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Cloud Security, DevOps, AppSec – The Week’s Best News – 2021.07.07

A Review of the Best News of the Week on Cloud Security, DevOps, AppSec Pentagon Cancels Disputed JEDI Cloud Contract With Microsoft (SecurityWeek, Jul 06 2021) The Pentagon said Tuesday it is canceling a cloud-computing contract with Microsoft that could eventually have been worth $10 billion and will instead pursue

AI, IoT, & Mobile Security – The Week’s Best News – 2021.07.06

A Review of the Best News of the Week on AI, IoT, & Mobile Security Secure AI is the foundation of trustworthy AI (Help Net Security, Jun 30 2021) AI-based recommendation systems are used in many online services we enjoy today, including search engines, online shopping sites, streaming services, and

Threats & Defense – The Week’s Best News – 2021.07.05

A Review of the Best News of the Week on Cyber Threats & Defense CISA Adds Ransomware Module to Cyber Security Evaluation Tool (SecurityWeek, Jul 01 2021) The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday announced the release of a new module for its Cyber Security Evaluation Tool

15 Bullet Friday – The Best Security News of the Week – 2021.07.02

The Top 15 Security Posts – Vetted & Curated *Threats & Defense* 1. NSA Funds Development & Release of D3FEND Framework (Dark Reading, Jun 22 2021) The framework, now available through MITRE, provides countermeasures to attacks. 2. 74% of Q1 Malware Was Undetectable Via Signature-Based Tools (Dark Reading, Jun 24

CISO View – The Week’s Best News – 2021.07.02

A Review of the Best News of the Week on Cybersecurity Management & Strategy US the Only Top Tier Cyber-power (Infosecurity Magazine, Jun 28 2021) Report finds other countries lag behind US when it comes to cyber prowess Attacks against game companies are up. But why? (SC Media, Jun 25

Identity Mgt & Web Fraud – The Week’s Best News – 2021.07.01

A Review of the Best News of the Week on Identity Management & Web Fraud Hackers Fool Facial Recognition Into Thinking I’m Mark Zuckerberg (VICE, Jun 24 2021) Using a new technique, researchers say they can make AI systems misidentify people by adding small bits of data to the images.

Cloud Security, DevOps, AppSec – The Week’s Best News – 2021.06.30

A Review of the Best News of the Week on Cloud Security, DevOps, AppSec AWS Acquires Encrypted Communications Service Wickr (SecurityWeek, Jun 25 2021) Amazon’s AWS subsidiary on Friday announced the acquisition of Wickr, a late-stage startup that sells end-to-end encrypted communications tools. Most Developers Never Update Third-Party Libraries in

AI, IoT, & Mobile Security – The Week’s Best News – 2021.06.29

A Review of the Best News of the Week on AI, IoT, & Mobile Security New security measures to keep Google Play safe (Help Net Security, Jun 29 2021) Google is announcing two new security measures aimed at minimizing the number of malicious / potentially unwanted apps available for download

Threats & Defense – The Week’s Best News – 2021.06.28

A Review of the Best News of the Week on Cyber Threats & Defense NSA Funds Development & Release of D3FEND Framework (Dark Reading, Jun 22 2021) The framework, now available through MITRE, provides countermeasures to attacks. 74% of Q1 Malware Was Undetectable Via Signature-Based Tools (Dark Reading, Jun 24