Top news of the week: 09.02.2021.
Threats And Attacks
The six biggest cyberattacks of 2020
2020 may be known as the year of cyberattacks, with the attack surface available to threat actors expanding massively during the year.
16-31 January 2021 Cyber Attacks Timeline
It’s time to publish the second timeline of January 2021 covering the main cyber attacks occurred in the second half of this month. In this timeline, I have collected...
Innovations And Trends
Cybersecurity Threats: The Daunting Challenge Of Securing The Internet Of Things
By 2025, it is expected that there will be more than 30 billion IoT connections, almost 4 IoT devices per person on average and that also amounts to trillions of sensors connecting and ...
AI and APIs: The A+ Answers to Keeping Data Secure and Private
Many security leaders view regulations and internal processes designed to manage and secure data as red tape that hampers innovation. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Data Privacy
Clearview AI’s Facial Recognition App Called Illegal in Canada
Canadian authorities declared that the company needed citizens’ consent to use their biometric information, and told the firm to delete facial images from its database.
Private messages between Mensa forum members are leaked onto the internet
Amid confusion over an alleged security breach at the British branch of Mensa, private messages have been leaked onto the internet.
Startups And Investments
Meet Europe’s most exciting space tech startups on 2 March (Sponsored)
Are you a startup, investor or accelerator interested in spacetech, and how GNSS-based innovations are responding to current and future challenges? Then the virtual EU Space ...
How homeworking will affect cybersecurity bets in 2021
The shift in working patterns has rapidly increased the need for better protection. Rize ETF cofounder Rahul Bhushan looks at what comes next.
Companies And Services
A Spyware Vendor Seemingly Made a Fake WhatsApp to Hack Targets
Technical analyses by Citizen Lab and Motherboard found links between a fake version of WhatsApp and Cy4Gate, an Italian surveillance firm that works with cops and intelligence agencies.
Google says it’s too easy for hackers to find new security flaws
In December 2018, researchers at Google detected a group of hackers with their sights set on Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. Even though new development was shut down two years earlier, it’s ...
Business And Industries
Government Providers Dominate Cybersecurity M&A Roundup for Week of Feb. 1, 2021
Several acquisitions were announced in the first week of February 2021, and a majority of the companies provide services to government organizations.
World Economic Forum calls cybersecurity one of the "key threats of the next decade"
The Global Risks Report highlights the onslaught of cyberattacks and a failure of governments to stop them.