Collaborate Disseminate
Criminal use of, and threats from, the dark net are growing. At the same time, criminals are going darker through direct end-to-end encryption for direct communication with service buyers and potential buyers. But the dark net also has its uses.
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“Data is the new oil,” said mathematician Clive Humby in 2006 when designing a supermarket clubcard. But like crude oil, it is what can be extracted (in this case, information) that is truly valuable and drives both government and business. For informa… Continue reading OMB Publishes Memorandum on U.S. Federal Data Strategy
Critical vulnerabilities have been found in the Ukrainian IPTV video streaming platform Ministra, which uses Infomir-manufactured set top boxes (STBs) to transmit streaming content from the platform to end users’ televisions. Infomir sells its products… Continue reading Critical Vulnerabilities Lead to Account Takeover in Major IPTV Streamer
An Inside Look at the Evolution of a West African Cybercriminal Startup Turned BEC Enterprise
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Continue reading Inside the Operations of a West African Cybercrime Group
The Open Technology Institute (OTI) has responded to GCHQ/NCSC’s article on ‘Principles for a More Informed Exceptional Access Debate’ with an ‘Open Letter to GCHQ on the Threats Posed by the Ghost Proposal’.
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Continue reading Inside GCHQ’s Proposed Backdoor Into End-to-End Encryption
2.3 billion files are currently exposed and accessible through misconfigured network-attached storage (NAS) devices, FTP and rsync servers, and Amazon S3 buckets to anyone on the internet. That’s 750 million more than 12 months ago, and despite Amazon’… Continue reading Public Exposure of Sensitive Files on the Internet is Getting Worse
Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is an essential part of business transformation and the Industry 4.0 revolution. Its use is burgeoning, with more than 7 billion devices in use worldwide. This is expected to grow to more 20 billion by 2025 — and d… Continue reading Industry is Not Prepared for the IIoT Attacks that Have Already Begun
Marking the one-year anniversary of GDPR coming into force (May 25, 2018), a web-scanning service has analyzed the visible GDPR compliance of the 100 most popular websites in each of the 28 European member states. The scan is non-intrusive. As a result… Continue reading Analysis Shows Poor GDPR Compliance in European Websites