Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Every employee has a cybersecurity blind spot80% of companies say that an…
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3 keys to managing cyber risk in state, county and city agencies – GCN.com
INDUSTRY INSIGHT 3 keys to managing cyber risk in state, county and city agencies COVID-19 systemic stresses have made state and local organizations an easy…
Three Ways To Hack An Election – ISBuzz News
Election security is about cybersecurity In 2020, securing elections is chiefly a matter of cybersecurity. Since I founded Data Connectors in 1999, we have been…
Three Ways To Hack An Election: Election Security Is About Cybersecurity – ISBuzz News
In 2020, securing elections is chiefly a matter of cybersecurity. Since I founded Data Connectors in 1999, we have been fueling the collaboration of government…
Malware in PyPI Code Shows Supply Chain Risks
A code backdoor in a package on the Python Package Index demonstrates the importance of verifying code brought in from code repositories. The pace of…
China installs spyware on tourists’ Android phones, downloads data from iPhones
Foreigners visiting certain areas of China are having their smartphones searched at the border. With Android phones, authorities install a piece of spyware that has…
Major HSM vulnerabilities impact banks, cloud providers, governments
Two security researchers have recently revealed vulnerabilities that can be exploited remotely to retrieve sensitive data stored inside special computer components known as HSMs (Hardware…
Google Confirms Android Smartphone Security Backdoor
Earlier this year, Forbes reported how a banking Trojan called Triada had been found on a bunch of brand new budget Android smartphones. Google has now confirmed…
12k+ Android apps contain master passwords, secret access keys, secret commands
A comprehensive academic study published this week has discovered hidden backdoor-like behavior — such as secret access keys, master passwords, and secret commands — in…
Cyber Kill Chain – Lockheed Martin
Security incidents are events that may indicate that an organization’s systems or data have been compromised or that measures put in place to protect them…