My friend Judy Greenwald reported on BusinessInsurance.com that “A U.S. District Court ruling in Maryland that an insurer must indemnify a screen-printing business under its business owner’s policy for costs incurred in a ransomware attack may be the first of its kind concerning ransomware, and is likely to be cited…
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Law.com reported that with the January 16, 2020 release version 1.0 of the NIST Privacy Framework, NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) ”… joins a chorus of advocates calling for companies to thoroughly understand its collection and storage of personal information.” The January 24, 2020 report entitled “…
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TechRepublic.com reported from the CES 2020 that IoT may benefit from Blockchain since “basically the IoT solution is based on a very low-power CPU that is running the software, communicating through a gateway to the cloud and application. Basically, those devices are low power. There’s no practical cybersecurity to secure…
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Darkreading.com reported Microsoft announced end of life on January 14, 2020 and “Attackers are “chomping at the bit” to target victims still running Windows 7 and Server 2008…and it’s pretty much fair game for them to find ways to exploit vulnerabilities.” The January 13, 2020 report entitled “Microsoft to…
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Darkreading.com reported that “As applied use of AI/ML [Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning] starts to advance and spread throughout a plethora of business and technology use cases, security experts are going to need to help their colleagues in the business start to address new risks, new threat models, new domains of expertise, …
Cointelegraph.com reported that “on Jan. 8, a new bill requesting further study into blockchain-based elections has emerged in Virginia’s General Assembly.” The January 6, 2020 article entitled “US State of Virginia Legislature Looks to Blockchain for Elections” included these comments about Blockchain elections:
West Virginia, was the first…
Coindesk.com reported comments from futurist David L. Shrier who stated that “2019 saw possibly $200 million or more stolen from various exchanges, and perhaps more unreported hacks occurred as well. I am hopeful that 2020 will see better cyber-hygiene and cyber-practices.” The December 23, 2019 article entitled “2020…
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Darkreading.com reported that the City of New Orleans did not receive a Ransomware demand on December 13 and all data can be recovered, but “…officials took roughly 4,000 computers offline and are in the process of cleaning them up and investigating them. New Orleans’ Fire Department, Police Department, and Emergency…
Some estimates are that there are more than 9 billion IoT devices, so the Darkingreading.com report is very disturbing that “Designers of IoT devices need to pay closer attention to the encryption available on their devices.” The December 16, 2019 report entitled “Weak Crypto Practice Undermining IoT Device Security&rdquo…
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Darkreading.com reported about VMWare Carbon Black’s “…new analysis of threat data suggests retailers will experience a 20% increase in attempted cyberattacks this holiday shopping season…” The December 12, 2019 report entitled “Cyberattacks on Retailers Could Increase 20% this Holiday Season” included these comments from Carbon Black from a…
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