Afghanistan: Fracture may lead to violent extremism says Gen Sir Nick Carter

Afghanistan: Fracture may lead to violent extremism says Gen Sir Nick Carter

The country could become an ideal place for international terrorism and violent extremism should the state fracture, the UK Chief of the Defence Staff Gen Sir Nick Carter has said. It was important to see what happened in the longer term, Gen Carter told BBC World News. “I think that we need to be really…

Flaws in John Deere Systems Show Agriculture’s Cyber Risk

Flaws in John Deere Systems Show Agriculture’s Cyber Risk

John Deere, Researchers Spar Over Impact of Vulnerabilities Jeremy Kirk (jeremy_kirk) • August 9, 2021     Flaws in John Deere systems could have allowed an attacker to remotely take over equipment, such as this row crop tractor. (Photo: John Deere) Numerous vulnerabilities uncovered in tractor manufacturer John Deere’s systems underscore the cyber risks that…

Classic Bentleys and Rolls-Royce adapted to fully electric

Classic Bentleys and Rolls-Royce adapted to fully electric

Vintage petrol-powered Bentleys and Rolls-Royce cars are being re-engineered to fully electric vehicles by a company based at Silverstone, the home of UK motorsport. In a world-first, Lunaz adapts the cars in a process which takes about 26 weeks and starts at £350,000 ($478,000, 405,000 euros). BBC Click’s Jen Copestake finds out more. See more…

Afghanistan: Taliban seizure will challenge West – Gen Sir Nick Carter

Afghanistan: Taliban seizure will challenge West – Gen Sir Nick Carter

Western governments will face difficult questions about whether to support Afghanistan if the Taliban seize control in a way that is illegitimate, the UK Chief of Defence Staff Gen Sir Nick Carter has said. But he told BBC World News that if the Taliban did take control of the country he did not believe they…

NCSC Sticks by ‘Three Random Words’ Strategy for Passwords

NCSC Sticks by ‘Three Random Words’ Strategy for Passwords

NCSC Sticks by ‘Three Random Words’ Strategy for Passwords | IT Security News Android App Android App with push notifications Sponsors Endpoint Cybersecurity www.endpoint-cybersecurity.com – Consulting in building your security products– Employee awareness training– Security tests for applications and pentesting… and more. Daily Summary Categories CategoriesSelect Category(ISC)2 Blog  (323)(ISC)2 Blog infosec  (13)(ISC)² Blog  (400)2020-12-08 – Files for an…

Hackers might exploit bug in Amazon Kindle, company issues fix | #cybersecurity | #cyberattack | #cybersecurity | #infosecurity | #hacker | National Cyber Security

Hackers might exploit bug in Amazon Kindle, company issues fix | #cybersecurity | #cyberattack | #cybersecurity | #infosecurity | #hacker | National Cyber Security

A team of cyber-security researchers has discovered security flaws in popular e-reading device Amazon Kindle that might have led hackers to take full control of a Kindle device, opening a path to stealing information stored. By tricking victims into opening a malicious e-book, a threat actor could have leveraged the flaws to target specific demographics…

Two members of QQAAZZ, which laundered funds from cybercrime, plead guilty

Two members of QQAAZZ, which laundered funds from cybercrime, plead guilty

Written by Tonya Riley Aug 9, 2021 | CYBERSCOOP Two individuals involved with laundering funds from U.S. victims of cybercrime pleaded guilty to their role in a transnational organization that relied in part on hacking to defraud victims out of millions of dollars, the Justice Department announced Friday. The defendants, Arturs Zaharevics and Aleksejs Trofimovics,…

Iranian Group Used Android Backdoor

Iranian Group Used Android Backdoor

Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Endpoint Security , Fraud Management & Cybercrime IBM: Campaign Targeted Reformists Before Election Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • August 9, 2021     Screenshot of ITG18’s hacking activities seen from its leaked videos in July 2020. (Source: IBM X-Force) A group dubbed “ITG18,” which apparently is linked to an Iranian advanced…

SMS Phishing Scam Impersonates State Agencies

SMS Phishing Scam Impersonates State Agencies

Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management , Social Engineering Millions of Smartphone Users Nationwide Are Targets Dan Gunderman (dangun127) • August 9, 2021     (Photo: Oleg Magni/Unsplash) The Federal Trade Commission has issued a warning about a new smishing scheme targeting millions of smartphones nationwide that impersonates state workforce agencies in an…