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Welcome to OVERNIGHT CYBERSECURITY, your daily rundown of the biggest news in the world of hacking and data privacy. We’re here to connect the dots as leaders in government, policy and industry try to counter the rise in cyber threats. What lies ahead for Congress, the administration and the latest company under siege? Whether you’re […]
Cybersecurity blind spots: Vulnerabilities and risks How should companies deal with vulnerabilities? It may depend on the specific vertical industry an organization is in, according to Pavel Slavin, technical director of medical device cybersecurity at healthcare firm Baxter International. “We can’t just take a Microsoft patch on Tuesday and apply it — medical devices can’t […]
The U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is updating cyber security policies after a 2015 data breach in which a former employee kept copies of sensitive information on how banks would handle bankruptcy, the regulator’s chief said on Thursday. FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg also said he made personnel changes after receiving a report in 2013 informing […]
July 14, 2016 Researchers spotted the China-based browser sending sensitive data to a server in Beijing. Researchers at Fidelis Cybersecurity and Poland-based Exatel found that the Maxthon browser sends sensitive data to a browser in Beijing and is prone to man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks. The browser regularly sends a small encrypted file containing the user’s entire […]
July 14, 2016 In March, Su Bin, a 51-year-old China-based businessman in the aviation and aerospace fields, pleaded guilty in his role in the conspiracy. A Chinese businessman was sentenced Wednesday to 46 months in prison in the U.S. for his role in a cyberespionage conspiracy involving Chinese military personnel. In March, Su Bin, a 51-year-old China-based […]
All Cyber Warfare is based on Deception Nowhere is deception more critical than in cyber-defense and offense. Think about it, most of what we do defensively and offensively is designed to “fool” our enemies into making mistakes. Sun Tzu has a lot to say about deception and its critical importance in warfare: “All warfare is […]
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has launched a bug bounty that offers researchers up to $1,500 for each vulnerability they report to it. A year after Fiat Chrysler recalled 1.4 million vehicles due to critical bugs found by two security researchers, the company has launched a program to pay whoever find the bugs that could trigger a […]
*Editor’s note: Steve Morgan is the Founder and CEO at Cybersecurity Ventures. Cybersecurity Ventures recently reported worldwide spending on cyber defense products and services is forecast to exceed $1 trillion for the five-year period from 2017 to 2021 — driven by the dramatic rise in cybercrime, the ransonware epidemic, the refocusing of malware from PCs […]
Colchester, Vt. In Safety Matters, how well can Vermont respond to any situation thrown it’s way? That’s the question state leaders hope to answer through a mass emergency response exercise. It’ll be the biggest drill ever held in Vermont, and it’s just a week and a half away. The exercise is being called Operation Vigilant […]