Columnist Elad Ben-Meir of SCADAfence writes that critical infrastructure have become more vulnerable than ever to a cyberattack. Security perimeters have been stretched at a time when industrial operating systems are increasingly operated remotely, opening up new threat vectors and numerous entry points for attackers.
A technique known as radio frequency (RF) fingerprinting could be leveraged to give unique ID to the billions of rogue IoT devices lurking within home and business networks.
The attack on the Oldsmar, Fla., water treatment plant earlier this year raised the profile of operational technology events and attacks on critical infrastructure. Today’s columnist, Duncan Greatwood of Xage, offers insights into how organizations can adopt a Zero Trust approach to protect against similar attacks.
Researchers found a vulnerability about two years ago in the Android versions of WhatsApp and Telegram that could let hackers manipulate media files sent via the apps. Today’s columnist, Brian C. Reed of NowSecure, offers some insights on how continuous mobile app security can protect companies from similar vulnerabilities.
This week in the Security News, Polish blogger sued after revealing security issue in encrypted messenger, The Facebook dump and Have I Been Pwned, LinkedIn and more_eggs, APTs targeting Fortinet, SAP Applications Are Under Active Attack again, Is your dishwasher trying to kill you?, Ubiquiti All But Confirms Breach Response Iniquity, Cyber Threat ...
Ryan Noon joins ESW team this week to chat through the significance of recent hacks (namely: SolarWinds and Hafnium), unpack growing enterprise demand for a “digital seatbelt,” and illuminate why Material takes a fresh approach to email security: building products with the assumption that bad actors will successfully hack inboxes. Segment Resources...
