Cybersecurity Essentials

General News

Cybersecurity threats are varied, and don’t discriminate organizations from individuals when targeted. They represent a fundamental issue that affects almost all aspects of our modern lives.

Top news of the week: 21.09.2021.

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Threats And Attacks

@securityaffairs shared
On Sep 17, 2021
#German #Election body hit by a cyber attack https://t.co/GHfCJ4zsL9 #securityaffairs #hacking
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German Election body hit by a cyber attack

German Election body hit by a cyber attack

A spokesman for the authority running Germany’s September 26 general election confirmed that hackers briefly disrupted its website last month. Threat actors last month hit the website of ...

@Treadstone71LLC shared
On Sep 16, 2021
China responsible for two thirds of state-sponsored cyber attacks https://t.co/h65NfX855C #china
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China responsible for two thirds of state-sponsored cyber attacks

China responsible for two thirds of state-sponsored cyber attacks

Foreign governments like China and Russia are increasingly blending their cyber capabilities with criminal networks to hide their identity.

Innovations And Trends

@reach2ratan shared
On Sep 21, 2021
How CISOs and CIOs should share cybersecurity ownership https://t.co/cpKxWDJuih #CyberSecurity #digital #Hackers #infosec @reach2ratan #malware #cloud #cloudsecurity #dataprotection #Privacy #infosec #informationsecurity #cloudcomputing https://t.co/IcxUYG5P1b
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How CISOs and CIOs should share cybersecurity ownership

How CISOs and CIOs should share cybersecurity ownership

CISOs and CIOs weigh in on how their cybersecurity responsibilities are evolving with changes in the business environment and threat landscape.

@NevilleGaunt shared
On Sep 17, 2021
RT @TheAdityaPatro: 5 ways #DigitalTransformation Officers can make cybersecurity top priority @bizone_en https://t.co/V0JUaMQV82 v/@wef @KanezaDiane @enilev @DeepLearn007 @MikeNashTech @globaliqx @mvollmer1 @NevilleGaunt @labordeolivier @Shi4Tech @Sharleneisenia @smaksked @ChuckDBrooks @bimedotcom https://t.co/OGOXhTR2Xr
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5 ways Digital Transformation Officers can make cybersecurity a top priority

5 ways Digital Transformation Officers can make cybersecurity a top priority

As the pace of digital transformation in business increases, there is a corresponding need to build cybersecurity into every aspect of a company's structure

Data Privacy

@BrianHonan shared
On Sep 16, 2021
RT @klillington: My column: Brexit Britain wants to get rid of those pesky GDPR privacy 'barriers' -- what could go wrong? -- Britain looks to loosen EU chains on data privacy https://t.co/aOjRX19kCI via @IrishTimes
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Britain looks to loosen EU chains on data privacy

Britain looks to loosen EU chains on data privacy

Move could further hamper UK economy given importance of UK/EU data flows

@BrianHonan shared
On Sep 15, 2021
RT @klillington: Viviane Reding will be speaking on data protection and post-Brexit data flows today (Thursday) at 2pm, with a panel discussion following. I'm delighted to be moderating; you can join us by registering (free) here: https://t.co/7Rff3Zpdiy
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Former EU Commissioner and GDPR author Viviane Reding to address DCU Brexit Institute event on cross-border data protection

Former EU Commissioner and GDPR author Viviane Reding to address DCU Brexit Institute event on cross-border data protection

On Thursday 16th September, the DCU Brexit Institute will host an event to discuss Cross-Border Data Protection After …

Startups And Investments

@hackernoon shared
On Sep 21, 2021
"How to Write a Resume for a Role in Cybersecurity" https://t.co/qSmVNIIKA3 #cybersecurity #resumewritingtips
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How to Write a Resume for a Role in Cybersecurity

How to Write a Resume for a Role in Cybersecurity

Help hiring managers feel confident you are the one who can defend their tech infrastructure better than all the experts at IBM, Cisco, and McAfee put together.

@fintechf shared
On Sep 15, 2021
Huawei Collaborates with Industry Partners to Launch Innovation Lab for Digital Finance and Security https://t.co/evXqCOa9So #Fintech #Paytech #FFnews https://t.co/mzpSQaJTdc
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Huawei Collaborates with Industry Partners to Launch Innovation Lab for Digital Finance and Security

Huawei Collaborates with Industry Partners to Launch Innovation Lab for Digital Finance and Security

A unique collaboration between Huawei’s regional Ecosystem Development business and its R&D centre in Finland will lead to the launch of the Digital Finance

Companies And Services

@WeldPond shared
On Sep 21, 2021
Got security.txt? https://t.co/v4IxZ5Npf9
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Does Your Organization Have a Security.txt File?

Does Your Organization Have a Security.txt File?

In a bid to minimize these scenarios, a growing number of major companies are adopting “Security.txt,” a proposed new …

@StephaneNappo shared
On Sep 20, 2021
#EpikHack #Cybersecurity #Infosec #DataBreach #CyberAwareness #CISO #DataPrivacy Turns out the leaked #data dump contains 15,003,961 email addresses belonging to both #Epik's customers and non-customers, and not everyone is pleased with the news. 👉 https://t.co/Lf3BrT9zg9 https://t.co/G0orU5RRZU
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Epik data breach impacts 15 million users, including non-customers

Epik data breach impacts 15 million users, including non-customers

Scraped WHOIS data of NON-Epik customers also exposed in the 180 GB leak.

Business And Industries

@IDGTechTalk shared
On Sep 15, 2021
RT @CIOonline: @IDGTechTalk Here are some hispanic IT leaders blazing their own trails in the tech industry: https://t.co/vlzxHTlawy #HispanicHeritageMonth
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Hispanic IT leaders pioneer new paths to the top

Hispanic IT leaders pioneer new paths to the top

Despite increased focus on diversity in today’s IT, Hispanics are still grappling with how to stand out, yet blend in, in what remains a white male-dominated IT culture.

@CybersecuritySF shared
On Sep 17, 2021
Cybersecurity Ventures @CybersecuritySF estimates that cyber incidents will cost the global economy around $6 trillion this year alone, with #cybercrime being a more profitable mode of illegal activity than the global drug trade. https://t.co/pOTYzMnqPu
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Investing in cybersecurity: passive and active strategies

Investing in cybersecurity: passive and active strategies

Learn how to invest in cybersecurity through stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs).