Top news of the week: 23.12.2020.
Business And Industries
Journalists Hacked with Suspected NSO Group iMessage ‘Zero-Click’ Exploit
Government operatives used NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware to hack 36 personal phones belonging to journalists, producers, anchors, and executives at Al Jazeera. The journalists were hacked by ...
A moment of reckoning: the need for a strong and global cybersecurity response
The recent spate of cyberattacks require the government and the tech sector in the United States to look with clear eyes at the growing threats we face. At Microsoft, we are committed to ...
Trump Downplays Russia in First Comments on Cyberattack
Contradicting his secretary of state and other top officials, President Donald Trump suggested without evidence that China — not Russia — may be behind recent cyberattacks against the ...
US-CERT Reports 17,447 Vulnerabilities Recorded in 2020
This marks the fourth year in a row that a record number of vulnerabilities has been discovered, following 17,306 in 2019.
Eight Cyber Challenges In An Uncertain World
To tame the uncertainty and reduce the negative impact of disruption, professionals of all stripes should be aware of the cyber challenges up ahead.
The ‘Red Slime’ Lawsuit That Could Sink Right-Wing Media
Voting machine companies threaten “highly dangerous” cases against Fox, Newsmax and OAN, says Floyd Abrams.
It’s A Twister! Will SolarWinds Blow Cybersecurity Governance Reform Into The Boardroom?
The breadth and impact of the SolarWinds breach has been described as the most serious cyberattack in history.
Gallagher Appoints Three New Cybersecurity Specialists
The move is designed to help clients protect themselves against attacks