The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has and occasional series of advisories it issues, often with other US governmental agencies, looking in depth at various cyber-criminals and ransomware attacks and methodologies, to help professionals who have to deal with these threats. Here is the latest: StopRansomware – Daixin Team …
Security concerns at Twitter
Twitter is a very popular promotional tool used by many businesses, now Peiter Zatko, a former security chief, has testified that Twitter has misled US regulators as to how secure the platform is: Twitter whistleblower alleges ‘egregious deficiencies’ in security measures | Twitter | The Guardian Bad news for us, …
Online voting security
We do everything online – well that may be an over simplification – but last time I went to vote, I must admit I thought I could be doing this from my phone. But if we are going to vote online, we need very special precautions and checks to make …
Our future encrypted security – the new algorithm needs more work
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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How do threat actors get hold of your login credentials? They just ask you to send them over!
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 …
