Cybersecurity (278)
WhatsApp Hack Stirs Debate Around Online Privacy
- Sunday, 26 May 2019
- Cybersecurity
- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
Reports earlier this month that hackers had been able to install spyware on WhatsApp users’ phones has brought fresh attention to the security of private digital messages.
Read more...Ex-Mossad Chief Calls Cybersecurity the World’s Top Threat
- Sunday, 26 May 2019
- Cybersecurity
- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
Cybersecurity “is the biggest threat that the free world, our planet, is dealing with these days,” said Tamir Pardo, the former director of the Mossad, Israel’s intelligence service. So reports CBS News.
Read more...Hospitals Urge Medical Device Makers to Boost Cybersecurity
- Thursday, 16 May 2019
- Cybersecurity
- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
Medical device makers are under pressure to shore up the security of their Internet-connected products as hospitals ramp up their concerns about cyber attacks. So reports The Wall Street Journal.
Read more...WhatsApp Breach Allows Hackers to Install Spyware on Phones
- Thursday, 16 May 2019
- Cybersecurity
- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
A security flaw in WhatsApp, the popular messaging service owned by Facebook, enabled cyber attackers to install Israeli spyware on a “select number” of phones, the company revealed. So reports Reuters and the Financial Times.
Read more...Nation States Playing Bigger Role in Cyber Attacks: Study
- Sunday, 12 May 2019
- Cybersecurity
- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
Nation states and groups with links to them account for 23% of data breaches, up from 12% last year and 19% in 2017, Verizon’s 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report finds. So reports ZDNet.
Read more...Hackers Steal $40M from Binance Bitcoin Exchange
- Sunday, 12 May 2019
- Cybersecurity
- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has disclosed that hackers took 7,000 bitcoins, worth about $40 million, in a single withdrawal as a result of a “large scale security breach.” So reports Bloomberg.
Read more...Cybersecurity Talent Shortage is Getting Worse: Study
- Sunday, 05 May 2019
- Cybersecurity
- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
A new study puts hard numbers behind the cybersecurity industry’s often-discussed talent shortage, and they’re bleak.
Read more...Slack Warns of Cyber Risk to Stock Price Ahead of IPO
- Sunday, 05 May 2019
- Cybersecurity
- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
As Slack prepares to go public, the workplace messaging platform has cautioned investors on how cyber attacks could threaten its share price. So reports IR Magazine.
Read more...Automation May Not Solve Cybersecurity Talent Shortage: Survey
- Saturday, 27 April 2019
- Cybersecurity
- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
Even as most information technology leaders bet on automation as a way to ease the cybersecurity skills gap, some admit that emerging tools like artificial intelligence may not reduce the number of staffers they need.
Read more...Presidential Candidate Proposes Department of Cybersecurity
- Saturday, 20 April 2019
- Cybersecurity
- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
Former U.S. Rep. John Delaney (D-Md.) has become the first presidential candidate to mount a serious cybersecurity push, calling for the creation of a Department of Cybersecurity. So reports The Verge.
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