Avast fights off cyber-espionage attempt, Abiss | Avast
Global software companies are increasingly being targeted for disruptive attacks, cyber-espionage and even nation-state level sabotage, as evidenced by the many reports of data breaches and supply chain attacks over the last ...
EU Takes Aim at China and Huawei in 5G Cybersecurity Report
A European Union report assessing risks to its planned 5G cybersecurity networks says that foreign states and state-backed actors represent the biggest threat, and it all but named Chinese firm Huawei as ...
U.S. AG Wants Legal Back Door to All Facebook Postings (and Everything Else)
When it comes to encryption, we are having another Groundhog Day. The U.S., UK and Australian governments are pressuring Facebook to stop its plans to include “end to end” encryption, which would ...
NCSC Cyber Essentials Scheme to be Streamlined
The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) CyberEssentials Scheme is to be streamlined from 1stApril 2020, with IASME named as sole partner.It will become easier for UK businesses to protect themselves from ...
SANS DFIR, Jason Jordaan’s ‘Understanding The Forensic Science In Digital Forensics’
Thanks to SANS for publishing the SANS DFIR superlative DFIR videos on their SANS DFIR YouTube Channel Permalink ...
Encryption Ban: U.S., UK, Australia Try to Change How Math Works (Again)
Governments are yet again attacking end-to-end encryption. As if passing new laws somehow stops criminals breaking existing ones ...
Black Hat USA 2019, Matt Prevost’s ‘How Do Cyber Insurers View The World?’
Thanks to Black Hat for publishing the Black Hat 2019 tremendous conference videos on their YouTube Channel Permalink ...
Trump, Ukraine, Crowdstrike and Servers – What Gives?
From 2015 through 2016, during the run-up to the presidential election, certain cloud servers used by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) were attacked and infiltrated by advanced persistent threat (APT) actors from ...
FTC Holds Companies Accountable for Online Lead Generators
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) dropped the $30 million hammer on Career Education Corporation (CEC) for using leads obtained from dubious and illegal website operators to engage with prospects with the hope ...
Are Ransom Payments Supporting Terrorists?
Organizations, particularly those that recognize that they don’t have essential security and data recovery measures in place, have taken out cyber insurance, which they are regularly using to pay off ransomware attackers ...
