The commercial spyware Pegasus cannot keep out of the news. NSO Group’s CEO-designate quits after US blacklists spyware firm | Israel | The Guardian But this time it looks like the CEO (designate) of NSO Group has resigned because of the decision by the US Government to blacklist the company …
“I just don’t think it’s possible to create a hack-proof computer system” Bruce Schneier
It is not my quote but Bruce Schneier’s, although very similar wording were used by the lecturers repeatedly during my cyber security Master’s course. Which is why we all have to take all reasonable steps to secure our systems. Hacking the Sony Playstation 5 – Schneier on Security
Share-trading app Robinhood hit by a data breach
Up to seven million users of the share trading app have had their personal information compromised. It appears to be a ransomware attack as Robinhood has said it was a limited breach and have rejected a demand for a payment. Robinhood trading app hit by data breach affecting seven million …
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Patch Tuesday – Microsoft
He is a round-up of the Microsoft updates from SANS Internet Strom. As always get these done! Microsoft November 2021 Patch Tuesday (sans.edu)
NCSC and the Labour Party – do you need an incident response plan?
The Nation Cyber Security has an article about cyber-attacks can lead to the loss of control of your information. In the case of the Labour Party they have lost control of their member’s information because of a data breach at a third party they were doing business with. Weekly Threat …
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