I’m coming to the opinion that the cyber insurance market is currently a bit of a paradox. The cyber insurance market is on the rise. But the regulator is asking for clarity on the market exposure to cyber. The global…
D-Link has agreed to a 10 year plan of independent security oversight, in order to settle its case with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Who sued D-Link over the poor security of its devices. A way of avoiding court…
7-Eleven in Japan suffers a hack, with over 900 clients losing $500,000. Using a software flaw which allowed the hackers to change the password reset email address. Modifying the payments code to send a password reset link sent to an…
The last thing we all need. 2 leading powers in geopolitical cyber, unite. Will we see a rise in offensive actions, almost certainly. Will this create more global tension, very likely it will. View Original Post
I reported back in June that the New York State Senate was aiming to pass the ‘stop hacking and improve data (SHIELD)’ security act. Well it looks like it passed the Senate and is now on its way to the…
It looks like the EuroFins cyber issue reported last month was a ransomware (21.06)(). Compounding the problems for law enforcement forensics in the UK. It follows on from issues related to 2 other forensics services used by UK law enforcement.…
Perceptics the US contractor which provided surveillance technology to the US Boarder Agency has been suspended for a year from providing services to the Federal Government, following its data breach last month. You have to assume that the affected agencies…
US Cyber command has issued a warning to fix a known vulnerability in Outlook 2017. Following an active hacking campaign and a favored exploit of hackers, bought to light following the recent US, Iranian hacking exchange. The exploit uses Outlook…
The Australian Prudential Regulatory Body. A regulator who provides oversight of Australian regulated financial entities, covering local and foreign deposit takers, life, health and direct insurers has released a standard (CPS 243), to 1. Clearly define the information security-related roles…
A little out of date (June 19), a large US cloud provider PCM has reported that it was hacked. Highlighting the growing focus on targeting cloud providers. It was not particular good timing as PCM announced that it was in…
