The Top 15 Security Posts – Vetted & Curated *Threats & Defense* 1. Chinese Supply-Chain Attack on Computer Systems (Schneier on Security, Feb 13 2021) “Bloomberg News has a major story about the Chinese hacking computer motherboards made by Supermicro, Levono, and others. It’s been going on since at least
A Review of the Best News of the Week on Cybersecurity Management & Strategy Microsoft: 1000+ Hackers Worked on SolarWinds Campaign (Infosecurity Magazine, Feb 16 2021) Russian-backed cyber-espionage operation is “largest” world has seen U.S. Charges North Korean Hackers Over $1.3 Billion Bank Heists (SecurityWeek, Feb 17 2021) Three North
A Review of the Best News of the Week on Identity Management & Web Fraud Virginia is about to get a major CA-style data privacy law (Ars Technica, Feb 11 2021) Virginia’s the first on deck since California’s CCPA in 2018, but more are coming. U.S. Indicts North Korean Hackers
A Review of the Best News of the Week on Cloud Security, DevOps, AppSec Helping users keep their org secure w/ phone’s built-in security key (Google, Feb 16 2021) “We want as many of our customers as possible to adopt this essential protection and to make them aware of potential
A Review of the Best News of the Week on AI, IoT, & Mobile Security Mobile Health Apps Found to Expose Records of Millions of Users (SecurityWeek, Feb 11 2021) An analysis of 30 popular mobile health (mHealth) applications has revealed that all of them expose the full patient records
A Review of the Best News of the Week on Cyber Threats & Defense Chinese Supply-Chain Attack on Computer Systems (Schneier on Security, Feb 13 2021) “Bloomberg News has a major story about the Chinese hacking computer motherboards made by Supermicro, Levono, and others. It’s been going on since at
The Top 15 Security Posts – Vetted & Curated *Threats & Defense* 1. Lack of visibility into remote endpoints leaves companies vulnerable to ransomware (Help Net Security, Feb 03 2021) Illumio released findings on visibility and security practices for remote endpoints, revealing how vulnerable organizations are to ransomware propagating throughout
A Review of the Best News of the Week on Cybersecurity Management & Strategy ‘Dangerous Stuff’: Hackers Tried to Poison Water Supply of Florida Town (The New York Times, Feb 09 2021) For years, cybersecurity experts have warned of attacks on small municipal systems. In Oldsmar, Fla., the levels of
A Review of the Best News of the Week on Identity Management & Web Fraud Breached H20 plant employees used same TeamViewer pw and no f/w (Ars, Feb 10 2021) Shortcomings illustrate the lack of security rigor in critical infrastructure environments. Authorities bust SIM-swap ring they say took millions from