Top news of the week: 09.04.2020.
#Cybersecurity #ML #Microsoft #ama #finserv #infosec #FinTech #AI #DL #DataScience
Threats And Attacks
#Microsoft issues targeted notification to #hospitals #vulnerable to #Ransomware attacks https://t.co/0KCHrRb5y9 https://t.co/CvcQ8iLa6Z
OpenMicrosoft issues targeted notification to hospitals vulnerable to Ransomware attacks
Microsoft is sending notifications to dozens of hospitals about vulnerable VPN devices and gateways exposed online in their network. Microsoft is warning dozens of hospitals of the risks of ...
NASA sees an “exponential” jump in malware attacks as personnel work from home https://t.co/gkaRWJoKku
OpenNASA sees an “exponential” jump in malware attacks as personnel work from home
Space agency report suggests employees are falling for online scams.
Innovations And Trends
RT @IanLJones98: The Promise & Challenges of #AI & #MachineLearning for #Cybersecurity
By Nathan McKinley v/ @cpomagazine
#FinTech #ML #DL #DataScience cc @DrJDrooghaag @FrRonconi @BillMew @NevilleGaunt @evankirstel @Nicochan33 @FmFrancoise @MasterofIoT @enricomolinari
https://t.co/NApp6F2qvh
OpenHow can AI and machine learning contribute to cybersecurity?
Technologies like AI and Machine Learning can give companies a competitive lead in terms of information security and data safety. How can these technologies support cybersecurity?
RT @sbmeunier: Coronavirus Accelerating Push to #Cloud for #Cybersecurity Industry
Cc @archonsec @cybersecboardrm @Shirastweet @TopCyberNews @chuckdbrooks @mclynd @DrJDrooghaag @digitalcloudgal @fogle_shane
#infosec #finserv
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OpenCoronavirus Sets Up Accelerated Push to Cloud for Cybersecurity Industry
As the coronavirus pandemic shutters offices and batters the economy, experts say the largest-ever remote work experiment could supercharge the cybersecurity industry’s shift to cloud ...
Data Privacy
CNIL Stresses Importance of ISO 27701 for Global Data Protection Compliance | Privacy & Information Security Law Blog https://t.co/uDWisOx3pi https://t.co/9zwWuQUnty
OpenCNIL Stresses Importance of ISO 27701 for Global Data Protection Compliance
On April 2, 2020, the French Data Protection Authority published a press release highlighting the importance of the ISO/IEC 27701 standard for the protection of personal data.
This global pandemic will increase interest in the study of Existential Risk, where surveillance and authoritarianism are hot topics. This article on "COVID-19 surveillance profiteers" by @violetblue is worth reading in this context. https://t.co/mmNhibwtpR via @engadget
OpenThe surveillance profiteers of COVID-19 are here
Our worlds are so upside-down and backwards right now that Wired claims Surveillance Could Save Lives Amid a Public Health Crisis, and privacy activist Maciej Cegłowski flat-out stated We ...
Startups And Investments
RT @Nellanto: Blossom Capital launches €4.6 million angel programme to back 20 startups https://t.co/jEXgcWcRIt via @EU_Startups
OpenBlossom Capital launches €4.6 million angel programme to back 20 startups
London-based Blossom Capital, the record-breaking European venture capital firm led by premier investor Ophelia Brown, is today announcing Cultivate, an angel investment programme that will ...
Congratulations to cyber security firm, Horangi, for raising $20 million in series B
funding previously led by 500 Durians!
https://t.co/Y6MYrWie6H
OpenSG cybersecurity firm Horangi raises $20m Series B led by Provident Growth
The round was joined by return backers Monk's Hill Ventures, Right Click Capital, and Genesis Alternative Ventures, a Southeast Asian venture debt fund.
Companies And Services
So far organizations are wisely erring on the side of security and lot laying off cybersecurity staffers despite the national labor meltdown now taking place.....As unemployment claims soar, cyber workforce remains strong https://t.co/Cv5EWS34zH
OpenAs unemployment claims soar, cyber workforce remains strong
Of the nearly 10 million Americans who recently have filed for unemployment insurance – 6.6 million this week and 3.3 million the week before – as the coronavirus pandemics shut down ...
My $.02 on #cybersecurity challenges professionals are facing while teleworking. Read more: https://t.co/sAJZUmn3Pn @GCIOMedia @James_Mersol
OpenUpdate: Cybersecurity Challenges, Solutions Grow with Telework Shifts
One month on, mobile device security and video-teleconferencing platforms enter the spotlight.
Business And Industries
RT @RonDeibert: New @citizenlab report "Move Fast & Roll Your Own Crypto: A Quick Look at the Confidentiality of Zoom Meetings" by @billmarczak @jsrailton : https://t.co/n17KdejmNF
OpenMove Fast & Roll Your Own Crypto A Quick Look at the Confidentiality of Zoom Meetings
This report examines the encryption that protects meetings in Zoom and finds that they have made their own encryption scheme and has significant weaknesses.
MSSPs will frequently provide security awareness training as a part of its suite of services, a market that is expected to reach $10 billion by 2027, according to Cybersecurity Ventures, a leading researcher and publisher. https://t.co/yxerQ5XcMM via @SSIMagazine
OpenUnlocking Opportunity in the Cybersecurity Market
In this state of the industry report, systems integrators will gain insights into current cybersecurity trends and threat vectors, plus the latest market developments, challenges and more.
Mitre Att&ck
Threat intelligence teams at Microsoft monitor & respond to pandemic-related shift in adversary focus. Data shows COVID-19 themed threats retread existing attacks, slightly altered to tie to pandemic, a change of lures, not a surge in attacks. #BlueTeam https://t.co/CZXIFdwR91
OpenMicrosoft shares new threat intelligence, security guidance during global crisis
Our threat intelligence shows that COVID-19 themed threats are retreads of existing attacks that have been slightly altered to tie to the pandemic. We’re seeing a changing of lures, not a ...
RT @TrustedSec: Members from our #IR team are joining our Slack's #ama channel April 15 at 1 p.m. ET 🕐 they will be answering as many IR questions as they can in 2 hours!
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Open#AMA with TrustedSec's Incident Response Team
Learn more about AMA - Incident Response Team from TrustedSec, the leading US security consulting team.