You weren’t hacked because you lacked space-age network defenses. Nor because cyber-gurus picked on you. It’s far simpler than that

You weren’t hacked because you lacked space-age network defenses. Nor because cyber-gurus picked on you. It’s far simpler than that

Three little words: Patches, passwords, policies The continued inability of organizations to patch security vulnerabilities in a timely manner, combined with guessable passwords and the spread of automated hacking tools, is making it pretty easy for miscreants, professionals, and thrill-seekers to break into corporate networks.…

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No Money, No Lawyer, No Justice

No Money, No Lawyer, No Justice

In 1954, Kevin Green got his Social Security card and started picking cotton for $3 per hundred pounds in a tiny agricultural town in California’s Central Valley. He was five years old. One of seven children, he used the money to buy school supplies. He kept working—and paying into the Social Security system—through high school,…

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Cybersecurity experts warn that it may take weeks or months after the presidential election for a winner to be decided, thanks to the threats of security issues and litigation around the results (MSFT, GOOG)

Election cybersecurity experts said Tuesday that “the electorate may not be prepared for how long it’s going to take” for winners to be declared after the general election on November 3rd. A panel that included two cybersecurity experts who served in the White House agreed that simply counting ballots may take a week or two. …

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Who is behind the Russian cyberattacks on coronavirus vaccine research?

Who is behind the Russian cyberattacks on coronavirus vaccine research?

Description  A cybersecurity and defence expert on the history and development of Russian cyberwarfare Credits  Sean Gallup/Getty Images Alt Text  Vladimir Putin A cybersecurity and defence expert on the history and development of Russian cyberwarfare In Depth Thursday, July 23, 2020 – 9:35am Dorothy Denning, emeritus distinguished professor of Defense Analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School,…

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Group Petitions EFCC To Investigate, Prosecute Lagos Speaker, Obasa, Over Corruption Allegations

Group Petitions EFCC To Investigate, Prosecute Lagos Speaker, Obasa, Over Corruption Allegations

Lagos Assembly Speaker Mudashiru Obasa The Global Coalition for Security and Democracy in Nigeria has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to investigate and prosecute Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, over allegations of corruption and financial mismanagement. GCSDN in a petition signed by its Chairman, Fredrick Odorige, said recent revelations on…

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FYI Russia is totally hacking the West’s labs in search of COVID-19 vaccine files, say UK, US, Canada cyber-spies

FYI Russia is totally hacking the West’s labs in search of COVID-19 vaccine files, say UK, US, Canada cyber-spies

‘Completely unacceptable’ spouts British Foreign Secretary Russian hackers at the state’s FSB spy agency have been caught breaking into Western institutions working on potential vaccines for the COVID-19 coronavirus in hope of stealing said research. That’s according to the British National Cyber Security Centre and America’s NSA today.…

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