days ago and led to a somewhat heated debate on the nature of modern threat detection.
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Lohrman on Security
JUNE 27, 2022
State and local governments need to prepare and respond to a new round of cyber attacks coming from groups claiming to be protesting the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade last Friday
Joseph Steinberg
JUNE 9, 2022
The Tenafly, New Jersey, Public School District has canceled final exams for its high school students after a ransomware cyberattack crippled the district’s computer infrastructure.
Krebs on Security
JUNE 22, 2022
Authorities in the United States, Germany, the Netherlands and the U.K.
Troy Hunt
JUNE 4, 2022
I somehow ended up blasting through an hour and a quarter in this week's video with loads of discussion on the CTARS / NDIS data breach then a real time "let's see what the fuss is about" with news that one of our state's digital driver's licenses (DDL) may be easily forgeable.
Speaker: Ronald Eddings, Cybersecurity Expert and Podcaster
In this webinar, Ronald Eddings, Cybersecurity Expert, will outline the relationship between SaaS apps and IT & security teams, along with several actionable solutions to overcome the new difficulties facing your organization.
The Last Watchdog
JUNE 9, 2022
What is it about the elderly that makes them such attractive targets for cybercriminals? A variety of factors play a role. Related: The coming of bio-digital twins. Unlike many younger users online, they may have accumulated savings over their lives — and those nest eggs are a major target for hackers. Now add psychological variables to the mix of assets worth stealing. Perhaps elderly folks who haven’t spent a lot of time online are easier to deceive.
Schneier on Security
JUNE 22, 2022
Interesting : What makes Symbiote different from other Linux malware that we usually come across, is that it needs to infect other running processes to inflict damage on infected machines.
Lohrman on Security
JUNE 5, 2022
Frustration, anger and even desperation are showing up across diverse industries as the meaning of “more for less” is changing in America
Anton on Security
JUNE 17, 2022
Originally written for a new Chronicle blog. As security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR) adoption continues at a rapid pace , security operations teams have a greater need for a structured planning approach.
Speaker: P. Andrew Sjogren, Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Very Good Security, Matt Doka, Co-Founder and CTO of Fivestars, and Steve Andrews, President & CEO of the Western Bankers Association
In this webinar, we have a great set of panelists who will take you through how Zero Data strategies can be used as part of a well-rounded compliance and security approach, and get you to market much sooner by also allowing for payment optimization. They’ll share how to grow your business faster and minimize costs for both security and compliance
Krebs on Security
JUNE 10, 2022
At the outset of their federal criminal trial for hijacking vast swaths of Internet addresses for use in large-scale email spam campaigns, three current or former executives at online advertising firm Adconion Direct (now Amobee ) have pleaded guilty to lesser misdemeanor charges of fraud and misrepresentation via email.
Troy Hunt
JUNE 24, 2022
First up, I'm really sorry about the audio quality on this one. It's the exact same setup I used last week (and carefully tested first) but it's obviously just super sensitive to the wind.
The Last Watchdog
JUNE 3, 2022
The zero trust approach to enterprise security is well on its way to mainstream adoption. This is a very good thing. Related: Covid 19 ruses used in email attacks. At RSA Conference 2022 , which takes place next week in San Francisco, advanced technologies to help companies implement zero trust principals will be in the spotlight. Lots of innovation has come down the pike with respect to imbuing zero trust into two pillars of security operations: connectivity and authentication.
Schneier on Security
JUNE 28, 2022
Thought experiment story of someone of someone who lost everything in a house fire, and now can’t log into anything: But to get into my cloud, I need my password and 2FA.
Speaker: Mike Cramer, Director of HIPAA & Data Security at The Word & Brown Companies
Now that companies are slowly allowing employees to return to work at the office, it's time to re-evaluate your company’s posture towards privacy and security. Join Mike Cramer, Director of HIPAA & Data Security at The Word & Brown Companies, for a discussion that will focus on compliance and the types of privacy and security measures your company should be aware of, as well as tips and methods for implementing these measures.
