Month: March 2024
Public AI as an Alternative to Corporate AI This mini-essay was my contribution to a round table on Power and Governance in the Age of AI. It’s nothing I haven’t said here before, but for anyone who hasn’t read my longer essays on the topic, it’s a shorter introduction. The increasingly centralized control of…
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When you read reports about cyber-attacks affecting operational technology (OT), it’s easy to get caught up in the hype and assume every single one is sophisticated. But are OT environments all over the world really besieged by a constant barrage of complex cyber-attacks? Answering that would require breaking down the different types of OT cyber-attacks…
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Mar 21, 2024NewsroomNational Security / Data Privacy The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Wednesday announced sanctions against two 46-year-old Russian nationals and the respective companies they own for engaging in cyber influence operations. Ilya Andreevich Gambashidze (Gambashidze), the founder of the Moscow-based company Social Design Agency (SDA), and Nikolai Aleksandrovich…
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When someone takes on the CISO role, they go into it knowing the demands of the job. Even so, the overwhelming responsibilities of a CISO may not comfortably align with the responsibilities of having a family. “You can hire good people who can give you some time off at night, for example, or a security…
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Cybersecurity is now a top priority for businesses in Singapore as IT and business leaders understand the financial and reputational damage that cyberattacks can inflict. However, relentless pressure from ever-evolving cyber attacks is leading to burnout among cybersecurity professionals. A recent Sophos report found that 88% of cybersecurity professionals in Singapore are impacted by cybersecurity…
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Mar 21, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Web Security Ivanti has disclosed details of a critical remote code execution flaw impacting Standalone Sentry, urging customers to apply the fixes immediately to stay protected against potential cyber threats. Tracked as CVE-2023-41724, the vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.6. “An unauthenticated threat actor can execute arbitrary commands on the…
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Mar 21, 2024NewsroomDatabase / Vulnerability Atlassian has released patches for more than two dozen security flaws, including a critical bug impacting Bamboo Data Center and Server that could be exploited without requiring user interaction. Tracked as CVE-2024-1597, the vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating maximum severity. Described as an SQL injection flaw, it’s…
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It’s not unusual for the data brokers behind people-search websites to use pseudonyms in their day-to-day lives (you would, too). Some of these personal data purveyors even try to reinvent their online identities in a bid to hide their conflicts of interest. But it’s not every day you run across a US-focused people-search network based…
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There’s a Bing ding dong, after Microsoft (over?) enthusiastically encourages Chrome users to stop using Google, and silence hits the British Library as it shares its story of a ransomware attack. All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault. Plus:…
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Welcome to this week’s edition of the “Bi-Weekly Cyber Roundup” by Canary Trap. In the ever-changing realm of cybersecurity, staying informed is a challenging necessity. At Canary Trap, it is our mission to keep you up-to-date with the most critical developments in the world of cyber security and this bi-weekly publication is your gateway to…
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