According to the latest Experis Industry Insiders report, which examines how the growth of IoT is impacting the cyber security jobs market, The cyber security skills shortage is hampering Internet of Things development. The emergence of IoT as an asset that needs to secured is driving employers to think differently about their business and workforce …
Security researchers from Palo Alto Networks have spotted a new variant of the Mirai IoT malware in the wild targeting two new classes of devices –smart signage TVs and wireless presentation systems. This new strain is being used by a new IoT botnet spotted earlier this year. The botnet’s author(s) appears to have invested quite …
The year 2018 will bring more connectivity, digital transformation initiatives, and data to companies, along with a number of new cybersecurity threats and landscape changes, according to a new report from Forrester Research. Last year, Forrester predicted that 2017 would see a cybersecurity crisis for the Trump administration in its first 100 days, that healthcare …
2017 has seen alot happen in the cyber world many examples including Equifax breach, state-sponsored attacks, Russian manipulation of social media, Wannacry, and more phishing scams than we can count, clearly “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr’s famous line resonated back in the 19th century Parisian literary circles, and …
Researchers have created a smartphone application to combat “shoulder-surfing”—when someone else looks over your shoulder as you enter your phone’s password or other private digits, potentially even gleaning vital financial or personal information. Every ATM or smartphone user can attest to the discomfort of having a stranger standing close enough to observe a financial transaction—and …
A group called OurMine appears to have taken control of the main HBO accounts, as well as those for the network’s shows including Game of Thrones. One post said “OurMine are here. we are just testing your security”. OurMine is notorious for hacking high-profile social media handles, and has in the past managed to compromise …
The U.S. Justice Department has unsealed indictments against four men accused of hacking into a half-billion Yahoo email accounts. Two of the men named in the indictments worked for a unit of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) that serves as the FBI’s point of contact in Moscow on cybercrime cases. Here’s a look at the …
CloudPassage released a report today slamming the U.S. university system for failing to give cybersecurity a higher profile in its computer science and engineering programs. CloudPassage found that not one of the top 10 computer science programs in the country, as listed by U.S. News & World Report in 2015, require a single cybersecurity course …
The Council of Europe released a Declaration encouraging the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (‘ICANN’), when developing policies for the Internet’s domain name system, to consider international privacy, security and human rights laws and policies. The Council has no legal power to force any changes on ICANN. In its Declaration, the Council were …
The US government is being watched closely on how it is going to act in 2015 on matters that affect the Internet Governance space says Sophia Bekele in her 2015 Oped “Wikileaks 2012, NSA 2013, NTIA Mishaps & Global Cyber Crime 2014: U.S. Exceptionalism over IG 2015? ” to CircleID. The article has been fully …