Lohrman on Security
JUNE 12, 2022
What are the important trends regarding business risk and all things cybersecurity? Here are my top takeaways from the Gartner conference I attended this week.
Anton on Security
JUNE 23, 2022
Let’s play a game and define a hypothetical market called Cloud Detection and Response (CDR). Note that it is no longer my job to define markets , so I am doing it for fun here (yes, people find the weirdest things to be fun! )
Krebs on Security
JUNE 3, 2022
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently revised its policy on charging violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), a 1986 law that remains the primary statute by which federal prosecutors pursue cybercrime cases.
Troy Hunt
JUNE 5, 2022
Four years ago now, I started making domains belonging to various governments around the world freely searchable via a set of APIs in Have I Been Pwned. Today, I'm very happy to welcome the 33rd government, Indonesia!
The Last Watchdog
JUNE 2, 2022
Third-Party Risk Management ( TPRM ) has been around since the mid-1990s – and has become something of an auditing nightmare. Related: A call to share risk assessments. Big banks and insurance companies instilled the practice of requesting their third-party vendors to fill out increasingly bloated questionnaires, called bespoke assessments, which they then used as their sole basis for assessing third-party risk. TPRM will be in the spotlight at the RSA Conference 2022 next week in San Francisco.
Schneier on Security
JUNE 17, 2022
We’ve always known that phones—and the people carrying them—can be uniquely identified from their Bluetooth signatures, and that we need security techniques to prevent that. This new research shows that that’s not enough.
Joseph Steinberg
JUNE 30, 2022
Nearly a decade ago, well before most people had first heard the term “fake news,” I wrote a piece for Forbes unlike any other piece I had ever written before. Since then, I have seen many Internet memes circulate that appear to convey a similar message.
Daniel Miessler
JUNE 8, 2022
If you’ve not heard, there are these things called NFTs. I think they’re simultaneously the future of digital signaling and currently mostly hype. But whatever—that’s not what this post is about.
Krebs on Security
JUNE 28, 2022
On December 7, 2021, Google announced it was suing two Russian men allegedly responsible for operating the Glupteba botnet, a global malware menace that has infected millions of computers over the past decade.
Troy Hunt
JUNE 17, 2022
Well, we're about 2,000km down on this trip and are finally in Melbourne, which was kinda the point of the drive in the first place (things just escalated after that).
The Last Watchdog
JUNE 20, 2022
The Deep & Dark Web is a mystery to most in the mainstream today: many have heard about it, but few understand just a fraction of what’s going on there. Related: ‘IABs’ spread ransomware. Planning your roadmap, executing your projects, and keeping an eye on the barrage of ransomware headlines, it’s understandable if you and your team are feeling some anxiety. Cyber anxiety can indeed be paralyzing, but new software solutions have the potential to become game-changers for IT departments.
Schneier on Security
JUNE 16, 2022
Interesting research: “ Sponge Examples: Energy-Latency Attacks on Neural Networks “: Abstract: The high energy costs of neural network training and inference led to the use of acceleration hardware such as GPUs and TPUs.
Jane Frankland
JUNE 22, 2022
At The Source, my new venture for women in cyber and businesses who value them, we have a saying, “Be you in the workplace.” ” And although that should be easy to do, sometimes it’s not.
Anton on Security
JUNE 10, 2022
One of the things I do every year at the RSA conference is to wander the expo halls trying to deduce themes and trends for the industry. Before I go into my specific observations, I wanted to share what impressed me the most this time. My first reaction was the normalcy of it all?—?it it came as a shock as this was my first big event after, well, RSA 2020. It definitely felt like the industry was back, with all its goods and some of its bads.
Krebs on Security
JUNE 14, 2022
Cybercrime groups that specialize in stealing corporate data and demanding a ransom not to publish it have tried countless approaches to shaming their victims into paying.
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