Category: Security technology

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New US Executive Order on Cybersecurity

Posted on By infossl
cybersecurity, national security policy, security standards, Security technology, Uncategorized

President Biden signed an executive order to improve government cybersecurity, setting new security standards for software sold to the federal government. For the first time, the United States will require all software purchased by the federal government to meet, within six months, a series of new cybersecurity standards. Although the companies would have to “self-certify,” … Read More “New US Executive Order on Cybersecurity” »

Ransomware Shuts Down US Pipeline

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cybercrime, ransomware, russia, Security technology, Uncategorized

This is a major story: a probably Russian cybercrime group called DarkSide shut down the Colonial Pipeline in a ransomware attack. The pipeline supplies much of the East Coast. This is the new and improved ransomware attack: the hackers stole nearly 100 gig of data, and are threatening to publish it. The White House has … Read More “Ransomware Shuts Down US Pipeline” »

Teaching Cybersecurity to Children

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children, cybersecurity, generations, privacy, security education, Security technology, Uncategorized

A new draft of an Australian educational curriculum proposes teaching children as young as five cybersecurity: The proposed curriculum aims to teach five-year-old children — an age at which Australian kids first attend school — not to share information such as date of birth or full names with strangers, and that they should consult parents … Read More “Teaching Cybersecurity to Children” »

New Spectre-Like Attacks

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academic papers, hardware, patching, Security technology, Uncategorized, vulnerabilities

There’s new research that demonstrates security vulnerabilities in all of the AMD and Intel chips with micro-op caches, including the ones that were specifically engineered to be resistant to the Spectre/Meltdown attacks of three years ago. Details: The new line of attacks exploits the micro-op cache: an on-chip structure that speeds up computing by storing … Read More “New Spectre-Like Attacks” »

Tesla Remotely Hacked from a Drone

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cars, drones, hacking, Security technology, Uncategorized, vulnerabilities, Wi-Fi

This is an impressive hack: Security researchers Ralf-Philipp Weinmann of Kunnamon, Inc. and Benedikt Schmotzle of Comsecuris GmbH have found remote zero-click security vulnerabilities in an open-source software component (ConnMan) used in Tesla automobiles that allowed them to compromise parked cars and control their infotainment systems over WiFi. It would be possible for an attacker … Read More “Tesla Remotely Hacked from a Drone” »