News Newscan: Once, superpower summits were about nukes. Now, it’s cyberweapons. 18th June 2021 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Once, superpower summits were about nukes. Now, it’s cyberweapons. Biden says he gave Putin list of 16 sectors that should be off-limits to hacking Bipartisan infrastructure pitch gains steam on Capitol Hill as Biden weighs in from Europe NSA: Test unified-communications patches before installing Bipartisan bill bolsters FCC […]
News Driverless-tech liability is all in the wording 17th June 2021 Designating autonomous vehicles as ‘drivers’ raises a variety of potential legal complications meaning self-driving cars will change how insurance companies price and sell policies. Meanwhile, governments, courts, insurers and automakers are all weighing in on the attributes of autonomous vehicles, their ownership and uses. The central liability model currently underpinning auto insurance, which is based […]
News Is an attacker living off your land? 17th June 2021 Malware – and all of its various forms, including ransomware – has grown increasingly stealthy and sophisticated in recent years. Also on the rise: Its ability to fly under cybersecurity software’s radar. One of the primary reasons detecting and stamping out malware is so difficult is the rise of an attack method called living off the […]
News New ThroughTek IoT supply-chain vulnerability announced 17th June 2021 This week, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced a new IoT supply-chain vulnerability with serious impact for Internet of Things devices. DHS and Nozomi Networks Labs announced a new vulnerability discovered in a ThroughTek software component that’s used broadly by security-camera and smart-device vendors. IoT supply-chain vulnerabilities like this have become more prevalent. With this kind […]
News Newscan: Most firms face second ransomware attack after paying off first 16th June 2021 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Most firms face second ransomware attack after paying off first U.S. telcos flag ‘cascading impacts’ from chip shortages Ransomware attack hits another massive, crucial market: Meat National lab recommends Energy Department test electric-utility vendors for cybersecurity Tech giants have to hand over your data when federal investigators ask. […]
Partner content Required MFA is not sufficient for strong security: Report 16th June 2021 Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is among the most useful measures companies can use against the rise in credential attacks, but attackers are adapting, as demonstrated in a variety of bypasses that allowed them to infiltrate networks — even those protected by MFA. In an analysis of recent attacks, identity and access management firm CyberArk found at […]
News U.S. telecom groups warn of network construction delays from chip shortages 16th June 2021 Amid growing consensus that the US government should pour billions of dollars into the development of broadband across the country, a number of telecom industry trade groups are warning that the ongoing global chip shortage is delaying or completely impeding the construction of networks this year. “The minimum delay reported by members was generally three to four weeks, […]
News Rakuten says chips crunch ‘much worse’ than expected 16th June 2021 Consumers have grown used to long store queues in the age of social distancing. The same goes for the organizations that buy semiconductors. This used to be a relatively quick and easy affair. But amid an unceasing pandemic, surging demand for electronics and a trading spat between superpowers, businesses today face a long wait for […]
Partner content What industrial-control-system vulnerabilities can teach us about protecting the supply chain 16th June 2021 Over the past year, we saw many unpredictable challenges. To stay connected and keep things moving while adhering to social distancing restrictions, many organizations had to expedite their digital transformation initiatives. The industrial and critical infrastructure sectors are particularly vulnerable due to the older nature of the devices used in industrial control systems (ICS). Their […]
News LA-RICS hopes P25 network will be ready in 2023, executive director says 16th June 2021 Efforts to deploy the P25 network for the Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System (LA-RICS) are continuing, with the land-mobile-radio (LMR) project is about three years behind schedule after being delayed further by a confluence of events last year, according to LA-RICS Executive Director Scott Edson. LA-RICS had contracted with Motorola Solutions to finish the […]
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