Security
Cyberwar against Russia is creating a risky legal precedent, says expert
While hitting Russia with cyberattacks helps ease the pressures Moscow has put on Ukraine, what will happen if hackers use the cyberwar as a pretext to focus on another, unrelated, target?
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Procurement as an unguarded attack surface
With cyberattacks such as SolarWinds receiving so much publicity, the threat vector in the procurement and contracting sector has become well documented.
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Deepfakes could facilitate real estate fraud, experts warn
Algorithms capable of creating hyper-realistic images have been available for several years. Now, AI-powered image generators are also easily accessible to all. Experts warn that it is only a matter of time before the technology is used to commit real estate fraud.
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“This was embarrassing.” Hackers lured an experienced employee into a vicious trap
“I felt the hair stand up on the back of my neck,” a longtime warehouse employee told Cybernews. Falling for a fake email, he put all of the company in jeopardy and decided to share his story to prevent others from walking into the same trap.
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Extortion gangs no longer avoid hitting Russian firms
Moscow’s military escapades in Ukraine have affected more than Europe’s geopolitical landscape. Russia’s invasion changed how threat actors conduct their day-to-day business.
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Robson Rodrigues Prado, Tripletech: “before doing something it is better to look around; why reinvent the wheel?"
To really stand out from the crowd, enterprises must always be relevant and visionary. Analyzing the market, hot industry trends,...
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Navigating the cloud: 75% firms struggle with securing cloud environments
Almost 50% of companies believe that overlooking cloud security will lead to increased vulnerability and delayed response to breaches, according to a new Forrester report.
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Ram Iyengar, Cloud Foundry: “laying a good foundational architecture for your web applications is great, but at what cost?”
By presenting intricate hardware and software services in various domains, cloud computing has been proving itself as a revolutionary model...
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Tatiana Krupenya, DBeaver: “the security issue concerns not only data but also processes in the company”
A legitimate system that permits staff to easily accomplish data-related tasks is critical to the success of any enterprise. With...
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Thousands of Android apps leak hard-coded secrets, research shows
Over half of the 30,000 investigated Android Apps are leaking secrets that could have huge repercussions for both app developers and their customers.
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Michael Yuan, Second State: “The default should be zero trust”
Whether constructing a new cloud-native app or updating an existing one, developers should keep to an even set of principles....
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Moldova, Montenegro, and Slovenia suffer massive cyberattacks. Is Russia to blame?
As three countries suffer extensive cyberattacks over a short period of time, suspicions arise: does Russia have anything to do with it?
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Email remains the top attack vector for cybercriminals
Many of our affairs are organized via email. No wonder cybercriminals exploit it to lure unsuspecting users into providing their financial and personal information.
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5.7bn data entries found exposed on Chinese VPN
The Cybernews research team has discovered a leak in a free virtual private network (VPN) aimed at users in China that could put its citizens at risk of persecution by the authoritarian regime.
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New cyberphysical method to halt the trade in counterfeit medicines
According to data from the World Health Organisation (WHO), around 1% of all medicines offered to patients in the developed world are believed to be counterfeit.
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Users soon won’t be able to buy books on five Kindle models: security is to blame
Five models of Kindle – popular e-reader devices – are becoming outmoded, losing support from their manufacturer, and essentially being prevented from downloading new books.
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Twilio data breach: phishers fool employees into providing credentials
Digital communications platform fell victim to a sophisticated social engineering attack. As a result, threat actors gained access to customer data.
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Energy-draining vampire devices: hidden dangers of your smart home
In recent years, every major consumer electronics manufacturer has created a future vision where we seamlessly interact with every device and appliance in so-called smart homes.
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Sacha Kirk, Lawcadia: “the biggest challenge for in-house legal teams is that they continually have to justify their existence”
Today's guest explains, that legal teams too often are expected to do more with less. In this kind of environment...
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Sylvain Felix, smartcockpit: “risk is often seen as a compliance exercise rather than a valuable part of the decision-making process”
Digital governance is critical for an organization’s success as it helps to keep eye on the prize. There have been...
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