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Oct 2, 2020

Beware of VPN! — on the Importance of Patch Scheduling

It is known that any new software module you run on your system may increase your attack surface. In other words, this module may suffer because of some vulnerabilities an attacker may exploit to control your system and steal some information. Hardening is a well known defense strategy that strips…

Cybersecurity

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Beware of VPN! — on the Importance of Patch Scheduling
Beware of VPN! — on the Importance of Patch Scheduling

Sep 28, 2020

After the Internet of Things, an Internet of Health

After claiming for several years that medical devices need more security and ICT security, and after remembering to everyone that Dick Cheney remote controlled pacemaker has been disabled for all the time he has been US vicepresident, it is nice to see that our perspective is becoming popular (or at…

Cybersecurity

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After the Internet of Things, an Internet of Health
After the Internet of Things, an Internet of Health

Sep 25, 2020

Which is the Most Powerful Cyber Nation in the World?

This question resulted in the definition of the Belfer National Cyber Power Index (NCPI) that measures 30 countries cyber capabilities in the context of 7 national objectives that countries pursue using cyber means. These 7 objectives are: 1. Surveilling and Monitoring Domestic Groups; 2. Strengthening and Enhancing National Cyber Defenses; 3. Controlling…

Cybersecurity

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Which is the Most Powerful Cyber Nation in the World?
Which is the Most Powerful Cyber Nation in the World?

Sep 23, 2020

Why President Trump is so worried by TikTok

To explain this concern we can recall that current national and European cyber security legislation classifies the networks that distribute electricity, gas and water as critical infrastructure and requires severe security requirements for the ICT/OT networks that supervise and control these infrastructures. The reason is fairly obvious, a successful attack…

Trump

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Why President Trump is so worried by TikTok
Why President Trump is so worried by TikTok

Sep 7, 2020

OT networks: USA, Russia and a matter of National Security

Most OT systems include legacy equipment not designed to be connected to the internet nor defend against malicious cyber activities. This is particularly worrying because more and more utilities, petrochemical installations, factories and so on are remotely managed. Hence, several activities are executed over the web using an IT network…

Cybersecurity

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OT networks: USA, Russia and a matter of National Security
OT networks: USA, Russia and a matter of National Security

Sep 3, 2020

In a Data-Driven World, Privacy is King and Security is Queen

According to this curve, in 2017 more than 40% of US heterosexual couples met online. This confirms Marc Andreessen prediction that ‘software is eating the world’, and everything we are doing is done by interacting with some piece of code running on some piece of hardware. In most cases, we…

Cybersecurity

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In a Data-Driven World, Privacy is King and Security is Queen
In a Data-Driven World, Privacy is King and Security is Queen

Aug 6, 2020

Garmin: a targeted, ransomware attack

Last month Garmin has been the target of a successful ransomware attack that temporarily took offline most of the company servers. Hence, most of the services it offers have been unavailable. It later claimed it was the victim of a cyberattack without offering specifics about what caused it. …

Cybersecurity

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Garmin: a targeted, ransomware attack
Garmin: a targeted, ransomware attack

Aug 4, 2020

Neglecting symptoms does not help

It is very significant that just when Twitter is targeted by an attack enabled by the stealing of credential of some of its employees, U.S. prosecutors have filed a superseding indictment in federal court against two former Twitter employees for allegedly spying on dissidents on behalf of Saudi Arabia. The…

Cybersecurity

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Neglecting symptoms does not help
Neglecting symptoms does not help

Aug 3, 2020

Praise for the Twitter Attacker?

According to the NYT and to Wired, Graham Ivan Clark, 17, was charge with 30 felonies and arrested in his Tampa home early Friday and two other peoples have been charged because authorities says it ran a scam scheme that targeted the accounts of celebrities, including the accounts of celebrities…

Cybersecurity

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Praise for the Twitter Attacker?
Praise for the Twitter Attacker?

Aug 2, 2020

The first ever EU sanctions against cyber-attacks

On July 30th, 2020 the EU Commission has imposed restrictive measures against six individuals and three entities responsible for or involved in various cyber-attacks. These attacks include the one against the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and those that are known as ‘WannaCry’, ‘NotPetya’, and ‘Operation Cloud Hopper’. …

Cybersecurity

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The first ever EU sanctions against cyber-attacks
The first ever EU sanctions against cyber-attacks
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