August 14, 2019
A newly discovered hacking group is targeting energy and telecoms companies – TechCrunch
There’s a new hacking group on the radar targeting telecommunications and oil and gas companies across Africa and the Middle East. Industrial security company Dragos, which discovered the group, calls it “Hexane,” but remains largely tight-lipped on its activities. The security company said Thursday, however, that the group’s activity has ramped up in recent months […] Source: A newly discovered hacking group is targeting energy and telecoms companies – TechCrunch
August 14, 2019
Another Breach: What Capital One Could Have Learned from Google’s “BeyondCorp” – Lauren Weinstein’s Blog
Source: Another Breach: What Capital One Could Have Learned from Google’s “BeyondCorp” – Lauren Weinstein’s Blog
Ordinary Americans are using armies of phones to generate cash to buy food, diapers, and beer through ad fraud. Source: Americans Are Making Phone Farms to Scam Free Money From Advertisers
Source: Cisco to pay $8.6 million fine for selling hackable surveillance technology
As end of support for the still-popular Windows 7 draws near, risks of unpatched operating systems are likely to be a significant security concern in the near future. Source: It’s 2019, and one third of businesses still have active Windows XP deployments