Remove 10
Remove 2017 Remove 2018 Remove Government Remove Manufacturing
article thumbnail

STEPS FORWARD: Regulators are on the move to set much needed IoT security rules of the road

The Last Watchdog

New government rules coupled with industry standards meant to give formal shape to the Internet of Things (IoT) are rapidly quickening around the globe. After all, government mandates combined with industry standards are the twin towers of public safety. Related: The need for supply chain security This is to be expected.

IoT 220
article thumbnail

Marcus “MalwareTech” Hutchins Pleads Guilty to Writing, Selling Banking Malware

Krebs on Security

Marcus Hutchins, a 24-year-old blogger and malware researcher arrested in 2017 for allegedly authoring and selling malware designed to steal online banking credentials, has pleaded guilty to criminal charges of conspiracy and to making, selling or advertising illegal wiretapping devices. The government says between July 2012 and Sept.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Weekly podcast: 2018 end-of-year roundup

IT Governance

Hello and welcome to the final IT Governance podcast of 2018. The year started with the revelation of Spectre and Meltdown – major security flaws affecting processors manufactured by Intel, ARM and AMD. million US customers had been affected by 2017’s Equifax breach , bringing the total number of victims to 147.9

article thumbnail

US DoJ indicts Chinese hackers over state-sponsored cyber espionage

Security Affairs

The US Department of Justice charged two Chinese hackers for hacking numerous companies and government agencies in a dozen countries, US Indicts Two Chinese Government Hackers Over Global Hacking Campaign. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. ” continues the DoJ’s Press release.

article thumbnail

Regulatory Update: NAIC Summer 2018 National Meeting

Data Matters

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Summer 2018 National Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, from August 4 to 7, 2018. The Task Force aims to complete the white paper by the fall of 2018. This post summarizes the highlights from this meeting.

article thumbnail

GUEST ESSAY: The story behind how DataTribe is helping to seed ‘Cybersecurity Valley’ in Maryland

The Last Watchdog

Within these government labs and agencies, taking place is a groundswell of innovation in deep technology cyber disciplines to the tune of billions of dollars annually over the past three decades. and Tenable, which went public in 2018 with a market capitalization of approximately $4 billion. According to the U.S.

article thumbnail

Utilities Digital Journey Insights (Part 4): Utilities’ pursuit of new business models accelerates

CGI

Tue, 02/19/2019 - 10:45. The emergence of these innovative offerings clearly underscore the findings of the 2018 CGI Client Global Insights in which 76% (compared to 45% in 2017) of the utilities executives we interviewed identify changing business models to address distributed energy resources as a top trend.