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MY TAKE: New tech standards, like ‘Matter’ and ‘BIMI,’ point the way to secure interoperability

The Last Watchdog

However, there’s still a long way to go to achieve deep interoperability of interconnected services in a way that preserves privacy and is very secure. This is precisely what the consortium of software companies and device manufacturers, led Google, Amazon and Apple, set out to achieve when Matter was conceived four years ago.

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Ransomware attacks break records in 2023: the number of victims rose by 128%

Security Affairs

According to the Ransomlooker tool, the number of ransomware attack victims increased by 128.17% compared to the previous year (2022), with 1837 additional incidents. This group primarily focused its attacks on the construction, manufacturing/industrial, and retail industries. Winter was the least active time (14.6%

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GUEST ESSAY — Security practices companies must embrace to stop AI-infused cyber attacks

The Last Watchdog

Currently, human hackers often discover security holes by chance; AI could make their hacking tools faster and the success of their tactics and techniques much more systematic. Our cybersecurity tools at present are not prepared to handle AI-infused hacking, should targeted network attacks advance in this way.

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SHARED INTEL: Poll shows companies pursuing ‘Digital Trust’ reap benefits as laggards fall behind

The Last Watchdog

DigiCert’s survey presents hard evidence that trust can be the basis of a winning business model. Since it was introduced two years ago, Matter has been embraced by some 400 manufacturers of IoT devices and close to one million Matter certificates have been issued, Nelson told me. It’s not just in smart homes,” he says.

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Cyber-Criminal espionage Operation insists on Italian Manufacturing

Security Affairs

ZLab researchers spotted a new malicious espionage activity targeting Italian companies operating worldwide in the manufacturing sector. This actor was first spotted by PaloAlto’s UNIT42 in 2018 during wide scale operations against technology, retail, manufacturing, and local government industries in the US, Europe and Asia.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 5 – 11 February 2024

IT Governance

Compromised data includes policyholders’ and their families’ civil status, dates of birth and social security numbers, as well as the name of their health insurer and information relating to their contracts. It has since been confirmed by Anukul Peedkaew, the permanent secretary of social development and human security.

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Group-IB presented latest cybercrime and nation-state hacking trends in Asia

Security Affairs

According to Group-IB’s report findings, Asia is one of the most actively attacked regions in the world, the company presented latest cybercrime trends. It is likely that in the space of a few years they will seriously affect the cyber security market.”. Such tools are actively used by two groups in particular: BlackEnergy and Lazarus.