Security Ledger Editor in Chief Paul Roberts speaks with Michael Daniel, President of the Cyber Threat Alliance and Cybersecurity Coordinator under President Barack Obama about the evolving US-Israel relationship as it relates to cyber security. The two spoke on the sidelines of Tel Aviv University’s Cyber Week Conference on June 26th.
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Petya Malware may be an Early Test of Muscular Trump Cyber Doctrine
In-brief: In the hours before the Petya malware began circulating, two high level Trump Administration officials called for a tougher stand against online actors who sow chaos. The question now is how the Administration will react.
At Conference: Israel Preaches Peace through Cyber Strength
In-brief: Five years into a major overhaul, the Israeli government is celebrating its status as the go-to country for cyber security know-how and promoting its own recipe for success to other countries. But how many of them can or will follow suit?
Kaspersky: Malware Attacks on IoT More Than Double Those in 2016
In-brief: As of May 2017, Kaspersky Lab researchers have observed more than 7,200 different samples of malware for IoT devices in honeypot activity—more than double the number from last year–demonstrating that IoT devices are becoming increasingly vulnerable on a number of fronts, including passwords, firmware, and telnet/SSH ports.
The Internet of Things has an Entropy Problem
Security Ledger Editor in Chief Paul Roberts speaks with Richard Moulds of the firm Whitewood about the struggle to produce truly random numbers that are needed to generate strong encryption keys.
