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Terming Virtual Private Network (VPN) services as a threat to counter cyber threats and other nefarious activities, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs reportedly wants the Indian government to ban VPN services in the country. As per a report by MediaNama, the committee explained that the reason why VPN services should be banned in…
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report features an analysis of the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack and the response. In this report, you’ll hear (click on player beneath image to listen): The ISMG Security Report appears on this and other ISMG websites on Fridays. Don’t miss the April 30 and May 7 editions, which…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has opened an investigation into last year’s SolarWinds hack to determine whether some companies failed to disclose that they had been affected by the breach, Reuters reported, citing people familiar with the investigation. According to the sources, the SEC sent investigative letters last week to a number of…
While some organizations are improving their ability to share cyberthreat intelligence with other entities within the same sector, cross-sector cyber intelligence collaboration is still difficult. But cyber fusion centers can help automate that process, according to Errol Weiss of the Health Information Sharing & Analysis Center and Anuj Goel of security firm Cyware. “To this…
Alla Witte and her associates are accused of using Trickbot to infect tens of millions of computers around the world, the Justice Department reports. The US government has charged a Latvian woman for her role in creating the Trickbot malware. Alla Witte was charged in federal court in Cleveland with 19 counts of a 47-count indictment. The indictment…
A high severity security vulnerability found in Qualcomm’s Mobile Station Modem (MSM) chips (including the latest 5G-capable versions) could enable attackers to access mobile phone users’ text messages, call history, and listen in on their conversations. Qualcomm MSM is a series of 2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G capable system on chips (SoCs) used in roughly 40%…
