News
-
"The State of Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation"It is important that federal organizations successfully implement continuous diagnostics and mitigation (CDM) capabilities as hackers continue to execute increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks involving advanced technologies such as automation and…
-
"Wyze: Data Leak Exposes 2.4 Million Customers"The company Wyze discovered that two databases between December 4th and December 27th were not appropriately secured. Information of 2.4 million customers with home security systems was exposed. User data relating to Wi-Fi service set identifiers,…
-
"Maastricht University Ransomware Attack: All Systems Blacked-Out"Maastricht University in the Netherlands was recently hit by a major ransomware attack that took down almost all of its Windows systems and impacted the email services used by the University, inconveniencing both students and staff. The University…
-
"Uninstall This Alleged Emirati Spy App From Your Phone Now"US intelligence officials urge those that downloaded the social messaging app, ToTok, to uninstall the app immediately as it is supposedly a surveillance tool used by the government of the United Arab Emirates to collect data. In response to this…
-
"Closing a Critical Gap in Cybersecurity"The Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) was established as the nation's risk adviser to work with different entities within the realms of government and industry to strengthen the country's…
-
"Thai Officials Say Prison Cameras Were Hacked, Broadcast"An incident in which prison cameras were hacked is being investigated by authorities in Thailand. According to the Thai officials, a hacker was able to compromise the security camera system at Lang Suan Prison in the southern province of Chumphon and…
-
"Mobile Devices Blur Work and Personal Privacy Raising Cyber Risks"The Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) culture is increasingly being adopted by enterprises to allow employees to use their laptops, smartphones, tablets, and other personal devices for work. Although this culture boosts productivity, it introduces privacy and…
-
"Only 54% of Security Pros Have a Written Policy on Length and Randomness for Keys for Machine Identities"In a new survey of 1500 IT security professionals, researchers discovered that about half (54%) of organizations have a written policy on length and randomness for keys for machine identities, but 85% have a policy that governs password length for human…
-
"Looking Ahead to 2020 Cybersecurity Trends and a New Decade"New cybersecurity threats, risks, and incidents will emerge in the coming year. Security professionals are encouraged to further examine the cybersecurity trends observed this year to prepare for what's to come in 2020. According to security experts,…
-
Pub Crawl #33Pub Crawl summarizes, by hard problems, sets of publications that have been peer reviewed and presented at SoS conferences or referenced in current work. The topics are chosen for their usefulness for current researchers.
-
"Ransomware Situation Goes From Bad to Worse"Ransomware was a big issue for organizations in 2019. Researchers are predicting that the number of ransomware attacks increases in 2020. The reason why ransomware attackers were frequently successful in 2019 is that criminal groups started to…
-
"Peters, Scott Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Protect K-12 School Systems from Cyber-Attacks"U.S. Senators, Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rick Scott (R-FL), introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at helping K-12 educational institutions strengthen their cybersecurity systems. The two Senators stressed the importance of the K-12 Cybersecurity Act of…