A Review of the Best News of the Week on Cyber Threats & Defense NSA: Russia’s Sandworm Hackers Have Hijacked Mail Servers (Wired, May 28 2020) In a rare public warning, the US spy agency says the notorious arm of Russian military intelligence is targeting a known vulnerability in Exim.
The Top 15 Security Posts – Vetted & Curated *Threats & Defense* 1. What can merchants do to avoid falling victim to large-scale ATO attacks? (Help Net Security, May 21 2020) The most common approach to prevent ATOs is two-factor authentication for login attempts (62%), which can frustrate legitimate customers
A Review of the Best News of the Week on Cybersecurity Management & Strategy Maintaining the SOC in the age of limited resources (Help Net Security, May 27 2020) With COVID-19, a variety of new cyber risks have made their way into organizations as a result of remote working and
A Review of the Best News of the Week on Identity Management & Web Fraud Riding the State Unemployment Fraud ‘Wave’ (Krebs on Security, May 23 2020) “When a reliable method of scamming money out of people, companies or governments becomes widely known, underground forums and chat networks tend to
A Review of the Best News of the Week on Cloud Security, DevOps, AppSec How secure are open source libraries? (Help Net Security, May 21 2020) Seven in 10 applications have a security flaw in an open source library, highlighting how use of open source can introduce flaws, increase risk,
A Review of the Best News of the Week on AI, IoT, & Mobile Security Hackers Just Dropped a Jailbreak They Say Works for All iPhones (VICE, May 23 2020) The new unc0ver jailbreak relies on a vulnerability that the researcher who found it says Apple is unaware of. Samsung
A Review of the Best News of the Week on Cyber Threats & Defense What can merchants do to avoid falling victim to large-scale ATO attacks? (Help Net Security, May 21 2020) The most common approach to prevent ATOs is two-factor authentication for login attempts (62%), which can frustrate legitimate
The Top 15 Security Posts – Vetted & Curated *Threats & Defense* 1. Chinese Hackers Target Air-Gapped Military Networks (SecurityWeek, May 15 2020) A threat actor believed to be operating out of China has been targeting physically isolated military networks in Taiwan and the Philippines, Trend Micro reports. 2. Attackers
A Review of the Best News of the Week on Cybersecurity Management & Strategy 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report (Verizon Enterprise, May 19 2020) Read the new 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report from Verizon. Get hands-on access to industry-leading data, information and processes via DBIR Interactive. Industry Reactions to Verizon