Application Security , Cybercrime , Device Identification Swiss Citizen Allegedly Leaked Victims’ Stolen Data, Including Source Code Jeremy Kirk (jeremy_kirk) , Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • March 19, 2021 A Swiss national who recently highlighted flaws in internet-connected Verkada surveillance cameras has been charged with hacking. See Also: Live Webinar | Mitigating the…
A recent poll in the UK revealed there was a high level of support among managers for making Covid-19 vaccines mandatory for staff returning to work. The survey of more than 1,000 managers, conducted by the Chartered Management Institute, showed that about half think office access should be restricted for those who refused to get…
LJ Rich looks at some of the best technology news stories of the week including: Uber says it will pay UK drivers a minimum wage, holiday pay and pensions after losing a legal battle around workers’ rights A series of mindfulness videos designed to help children and families combat stress around online learning, screen time…
Germany is facing a “massive” third wave of Covid-19 infections, Prof Tobias Kurth, an epidemiologist at Charite-Universitatsmedizin in Berlin has said. He told BBC World News measures were relaxed too early before the vaccination programme had time to take effect. There had been an “exponential” rise in cases over recent days, Prof Kurth said. “It’s…
Top U.S. and Chinese officials offered sharply different views of each other and the world as the two sides met face-to-face for the first time since President Joe Biden took office. In unusually pointed public remarks for a staid diplomatic meeting, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Communist Party foreign affairs chief Yang Jiechi…
FireEye, a California-based cybersecurity company, characterises the group as an actor focused on obtaining information that can provide political, economic and military advantages to the government and state-owned enterprises of China. The campaign compromised the integrity of several e-mail accounts, including ones used by Members of the Parliament. It is investigated as aggravated…
The FBI this week published its Internet Crime Report for 2020, and the agency said it received nearly 800,000 cybercrime complaints last year, with reported losses totaling $4.2 billion. The number of complaints received by the FBI in 2020 increased significantly compared to the previous year, when it got roughly 467,000 complaints. The total reported…
3rd Party Risk Management , Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Commission Cites National Security Concerns Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) , Tony Morbin (@tonymorbin) • March 18, 2021 Citing national security concerns, the Federal Communications Commission is moving forward with legal proceedings to ban three Chinese-owned companies from providing telecommunications services…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has published its annual report on cybercrime affecting victims in the U.S., noting a record number of complaints and financial losses in 2020 compared to the previous year. The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received last year 791,790 complaints – up by 69% from 2019 – of suspected internet crime causing…
Encryption & Key Management , Governance & Risk Management , IT Risk Management Avast Says OnionCrypter Has Been in Use Since 2016 Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • March 18, 2021 Security researchers at Avast have discovered that more than 30 hacker groups have been using a malware crypter dubbed OnionCrypter. See Also: Forrester Consulting:…
