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MY TAKE: Cyber attacks on industrial controls, operational technology have only just begun

The Last Watchdog

And the risks are multiplying as more digital devices become connected in insufficiently secured environments. At the operational level, critical industrial sectors are dependent on technology developed 10 to 15 years ago and that aren’t regularly patched. Expensive collateral damage. What’s ahead. As attackers become emboldened, U.S.

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Malicious app exploiting CVE-2019-2215 zero-day available in Google Play since March

Security Affairs

This vulnerability was addressed in Dec 2017 in the 4.14 With this evidence, we decided that although we did not have an exploit sample, the risk to users was too great to wait 90 days for a patch and disclosure, and thus reported this to Android under a 7-day deadline.”. LTS kernel [1], AOSP android 3.18 kernel [2], AOSP android 4.4

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Weekly podcast: 2018 end-of-year roundup

IT Governance

And the World Economic Forum released its Global Risks Report 2018 , which placed cyber attacks sixth in the top ten global risks by perceived impact – behind weapons of mass destruction, extreme weather events, natural disasters, failure of climate-change mitigation and adaptation, and water crises. million payment cards and 1.2

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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

Below we outline 18 industry tips for actions you can take to reduce your risk of a ransomware attack: Action. The next three actions: prioritize assets and evaluate traffic, microsegmentation, and adaptive monitoring are central steps of the zero trust architecture and greatly reduce your risks of an attack. Description.

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An Approach to Cybersecurity Risk Oversight for Corporate Directors

Data Matters

More and more, directors are viewing cyber-risk under the broader umbrella of corporate strategy and searching for ways to help mitigate that risk. Despite the plethora of cyber-risk guidance that has surfaced in recent years, however, there is no “silver bullet” for cyber incident response and prevention.

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A Cyber Insurance Backstop

Schneier on Security

In the first week of January, the pharmaceutical giant Merck quietly settled its years-long lawsuit over whether or not its property and casualty insurers would cover a $700 million claim filed after the devastating NotPetya cyberattack in 2017. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #19 [Watch Your Back] New Fake Chrome Update Error Attack Targets Your Users

KnowBe4

Users can become desensitized to the potential risks bogus messages concerning IT issues carry with them. Date/Time: TOMORROW, Wednesday, May 10, @ 2:00 PM (ET) Can't attend live? The risk obviously is that this killer app will devolve into social engineering at scale. Save My Spot!