By Jessica Davis March 31, 2021 – Senior medical research personnel in the US and Israel are being targeted by a credential phishing campaign launched by a nation-state hacking group with ties to Iran, according to a new Proofpoint report. Proofpoint observed the hacking group known as TA453 targeting about 25 senior professionals at a range of medical research organizations in the US and Israel. The targeted workforce members were extremely senior personnel with backgrounds in…

The NHS appears to have narrowed the cybersecurity skills gap slightly over the past two years, although breaches remain a serious challenge, according to the latest data from Redscan. The managed security service provider published an analysis of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests sent to the health service last year and compared it to information gathered in 2018. On average, trusts now have nearly twice as many employees with professional IT security qualifications: the figure…

Encryption has been a hot topic of discussion during the implementation phase of most data privacy laws. In the age where organizations are dealing with large volumes of data each day, the protection of this sensitive data is critical. The data, which is seen as a business-critical asset for organizations, should be protected against malicious hackers looking for opportunities to steal the data. For these reasons, most data privacy regulations call for organizations to encrypt…

By Marcella Arthur – VP, Global Marketing at Unbound Tech Cryptocurrency is now the third largest payment system in the world, hot on the heels of Visa and Mastercard after roaring past American Express. This remarkable growth has led to Bitcoin breaking through the $20,000 level for the first time and even more organizations are accepting digital currency in their transactions as crypto hurtles towards the mainstream. Regrettably, entirely avoidable hacking incidents such as that…

Time flies. Eight years ago Docker was introduced to the world and forever changed the way applications are developed. We have enjoyed watching developers from all walks of life and from every corner of the globe bring their ideas to life using our technology.  As is our tradition in the Docker community, and as announced during our last Community All-Hands, we are celebrating Docker’s big day with a birthday challenge where Docker users are encouraged to…

One way to get C-level managers and cybersecurity department heads on the same page is to employ cyber risk quantification, as it speaks to costs versus risks. Image: iStockphoto/anyaberkut It’s a reasonably safe bet cyber incidents will be more of the same in 2021. However, there is something different blowing in the cyber wind this year. Business leaders are asking those in charge of cybersecurity departments to relate monetary costs to each potential cybersecurity risk…

KODA advising CTO John Suit discusses the skills and languages that are important for developers who want to build software and systems for modern robots. Robots come in all shapes and sizes, but typically, they’re autonomous devices that operate on their own to help us complete a task. If you’re a developer looking to get into the growing field of robotics, what are the right skills to have? What languages should you know? In this…

Tips for robotics developers Length: 28:10 | Mar 30, 2021 KODA advising CTO John Suit discusses the skills and languages that are important for developers who want to build software and systems for modern robots. Source link

Security expert says because we can’t inspect the inner workings of the software we buy, we’re at the mercy of software companies’ security practices. TechRepublic’s Karen Roby spoke with Manish Gupta, founder and CEO of ShiftLeft, a code analysis software company, about the SolarWinds attack and its effect on cybersecurity. The following is an edited transcript of their conversation. Karen Roby: Manish you’ve been in security for a long time now. And the SolarWinds attack…

Trust in software security has eroded since the SolarWinds attack Length: 10:27 | Mar 30, 2021 We’re only as secure as the software we use, cybersecurity expert says. Source link