More than 50k Australian Driving Licenses leaked online

In what is supposed to be a massive data breach in the history of New South Wales(NSW), Australia, driving licenses of over 50,000 populace were leaked online after hackers got access to the information stored on Amazon Cloud Storage services. Bob Diachenko, the security consultant from Ukraine, got hold of the data after it was being sold online in PDF and JPG file formats as over 109,000 images bought from over 54,000 licenses & related toll gate notices were put on sale by the hackers. Mr. Bob has cited the leak as ‘very serious’ as he says...

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Elon Musk Neuralink puts AI chip in a Pig

Neuralink, the startup backed by multi billionaire Elon Musk of Tesla has achieved a milestone recently when its scientists inserted an Artificial Intelligence based silicon processor into the brain of a pig. Named Gertrude, the pig now has a coin-sized computer in its brain that has been put in June 2020. Scientists say that the baconer is doing well with AI chip in brain and might help the medical field in curing human diseases like Alzheimer’s, dementia and spinal cord related malfunctions. “An implant can easily resolve such neurological issues”,...

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ERI Announces Fresno Job Fair as Employee Roster Continues to Grow

FRESNO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ERI, the nation’s largest fully integrated IT and electronics asset disposition provider and cybersecurity-focused hardware destruction company, announced today that due to continued growth , it is looking to add a number of long-term employees to its staff and will stage a safe, socially distanced drive-up job fair on Tuesday, September 1st...

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Aviation cybersecurity: Hurdles of staying secure on the ground and at 36,000 feet

This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. Image Source: Pexels Digitization has made its way into every industry. With this shift comes many benefits as well as the risk of a cyber attack. This is especially true in aviation. No matter how securely companies can build networks to ward off cyber attacks, the risk is never absent. With planes operating thousands...

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eSentire Included in Gartner Market Guide for Managed Detection and Response Services for Fifth Consecutive Year

WATERLOO, Ontario & SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–eSentire, Inc., category creator and world’s largest Managed Detection and Response (MDR) company, announces its inclusion as a Representative Vendor in Gartner’s 2020 Market Guide for Managed Detection and Response Services[1] for the fifth consecutive year since the analyst firm defined this cybersecurity sub-category with...

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DoD Cyber Veteran Blake Moore Joins Wickr to Advance Company Strategy, Scale Secure Communications

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Wickr Inc., the secure collaboration platform, today announced the appointment of Blake Moore as Vice President of Strategy and Operations. Moore joins the company from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), where he most recently served as Chief of Staff for the Chief Information Officer (CIO). At Wickr, Moore will lead company strategy with a focus...

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REvil Ransomware attack on Ma Labs

As per a report revealed by Cybersecurity firm Cyble, Ma Labs, a company that offers components related to computer hardware was reportedly targeted by REvil ransomware group that has taken hold of 956 GB of sensitive files and is threatening to auction the stolen files on dark web if its ransom demand is not full filled. Cybersecurity Insiders has learnt that the attack took place early this month impacting over 1,000 servers of the California based company and that includes documents related to employees, clients and partners. In the last weekend,...

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India Paytm Mall suffers data breach leaking passwords

Indian online retailer Paytm Mall, that according to Indian Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is a platform crafted as “Pay to Modi”(A financial platform developed to pay to Indian Prime Minister Shri Narender Modi) is in news for all wrong reasons. A Cybersecurity firm named Cyble says that the Vijay Shekar Sharma led company suffered a data breach recently, and the hackers received a payment for not leaking the accessed information such as passwords. The security firm added in its media update that Paytm Mall, a financial arm of Paytm company, paid...

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Five Eyes launches probe on Cyber Attack on New Zealand Stock Exchange

A Cyber Attack launched on New Zealand’s NZX Stock Exchange will now on be investigated by Five Eyes countries and the probe will be besides the one being investigated by the State law enforcement of the country. Readers of Cybersecurity Insiders have to make a note of the fact that ‘Five Eyes’ is an intelligence alliance comprising countries Australia, Canada, United States, United Kingdom along with New Zealand. It is a multilateral platform crafted to share intelligence between countries and that includes data related to cyber attacks and threats. Last...

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New Handheld Scanner Integrates LF/HF RFID and 1D/2D Barcode

SYRACUSE, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–JADAK, a business unit of Novanta Corporation (“Novanta”), announces the release of the HS-1RS Secure Access Handheld Barcode Scanner, enabled with software from Imprivata and HID. The HS-1RS integrates 1D and 2D barcode scanning with LF/HF RFID smartcard/contact-less and prox card reading functionality in a single, ergonomic, and compact design....

