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RT @khurramcyber: Topics to expect at this year's Black Hat conference
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OpenTop 6 cybersecurity trends to watch for at Black Hat USA 2020
Experts weigh in to share their thoughts on the hottest topics to expect at this year's all-digital Black Hat conference.
RT @jc_stubbs: An interesting thing happened on the internet with week. U.S. travel management firm was hit with Ragnar Locker ransomware. The company agreed to pay and handed over $4.5 mln in bitcoin https://t.co/d993WjaXCF https://t.co/VtSpV2rNyB
Open'Payment sent' - travel giant CWT pays $4.5 million ransom to cyber criminals
U.S. travel management firm CWT paid $4.5 million this week to hackers who stole reams of sensitive corporate files and said they had knocked 30,000 computers offline, according to a record ...
RT @NCSCgov: The Disinfomercial: How Larry King Got Duped Into Starring in Chinese Propaganda https://t.co/rQjeBuYCqV
OpenThe Disinfomercial: How Larry King Got Duped Into Starring in Chinese Propaganda
The broadcasting icon’s fake interview with a Russian journalist went viral on social media, spread by accounts tied to China’s government.
Election Cyber Surge aims to act as matchmaker between local election officials who may not have access to cybersecurity services and qualified experts who want to help. https://t.co/x1Ks0jfAb4
OpenVolunteer hacker army boosts U.S. election cybersecurity
Networks remain "absolutely ripe for a disruptive or destructive attack by a capable adversary," one cybersecurity official said.
Congratulations to @ChaosSearch on their news - Record-Breaking 1H20 for Industry’s First Data Lake Engine for Log Analysis https://t.co/vhDY2A3CFW via @PRWeb
OpenChaosSearch Announces Record-Breaking 1H20 for Industry’s First Data Lake Engine for Log Analysis
BOSTON (PRWEB) July 30, 2020 -- Only Solution Based Entirely on Cloud Storage Answers Demand for Cost-Effectively Analyzing Massive Amounts of Data
@Deloitte & @FSISAC say financial institutions should be "judicious before making a reduction in cybersecurity budgets" amid the #Covid pandemic, due to "the increased push toward digitization and the challenges raised by... remote work environments."
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OpenFinancial institutions likely to doubledown on security spending
Prior to the pandemic, financial institutions spent an average $2,700 on cybersecurity per full-time employee, up from $2,300 the previous year. COVID-19
TikTok's success has fueled scrutiny from politicians who worry about security and privacy issues. https://t.co/Ir2sd8ZTRt https://t.co/O23l87Kpc6
OpenTikTok: For you, it's fun, but for Trump and lawmakers, it's a security threat
President Trump is reportedly forcing TikTok's Chinese parent company to divest the hit social network. Here's why.
RT @campuscodi: In a new CISA-CyberCom-FBI joint alert, the US government is warning about Taidoor, a new RAT used by Chinese state-sponsored threat groups
Agencies say the Taidoor RAT has been used in the wild for 12 years, as far back as 2008.
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OpenCISA, DOD, FBI expose new Chinese malware strain named Taidoor
US government agencies say the Taidoor remote access trojan (RAT) has been used as far back as 2008.