Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
The US The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has risen to the challenge of finding the encryption we will need when quantum (or just really capable) computers are developed in the future. After a strenuous vetting period they found four contenders to work with: NIST Announces First Four …
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The US Government has issued a warning over the growth of text messages that are designed to manipulate you into giving away your secret information. US govt warns Americans of escalating SMS phishing attacks (bleepingcomputer.com) If it is happening in the US, why not extend the attacks to other English …
The US Government Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has published a report examining the malware that infected an organisation with unpatched Log4Shell vulnerability in a VMware Horizon server. CISA Releases Log4Shell-Related MAR | CISA
For when you have time, here are two articles from Microsoft looking at cyberweapons: Continuing the fight against private sector cyberweapons – Microsoft On the Issues Untangling KNOTWEED: European private-sector offensive actor using 0-day exploits – Microsoft Security Blog The view from the US Government Pegasus spyware: Just ‘tip of …
The Cyber Safety Review Board is operated by The Department of Homeland Security and in it’s inaugural report the Log4j vulnerability, spread and exploitation is discussed: CSRB Report on Log4j – Public Report – July 11 2022_508 Compliant (cisa.gov) It makes interesting reading. I wonder just how many developers do …
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