In-brief: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has released guidelines for the use of cyber security ratings – a kind of “credit score” that will allow consumers and other businesses to assess the trustworthiness of organizations they do business with.
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Russia’s Cyberwar on Ukraine Is a Blueprint For What’s to Come | WIRED
In-brief: Ukraine is a ‘test bed’ for massive and disruptive cyber attacks on critical infrastructure that might be launched against other adversaries, the U.S. included, Andy Greenberg argues in an article in Wired Magazine.
Exclusive: Flaws in common Wi-Fi Router set up Hotspot Hacks
In-brief: Two, serious flaws in a common wireless router made by the firm TP-Link open the door to a hacker gaining control over the device, just the latest flaw revealed in broadband and wifi routers, the firm Senrio said Monday.
Firm That Made Mirai-Infected Webcams Gets Security Religion
In-brief: After seeding the globe with hackable DVRs and webcams, Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co., Ltd. of Hangzhou, China will be working with the U.S. firm Synopsys to “enhance the security of its Internet of Things (IoT) devices and solutions.”
The New Great Game: Jon Condra of Flashpoint talks Russia, North Korea and Cyber Risk
Security Ledger Editor in Chief Paul Roberts speaks with Jon Condra, the Director of East Asia Research at the firm Flashpoint. Condra is the author of Flashpoint’s Business Risk Intelligence Decision Report which presents the firm’s thinking about major cyber security actors including Russia, China, North Korea and Iran, and trends, including cyber crime and hacktivism.
