While they remain anxious about external threats like health crises and cyber threats, concerns about climate change are low, PwC survey finds. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto Now for some good news from the business world: There is significant optimism about the global economy in 2021 with 76% of CEOs saying they believe growth will improve this year, according to PwC’s annual global CEO survey. While the global pandemic is not yet over, “CEOs’ optimism also reflects…

The National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) is encouraging all UK organizations to install the latest Microsoft Exchange Server updates as a matter of urgency. The urgent advisement comes after Microsoft released out-of-band patches to fix multiple zero-day Exchange Server vulnerabilities believed to be being exploited by Chinese state-sponsored actors last week. A week later, ESET claimed that more than 10 different advanced persistent threat (APT) groups have been detected exploiting the vulnerabilities, with the security firm…

Android: How to quickly block spam SMS Length: 1:05 | Mar 12, 2021 Jack Wallen shows you how easy it is to block and report spam SMS messages on the Android platform. Source link

  Today, the PCI SSC published a minor revision to the PCI PIN Security Requirements and Testing Procedures—also known as the PCI PIN Security Standard. Version 3.1 of the Standard includes clarifications and updates previously released via FAQs and bulletins and incorporates stakeholder feedback and comments received via a formal request for comment (RFC) period.

By Carter Schoenberg, Vice President of Cybersecurity at SoundWay Consulting. In the January issue of Cyber Defense Magazine, my first article provided an introduction to the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC). My company has engaged with Government contractors since early January and I wanted to share some common issues that can be used as potential lessons learned as well as a lot has happened since this issue and I wanted to use this opportunity to…

Combining Breadth and Depth Brings Full Protection By Albert Zhichun Li, Chief Scientist, Stellar Cyber Almost since the beginning of network security, vendors and practitioners have wrestled with choices between going deep and going broad for their security solutions. Mostly, the choice varies between predominantly one or the other. Going deep typically means careful monitoring and analysis of certain types of threats or behaviors at the cost of not examining a much broader range of…

Netflix has introduced trial measures to try and prevent the practice of password sharing with multiple households, it has been reported by the BBC. In the trial, users can verify if they are eligible to access a particular account according to Netflix’s terms of service, via a code sent via text or email. In addition, a number of users have reported seeing a message come up on their screen stating: “If you don’t live with…