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Singapore introduces cybersecurity rating for ‘smart’ devices
From home Wi-Fi routers to robot vacuums, home appliances sold in Singapore can now opt-in to a voluntary...
Paying ransomware ransom is now illegal, according to the Treasury Department
"In an official advisory, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets...
Ransomware disrupts COVID-19 vaccine trials
The attack hit the Philadelphia-based eResearchTechnology on September 20th, which provides services for electronic patient-reported outcomes in clinical trials. Researchers...
Covid tracking apps from Google-Apple partnership gaining traction in the U.S.
Six months after the release of API technology built for hosting Covid-19 exposure alert...
Huawei failed to address network security flaws
This comes from the UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), which believes Huawei has failed to tackle security...
Today is officially the anniversary of the CISO Series. The concept of the CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Series started back in January 2018, and then...
French shipping giant hit with ransomware attack
The attack impacted CMA CGM. Since 2017, the world's four biggest maritime shipping companies have been subject to...
Universal Health Services hospitals hit country-wide by Ryuk ransomware
The attack started early Sunday morning leaving UHS hospitals in California, Florida, Texas, Arizona, Washington D.C.,...
China’s biggest chip maker hit by US sanctions
"The US Department of Commerce has stated that companies that export to Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC)...
DHS acknowledges leak of facial recognition images
The images were part of a Department of Homeland Security facial recognition pilot project and were obtained in...
Public-sector mega-vendor Tyler admits it was hacked
The largest provider of software and services to the public sector in the United States said on Wednesday...
Maze ransomware adopts Ragnar Locker virtual machine approach
The people behind Maze ransomware are now distributing payloads through virtual machines as a method for getting...
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