Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
The is no word from the College of the Desert – based in Palm Desert, California, as to the type of cyber attack it is experiencing by it has disrupted the studies of 12,550 students. Cyberattack knocks out California community college email, website, landlines – The Record by Recorded Future …
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“Smishing” is similar to phishing but instead of using email the cyber criminals tempt you with a text message. Still targeting the usual suspects of your personal information and money. This report on scams and attacks being distributed using sms text messaging is US centric – but what happens over …
I have it often discussed that the US nuclear deterrent is “unhackable” as it uses obsolete technology – such as 8 inch floppy disks with outdate file and operating systems. But is it true? Are America’s nuclear systems so old they’re un-hackable? – The Record by Recorded Future
Hacker spent nearly five months inside a US regional government network, downloading files, using software and deleting logs, before deploying Lockbit ransomware. Sophos recreated the attack from what was left of the logs and believe the attackers got in through a public facing remote desktop protocol (RDP) port – something …
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This post was first published on 28 March 2022 The EU and the United States have come to a deal over the protection of personal data. EU-U.S. data agreement an important milestone for data protection, Microsoft is committed to doing our part – EU Policy Blog Also the EU is …
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The Tor browser is an excellent tool for privacy – and I have written about it before – the BBC hosts it’s News service on Tor. Making it available to people around the world, who may not want the authorities knowing that they are accessing an alternative source of information. …
The United States’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in conjunction with the threat hunting team from the security company Symantec have discovered rootkit malware that can quietly open backdoors into systems. This malware, called “Daxin”, has been linked with Chinese operations connected with the hacking group Middle Kingdom and …