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Cost-Effective Cloud Security for the Modern Enterprise: Part 2

Due to recent global events, conducting business has been an uphill battle across industries around the world–more so than ever before. While facing a decelerating global economy, organizations are still responsible for enabling their own remote workforce, protecting data and defending against cyberthreats, and reducing costs. Unfortunately, enterprises that manage disjointed...

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Econolite Centracs® Mobility Supports Crowdsourced Traffic Data Analytics

ANAHEIM, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Econolite, the leader in one-stop-shop traffic management solutions, today announced that the recently released cloud-based Centracs® Mobility software platform now supports crowdsourced traffic data as an additional source of real-time roadway detection. The robust architecture of Centracs Mobility provides transportation agencies the flexibility...

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Bitglass Awarded Fundamental Patent for Cloud Access Control

CAMPBELL, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Bitglass, the Total Cloud Security Company, has been awarded U.S. Patent No. 10,757,090 for its fundamental invention of a SAML relay, for transparent, real-time access control of cloud services. Since the time the patent was filed in 2015, the technology has become widely adopted by leading cloud security vendors. The SAML relay allows for...

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RSA Conference Launches RSAC 365, a Year-Round Learning Program for the Cybersecurity Community

BEDFORD, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–RSA Conference, the world’s leading information security conferences and expositions, today announced RSAC 365, a new program that provides year-round learning opportunities for the cybersecurity community. The new program will offer the community relevant, unbiased and educational content, including webcasts, podcasts, blogs, videos and more...

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Bitglass Security Spotlight: Over 15 Billion Usernames and Passwords Are Now Available on the Dark Web

Here are the top stories of recent weeks: Bank Details to Streaming Services, It Is All Available on the Dark Web North Korea Is Linked to a Recent Cyberattack on US Enterprises TikTok Mobile App on the Verge of Being Banned Due to Surveillance Concerns Serious Security Concerns Over Smartwatch Tracker API Vulnerability Nearly 100k Customers Exposed in Leaky Database Belonging...

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Security Architecture podcast and the Bitglass SASE

With the rapid growth of the remote workforce, organizations are in need of a comprehensive security platform that offers a plethora of capabilities for securing today’s business environment. Recently, on Security Architecture, a podcast that covers best security practices, Bitglass’ VP of Product Management, Mike Schuricht, discussed the topic of secure access service edge...

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SWG without Certificate Hassles

Last week, we got a call from a leading Wall Street house. Their users were fed up of VPN to the office during the pandemic, and the CISO had a mandate for cloud-first network security.  The CISO had done his homework, and right out of the gate, zero’d in on the two things that mattered to them. Three things actually.   The post SWG without Certificate Hassles...

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Cost-Effective Cloud Security for the Modern Enterprise: Part 3

In order to adapt and thrive in the remote workforce, organizations need cost-effective security solutions that protect data, block threats, and enable business operations without diminishing financial resources. As such, Bitglass has helped a number of organizations through its cloud-first SASE platform since the pandemic began. These organizations were able to achieve better...

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APWG Q2 Report: Cybercrime Gangs Attempting and Achieving Heists of Ever Greater Scale

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The APWG’s new Phishing Activity Trends Report for Q2 2020 details how companies are losing money to criminals who are launching Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks as a more remunerative line of business than retail-accounts phishing. The organizations perfecting these criminal enterprises now include a sophisticated Russian cyber-gang,...

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Maximise IoT Power Design: Sleep. Sense. Connect. Repeat.

The latest cellular LPWAN solutions, such as, LTE M, NB-IoT and 5G have expanded the IoT landscape by delivering outstanding power and bandwidth efficiency, as well as expanded connectivity, even to remote and underground locations. Yet, with so many wireless connectivity options to choose from today, researching the various advantages of each can be confusing and time consuming....

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CloudPassage

https://ift.tt/1M4lqTl Automated Security and Compliance Wed, 19 Aug 2020 23:39:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://ift.tt/30MSsrA https://ift.tt/2FXjbZV Wed, 19 Aug 2020 01:55:23 +0000 https://ift.tt/3b2q5bW In Part 1 of our Shared Responsibility blog series, we provided a detailed overview to help you understand security in a public, hybrid, or multi-cloud environment. We broke...

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