RSAC 2020: Ransomware a ‘National Crisis,’ CISA Says, Ramps ICS Focus
The federal agency plans a slew of initiatives to address industrial control security this year.
The federal agency plans a slew of initiatives to address industrial control security this year.
Jessica spends 12 hours a day on the internet managing security for web assets and loves her macha tea
More detail has emerged about the private industrial 5G operations Lufthansa has pegged to its new holding in the 3.7-3.8 GHz spectrum in Germany, with Vodafone emerging, as well as Nokia, as early partner for the German airline’s technical services division. Separately of Nokia’s proclamation yesterday (February 27) it has provided telecoms gear for a…
Facebook Messenger is getting a facelift with a simpler, more streamlined design. Granted, we already knew that given the changes were on the way given they were announced way back in 2018, but today we got our first glimpse at what the final product might look like, courtesy of TechCrunch. The big picture: The Discover…
The security industry has the perfect skillset and adversarial defense outlook to deal with some of the emerging societal issues in today’s world, said security technologist Bruce Schneier.
Jessica spends 12 hours a day on the internet managing security for web assets and loves her macha tea
More detail has emerged about the private industrial 5G operations Lufthansa has pegged to its new holding in the 3.7-3.8 GHz spectrum in Germany, with Vodafone emerging, as well as Nokia, as early partner for the German airline’s technical services division. Separately of Nokia’s proclamation yesterday (February 27) it has provided telecoms gear for a…
As a tech reporter, I’m used to seeing companies announce a product early only to delay it by months come release time. So it was a pretty big surprise to read a Windows Central report claiming Microsoft may release the Surface Duo–its dual-screen Android phone–months earlier than anticipated. When Microsoft announced the Duo and Neo–its larger…
If your web server is running on Apache Tomcat, you should immediately install the latest available version of the server application to prevent hackers from taking unauthorized control over it. Yes, that’s possible because all versions (9.x/8.x/7.x/6.x) of the Apache Tomcat released in the past 13 years have been found vulnerable to a new high-severity…
Sprint announced collaborations with Swiss operator Swisscom and Nordic carrier Telia to extend the Sprint Curiosity Internet of Things (IoT) platform to Europe. Sprint said that thanks to this new deal, Swisscom and Telia Company customers will now be able to better serve their customers in the U.S. With in-country access using a local…
Someone is disrupting cryptocurrency exchanges with Distributed Denial of Service attacks, with both Bitfinex and OKEx hit in the past 24 hours. “I was not aware of the attack against OKEx yesterday. I’m interested to understand similarities,” tweeted Bitfinex CTO Paulo Ardoino. “We’ve seen a level of sophistication that means a deep preparation from the attacker.” Seems…
Let’s Encrypt, a free, automated, and open certificate signing authority (CA) from the nonprofit Internet Security Research Group (ISRG), has said it’s issued a billion certificates since its launch in 2015. The CA issued its first certificate in September 2015, before eventually reaching 100 million in June 2017. Since late last year, Let’s Encrypt has…