Security

Pierluigi Paganini November 17, 2018
Japanese government’s cybersecurity strategy chief has never used a computer

The Japanese government’s cybersecurity strategy chief Yoshitaka Sakurada is in the middle of a heated debate due to his admission about his cyber capability. Yoshitaka Sakurada admitting he has never used a computer in his professional life, despite the Japanese Government, assigned to the politician the responsibility for cybersecurity of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Sakurada was only […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 15, 2018
Congress passes bill that create new Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at DHS

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the CISA bill that creates a new cybersecurity agency at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The U.S. House of Representatives passed the CISA bill that creates a new cybersecurity agency at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In October, the Senate passed the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 15, 2018
Kaspersky Lab opens first Transparency Center in Zurich

Kaspersky Lab starts data processing for European users in Zurich and also launched the first Transparency Cente under the announced Transparency Initiative From today, malicious and suspicious files shared by users of Kaspersky Lab products in Europe will start to be processed in data centers in Zurich, initiating the first part of a relocation commitment […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 14, 2018
Adobe Patch Tuesday updates for November 2018 fix known Acrobat flaw

Adobe Patch Tuesday updates for November 2018 addresses three flaws in Flash Player, Acrobat and Reader, and Photoshop CC. Adobe Patch Tuesday updates for November 2018 fixes three flaws in Flash Player, Acrobat and Reader, and Photoshop CC. The most severe issue is an information disclosure vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2018-15979, due to the availability of the proof-of-concept […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 13, 2018
Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates for November 2018 fix actively exploited Windows flaw

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates for November 2018 fixed more than 60 vulnerabilities, including an actively exploited Windows flaw. Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates for November 2018 addressed 63 vulnerabilities, including an actively exploited Windows privilege escalation vulnerability. Twelve of the flaws were rated as “Critical”, 49 are rated Important, two vulnerabilities were publicly known at the time […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 09, 2018
Snowden speaks about the role of surveillance firm NSO Group in Khashoggi murder

Snowden warns of abuse of surveillance software that also had a role in the murder of the Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The popular US whistleblower Edward Snowden has reported the abuse of surveillance made by many governments, he blamed the Israeli company NSO Group for developing and selling surveillance software to Saudi Arabia. Speaking […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 08, 2018
Compliance to Cybersecurity Requirements and False Claims Act

There’s a growing risk of companies receiving substantial fines for not complying with cybersecurity standards under False Claims Act. However, an emerging concern for businesses that act as contract-based service providers for government entities is that those establishments could also be liable under the False Claims Act (FCA). What Is the False Claims Act? The False […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2018
Group-IB and CryptoIns introduce the world’s first insurance against cyber threats for cryptocurrency exchanges

Group-IB and Swiss insurance broker ASPIS that owns CryptoIns project, have developed the world’s first scoring model for assessing cryptocurrency exchanges Group-IB, an international company that specializes in preventing cyber attacks, and a Swiss insurance broker ASPIS SA that owns CryptoIns project, have developed the world’s first scoring model for assessing cryptocurrency exchanges cybersecurity, allowing the exchanges’ clients to ensure their assets. According to CryptoIns analysts, […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2018
IBM Watson will be used by NIST to assign CVSS scores to vulnerabilities

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is planning to use Artificial Intelligence to assign the CVSS scores to reported vulnerabilities. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system provides a reference-method for publicly known information-security vulnerabilities and exposures. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) score between 0.0 and 10.0 that is assigned to each flaw according to its severity. […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 05, 2018
USB drives are primary vector for destructive threats to industrial facilities

USB removable storage devices are the main vector for malware attacks against industrial facilities, states Honeywell report. According to a report published on by Honeywell, malware-based attacks against industrial facilities mostly leverage USB removable storage devices Experts from Honeywell analyzed data collected with the Secure Media Exchange (SMX), a product it has launched in 2017 and that was designed […]