Though New York is one of 23 states to establish an official cybersecurity task force through executive order or legislation, the Governor’s Cybersecurity Advisory Board should not be confused with …
How privileged insiders threaten the security of global organizations
Almost two out of three IT organizations suspect that they suffered a direct or indirect breach in the past year due to abused or misused employee access (64%) or because a third party vendor got …
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The Hackers Who Saved the World – Interview with Author Joe Menn
I've just finished reading an advance copy of Joseph Menn's new book Cult of the Dead Cow: How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World (Amazon Link) and can recommend highly for OODA …
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Tech giants sign letter condemning UK agency’s plan to spy on encrypted messages
Four tech giants have slammed a proposal by the UK government to allow government spies secret access to private chats that are supposed to be encrypted. In a joint letter to the UK Government …
Volume of Signed Malware Increases, CAs Need Better Vetting
New figures from Chronicle show that threat actors increasingly manage to abuse digital certificates in order to sign malware. As a result, operating systems can no longer reliably use such …
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Data privacy: A hot-button issue for Americans one year after GDPR
This Sunday will mark one year since the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect. A new nCipher survey shows that awareness of privacy issues has increased in the US. A small …
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Supply Chain Attack Hits Best of the Web Website
Earlier this week, a security researcher discovered that threat actors injected keyloggers into the Best of the Web trust seal that has been issued to over a 100 websites. Keyloggers are malware …
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Patching Our Digital Future Is Unsustainable and Dangerous
In a new essay, Melissa Hathaway makes the case for more sustainable and deliberate collective approaches to building security and trust into new systems and more robust disclosure processes. "We …
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DARPA Air Combat Evolution (ACE) Program: Dogfighting with an AI wingman
Artificial intelligence has defeated chess grandmasters, Go champions, professional poker players, and, now, world-class human experts in the online strategy games Dota 2 and StarCraft II. No AI …
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A Cisco Router Bug Has Massive Global Implications
A duo of vulnerabilities present in Cisco routers could have significant impact on thousands of companies and government entities. The code not only allows for remote access but allows an attacker to …
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