Top news of the week: 04.10.2022.
A Proclamation on Cybersecurity Awareness Month, 2022
During Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we highlight the importance of safeguarding our Nation’s critical infrastructure from malicious cyber activity and protecting citizens and businesses ...
North Korean Hackers Weaponizing Open-Source Software in Latest Cyber Attacks
A sophisticated North Korean state-sponsored hacker group has been observed weaponizing open-source Software.
Transforming a Family Business in Turbulent Times
Families and their enterprises have always needed to adapt to changing times, but in general (and except for disruptive periods), they faced fewer changes and had more time to adapt than ...
It’s time to prepare for the rise of hacktivism (and its side effects)
Hacktivism has played a role in the cyberspace around the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as nation-state cybercriminals and civilians hack with political motivation.
Companies could be forced to delete customer data used to prove ID, Labor suggests
Albanese government considering sweeping overhaul of data retention and privacy laws following massive Optus cyber hack
Data Protection Commission files draft decision on Meta after Facebook data probe
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has submitted a draft decision in a large scale inquiry into Facebook parent company Meta.
Manchester-based Lunio nabs €15 million to enhance ad campaign security
UK-based Lunio is ready to take on click fraud and has just raised €15 million in a Series A funding round. The startup is helping marketing teams get
The New Cybersecurity Motto: Trust is Not an Option
With cyberattacks getting increasingly sophisticated and cybercriminals more organized than ever before, orgnaizations should realize that their best security is not to trust anything.
How the CIA failed Iranian informants in its secret war with Tehran
Gholamreza Hosseini got caught spying for the CIA in Iran. The story of how he was burned casts light on an epic U.S. intelligence failure.
Fake CISO Profiles on LinkedIn Target Fortune 500s
Someone has recently created a large number of fake LinkedIn profiles for Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) …
How AWS, Cisco, Netflix & SAP Are Approaching Cybersecurity Awareness Month
This year's theme is "See Yourself in Cyber," and these security folks are using the month to reflect on the personal factor in cybersecurity.
For Cybersecurity Awareness Month (and Halloween) – Some Scary Cyber Threat Stats
As we begin Cybersecurity Awareness month, it is incumbent for all of us to be more wary than usual by the scary stats surrounding an increasingly sophisticated and lethal cyber threat ...