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• #RSAC: Defenders Need to Work Together for Better Protection

  18-04-2018 21:42
  #RSAC: Defenders Need to Work Together for Better ProtectionAt RSA 2018 in San Francisco Johnnie Konstantas, senior director, Enterprise Cybersecurity Group, Microsoft, Rob Lefferts, director, Microsoft and Sam George, director, Azure IoT, discussed the latest trends in the threat landscape and explored how defenders can reach outside their organizations to leverage pooled resources for better protection.Konstantas said that easy marks are still under attack from adversaries, who continue to be
  
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• #RSAC: The Impact of Industrial IoT Exploits

  18-04-2018 20:52
  #RSAC: The Impact of Industrial IoT ExploitsSpeaking at RSA 2018 in San Francisco Ed Cabrera, chief cybersecurity officer at Trend Micro, examined the attack surface of smart factories and industrial robots.Cabrera explained that for smart factories increased automation, increased connectivity and increased complexity, combined with the increased attack sophistication of adversaries, comes increased risk.To outline the real-life threats that smart factories face as a result, he considered t
  
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• 48 Million Detailed Psychometric Records on Individuals Leaked

  18-04-2018 19:03
  48 Million Detailed Psychometric Records on Individuals Leaked About 48 million records of detailed personal information on tens of millions of individuals have been leaked, containing Cambridge Analytica–style information gathered and scraped from multiple sources.The culprit, as is the case all too often, is a misconfigured cloud storage repository, in this case belonging to a company called LocalBlox. LocalBlox bills itself as a personal and business data search service, but it’s
  
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• 70% of Energy IT Pros Fear 'Catastrophic Failure' from Cyber-Attacks

  18-04-2018 18:43
  70% of Energy IT Pros Fear 'Catastrophic Failure' from Cyber-AttacksAbout 70% of respondents in a recent survey are concerned that a successful cyber-attack could cause a catastrophic failure, such as an explosion.According to a Tripwire survey, in which respondents included 151 IT and operational technology (OT) security professionals at energy and oil and gas companies, almost all (97%) are concerned that attacks could cause operational shutdowns, and 96% believe they could impact the safety o
  
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• IT Managers Lack Visibility into Almost Half of Network Traffic

  18-04-2018 17:55
  IT Managers Lack Visibility into Almost Half of Network TrafficIT managers lack visibility to about 45% of their organization’s network traffic, creating significant security challenges. In fact, nearly a quarter of them are blind to as much as 70% of their network traffic.Sophos’s global survey, The Dirty Secrets of Network Firewalls, polled more than 2,700 IT decision-makers from midsized businesses in 10 countries, including the US, Canada, Mexico, France, Germany, UK, Austra
  
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• The future of technology in warfare: From drone swarms to VR torture

  18-04-2018 16:50
  Geopolitical developments have raised fears of another world war. Technological advances mean it should at least be over quickly.
  
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• UK ID Fraud Hits an All-Time High

  18-04-2018 12:13
  UK ID Fraud Hits an All-Time HighUK identity fraud hit an all-time high last year, driven heavily by online attacks, according to the latest stats from Cifas.The fraud prevention service’s annual Fraudscape report compiles data from 306 participating organizations, so can be seen more as a snapshot of trends than a comprehensive tally of incidents.It claimed identity fraud stood at 174,523 cases in 2017, up 1% on previous years and driven mainly by online trends."It remains a predominantly
  
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• MPs Demand Faster NHS Response on Cyber, One Year After WannaCry

  18-04-2018 11:24
  MPs Demand Faster NHS Response on Cyber, One Year After WannaCryMPs have slammed the NHS for failing to agree on its plans to help prevent another WannaCry, nearly a year after the ransomware attack caused widespread disruption.The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has set a June deadline for an update from the health service on estimated costs for the vital cybersecurity investment needed to protect its systems going forward.A National Audit Office report from October revealed that an estimated 1
  
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• TaskRabbit Takes Site Offline After Security Incident

  18-04-2018 10:52
  TaskRabbit Takes Site Offline After Security IncidentOdd-job marketplace TaskRabbit has taken its website offline and urged users to change any online passwords reused on the platform after a suspected breach.The IKEA-owned firm posted a brief statement on the holding page, claiming it is investigating a “cybersecurity incident.”“Our entire team is working around the clock with an outside cybersecurity firm and law enforcement to determine the specifics. The app and the website
  
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• Military grade firearms increasingly available to terrorists in Europe - report

  18-04-2018 10:40 via theguardian.com
  Reactivated and smuggled guns are being used as barriers to obtaining firearms in Europe break down, report warnsAn “arms race” between criminal groups in Europe risks making it easier for terrorists to obtain high-powered, military grade firearms, a report has warned.The survey says long-standing barriers to obtaining firearms have broken down in recent years owing to the emergence of the internet, cross-border smuggling of military-grade assault rifles into the EU, the conversion o
  
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• #RSAC: It’s Time to Kill the Pen Test

  18-04-2018 01:00
  #RSAC: It’s Time to Kill the Pen TestAt RSA 2018 in San Francisco today Adrian Sanabria, director of research at Savage Security, presented a session on why he believes it’s time to kill the pen test.Sanabria explained that whilst the concept of pen testing does and will continue to have value, there are problems in the design and execution of many current pen test methods that result in them failing to be effective.Sanabria said that pen testing made a lot of sense in the 90s, as ba
  
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