Top news of the week: 07.05.2020.
#Cybersecurity #AI #infosec #Education #SmartCity #Fintech #phishing #BigData #DigitalTransformation #IoT
Threats And Attacks
Does your business use MS-Teams (and given the current circumstances, who doesn't?) You might want to be on the lookout for phishing attacks.
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OpenMicrosoft Teams Impersonation Attacks Flood Inboxes
Two separate attacks have targeted as many as 50,000 different Teams users, with the goal of phishing Office 365 logins.
For those who think #phishing doesn't work in 2020 ➤
These hackers successfully hacked into corporate email accounts of at least 156 top-executives at 150+ companies across the globe—primarily with businesses in finance, law & real estate.
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OpenTargeted Phishing Attacks Successfully Hacked Top Executives At 150+ Companies
PerSwaysion: Highly Targeted Phishing Attacks Successfully Hacked Email Accounts of Top Executives At 150+ Companies
Innovations And Trends
RT @evankirstel: Free virtual #cybersecurity school launched for teenagers in lockdown
https://t.co/m5zt4CVwHr #Databreach #Cybercrime #DataPrivacy #Ransomware #Cyberattacks #CSO #Infosec #Malware #CIS #CyberDefense #ITsecurity @Fisher85M @cybersecboardrm https://t.co/395YLteSNg
OpenUK government launches free virtual 'cyber school' that gives teenagers in lockdown the chance to try out as cyber security agents from home
The government's Cyber Discovery virtual school for Brits between 13 and 18 includes interactive games and weekly webinars on cyber skills.
RT @stratorob: Why Malicious Use of AI Poses a Real #Cybersecurity Threat https://t.co/T9qHMJJ2Xd
@evankirstel @adhorn @PVynckier @imoyse @jeanyvesgonin
#AI #IoT #ML #BigData #Fintech #DigitalTransformation #SmartCity https://t.co/4vgpgCWbxy
OpenMalicious Use of AI Poses a Real Cybersecurity Threat
We should prepare for a future in which artificially intelligent cyberattacks become more common.
Data Privacy
Exclusive: Warning Over Chinese Mobile Giant Xiaomi Recording Millions Of People’s ‘Private’ Web And Phone Use
Xiaomi is collecting users’ browser habits and phone usage, raising red flags for privacy researchers.
The Netherlands: Fine imposed on employer processing fingerprints employees https://t.co/K6PHXsvMpL via @@DLA_Piper
OpenThe Netherlands: Fine imposed on employer processing fingerprints of employees
By Stephanie Reinders Folmer and Richard van Schaik The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, “Dutch DPA“) issued a fine of EUR 725,000 for a company unlawfully ...
Startups And Investments
It’s not too late! 5 ways to think about your startup’s GDPR compliance 🤔
From ensuring you're protected, to earning customer trust, to showing investors you're serious, now could be the time to re-visit whether your #startup has a solid GDPR policy 👉
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OpenIt’s not too late! 5 ways to think about your startup’s GDPR compliance
Startups processing personal data as part of their services are legally bound to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation, or 'GDPR'. Almost two years after the coming into force ...
Coronavirus: We have protected privacy, says spy who developed tracing app
The government’s new Covid-19 tracing app will preserve people’s “privacy and security”, the GCHQ intelligence service said yesterday.In an unusual move the cybersecurity agency published a ...
Companies And Services
State-linked hacking continues amid race for coronavirus treatments, US and UK agencies warn
With a vaccine still many months away, organizations doing coronavirus research will continue to find themselves in the crosshairs of spies.
Is your cybersecurity posture resilient enough to survive a pandemic? You’re about to find out. https://t.co/ln0qxtDd1V
OpenThe new cybersecurity resilience
Is your cybersecurity posture resilient enough to survive a pandemic? You’re about to find out.
Business And Industries
‘I Could Solve Most of Your Problems’: Eric Schmidt’s Pentagon Offensive
The former Google C.E.O. has reinvented himself as the prime liaison between Silicon Valley and the military-industrial complex.
In the #digital realm, user experience often drives design. But a lot of that effort evaporates in #cybersecurity, where industry watchers say UX is a nice-to-have afterthought -- if it's addressed at all. How a stronger UX could influence defense:
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OpenUser-Friendly Cybersecurity: Is a Better UX the Key to a Better Defense?
Frictionless security, improved interfaces, and more usable design may improve the efficacy of security tools and features (and make life easier for users and infosec pros alike). So why ...