Two separate attacks on banks in the United States and Pakistan revealed this week highlight once again the inherent weakness of a security practice that relies on passwords or knowledge-based credentials to protect critical information.
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Feds, Facebook Join Forces to Prevent Mid-Term Election Fraud
The U.S. government and social media firms took action to suspend bogus accounts ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections. (Photo by Paul Roberts) Federal authorities, social media companies, and the U.S. military are on cybersecurity high alert for fraud, suspicious online activity or other security glitches that could cast a shadow on Tuesday’s critical mid-term elections.
Podcast Episode 119: EFF on Expanding Researchers Rights and AT&T talks IoT Security Fails
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 36:29 — 41.8MB)Subscribe: Android | Email | Google Podcasts | RSS In this episode of the podcast, #119: Electronic Frontier Foundation General Counsel Kurt Opsahl joins us to talk about the Coders’ Rights Project. Also: we speak with Senthil Ramakrishnan, a lead member of AT&T’s IoT Security group about that company’s plans to work with Ericsson to certify the security of IoT devices.
Managed Threat Hunting Bridges the Talent Gap
Skilled operators make all the difference in incident response and threat hunting. With talent scarce (and expensive), however, managed threat hunting teams may be worth a look, writes Scott Taschler of the firm Crowdstrike.
Report: China Eyes IoT as Next Front of Cyber War on U.S.
China is eyeing dominance of the Internet of Things (IoT) market and may use vulnerabilities in these technologies as the next front on its ongoing cyberwar with the United States, according to a new report.
