Collaborate Disseminate
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday that it requires Thales to divest its General Purpose Hardware Security Module (GP HSM) business before it can proceed with the proposed purchase of Gemalto for $5.67 billion. This condition is in line … Continue reading U.S. Government Says Thales Must Divest HSM Business Before Acquiring Gemalto
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC), headed by the Commissioner for Data Protection, Helen Dixon, has published its first annual report since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force in May 2018. It shows that Europeans are … Continue reading Ireland’s Data Protection Commission Reports Multiple GDPR Investigations on Tech Giants
The Dow Jones Watchlist, a dataset of 4.4 Gigabytes, was found exposed in an unprotected Elasticsearch database on an AWS server. The Watchlist is used by many of the world’s largest organizations as part of their due diligence for both large and small… Continue reading Dow Jones Watchlist Found Exposed to Open Internet
On February 19, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) published the ETSI TS 103 645 V1.1.1 — or more simply, a high-level outcome-focused standard (PDF) for cybersecurity in the consumer-oriented Internet of Things (IoT).
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Entrust Datacard and Thales have signed a definitive agreement for Entrust to acquire the nCipher general purpose hardware security module (GP HSM) division of Thales. Financial details have not been disclosed.
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Continue reading Entrust to Acquire Hardware Security Module Maker nCipher
Latest Developments in Mueller and Russian Electoral Meddling
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Continue reading Roger Stone Allegedly Communicated With Mysterious Hacker Guccifer 2.0
The cat-and-mouse game between BitDefender and the GandCrab ransomware developers continues. On Tuesday (Feb. 19) BitDefender released a new version of its GandCrab decryptor able to decrypt versions of GandCrab 1, 4 and 5 up to the latest version 5.1…. Continue reading New GandCrab Ransomware Decryptor Released
2018 saw the convergence of three separate threat trends — two that have evolved over the last few years, and one that came to the fore during 2018. These are the merging of IoT botnets, destructive malware and cryptojacking.
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Continue reading Cyber and Physical Convergence Opens Doors for Attackers: Report
It has long been thought that Russia is a no-go area for North Korean hacking group Lazarus. Russia is one of North Korea’s few friends, along with China.
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Continue reading North Korea’s Lazarus Hackers Found Targeting Russian Entities
Former Air Force intelligence officer, Monica Elfriede Witt, has been charged with betraying her oath to protect and defend the United States and providing secret U.S. information to the Iranian government.
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Continue reading Former U.S. Air Force Officer Indicted for Aiding Iranian Cyber Attacks