The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) released its annual review of 2020.  If you are unfamiliar with the NCSC, part of their mission is that they are “dedicated to making the United Kingdom the safest place in the world to live and work online.”   This is a lofty goal, and since the first report, issued in 2016, the NCSC remains steadfast in its vision. This year’s report, which spans the period from September 2019 through…

Organisations are still underestimating the risks created by insufficiently secured operational technology (OT). One current example comes from Germany. According to a report by heise.de, external security testers consider it “likely” that a successful serious cyberattack against the publicly owned water company Berliner Wasserbetriebe could lead to a complete failure of the German capital’s waste water management. The good news, at least for Germany, is that a combination of engineering standards and legal requirements often…

By Ryan Benner, Anexinet  A recent Wall Street Journal article titled, Russian Hackers Have Targeted 200 Groups Tied to U.S. Election, has Microsoft stating that “Russian government hackers have targeted at least 200 organizations tied to the 2020 U.S. election in recent weeks, including national and state political parties and political consultants working for both Republicans and Democrats.” The article goes on to point out that other bad actor nations such as China and Iran…

By Katherine Gronberg, Vice President of Government Affairs, Forescout In June, the cybersecurity company JSOF, with help from Forescout, released some eye-opening research about a set of 19 vulnerabilities, collectively known as Ripple20. The Ripple20 vulnerabilities are found within the TCP-IP protocol code sold by Ohio-based software company, Treck, and are used by a wide range of Internet of Things (IoT) and Operational Technology (OT) devices. An OT device refers to a specific type of…

2020 has been a tumultuous and unpredictable year, where we restructured our lives and redefined how we work and interact with each other. In the past nine months, we saw IT security and the digital world challenged and taken to new heights. Although 2020 has undoubtedly been a year of trials and tribulations, I wanted to share some of McAfee’s top highlights. The list that follows is drawn from some of this year’s greatest accomplishments….