Cybersecurity News
Clearview AI Customers Exposed in Data Breach
Customers for the controversial facial recognition company were detailed in a log file leaked to news organizations.27 February 2020
Government Employees Unprepared for Ransomware
Data shows 73% are concerned about municipal ransomware threats but only 38% are trained on preventing these attacks.27 February 2020
Google’s War on Android App Permissions, 60 Percent Successful
An automated Google warning to Android app developers regarding mobile app permissions has cut the number of requests in half.
27 February 2020
Tense Talk About Supply Chain Risk Yields Few Answers
RSA panelists locked horns over whether the ban preventing US government agencies from doing business with Huawei is unfairly singling out the Chinese telecom giant.
27 February 2020
RSAC 2020: GM’s Transportation Future Hinges on Cybersecurity
CEO Mary T. Barra addressed the high stakes in rolling out self-driving cars and biometric-enhanced vehicles, where one cyber-event could derail plans for emerging automotive technologies.
27 February 2020
How We Enabled Ransomware to Become a Multibillion-Dollar Industry
As an industry, we must move beyond one-dimensional approaches to assessing ransomware exposures. Asking these four questions will help.27 February 2020
Facebook sues SDK maker for secretly harvesting user data
Data analytics firm OneAudience allegedly paid app developers to include its SDK in their code so it could harvest data from Facebook users.27 February 2020
Intel Analyzes Vulns Reported in its Products Last Year
A new Intel report looks at the more than 250 CVEs affecting Intel products in 2019.27 February 2020
Intel fixed 236 bugs in 2019 and only 5% (11 bugs) were CPU vulnerabilities
Intel says that 60% of all security bugs fixed in 2019 were discovered internally, by employees.27 February 2020
Facial recognition company Clearview AI hit by data theft
The startup came under scrutiny after it emerged that it had amassed 3 billion photos from social media for facial recognition software
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27 February 2020
What Your Company Needs to Know About Hardware Supply Chain Security
By establishing a process and framework, you can ensure you're not giving more advanced attackers carte blanche to your environment.27 February 2020
IoT Insecurity: When Your Vacuum Turns on You
From vacuum cleaners to baby monitors, the IoT landscape continues to be plagued by concerning security issues that lead to privacy threats.
27 February 2020
RSA 2020 – Hacking humans
What the human battle against biological viruses can teach us about fighting computer infections – and vice versa
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27 February 2020
Cisco patches incoming to address Kr00k vulnerability impacting routers, firewall products
There are no workarounds for the Wi-Fi communications bug.27 February 2020
US government authorities fail to train employees on ransomware detection, prevention
New research suggests that the majority of state and local governments are not rising to the challenge of mitigating ransomware threats.27 February 2020
Did someone file your taxes before you?
With tax season – and tax scams – in full swing, here’s how fraudsters can steal your tax refund, and how you can avoid becoming a victim
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27 February 2020
Android malware can steal Google Authenticator 2FA codes
A new version of the "Cerberus" Android banking trojan will be able to steal one-time codes generated by the Google Authenticator app and bypass 2FA-protected accounts.27 February 2020
'Cloud Snooper' Attack Circumvents AWS Firewall Controls
Possible nation-state supply chain attack acts like a "wolf in sheep's clothing," Sophos says.27 February 2020
State of Cybersecurity Incident Response
Data breaches and regulations have forced organizations to pay closer attention to the security incident response function. However, security leaders may be overestimating their ability to detect and respond to security incidents. Read this report to find out more.
27 February 2020
Got Backups?
Eventually, we all have an accident or get hacked. And when we do, backups are often the only way to recover. Backups are cheap and easy; make sure you are backing up all of your personal information at home (such as family photos) on a regular basis.27 February 2020