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Ships infected with ransomware, USB malware, worms
ZDNet - Catalin Cimpanu
Ships are the victims of cyber-security incidents more often than people think. Industry groups publish cyber-security guidelines to address …
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Security
What's Up With That Story About Secret Face-Scanning Tech at a Taylor Swift Show?
Gizmodo - Melanie Ehrenkranz
At a Taylor Swift concert earlier this year, fans were reportedly treated to something they might not expect: a kiosk displaying clips of the pop …
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Cyber-attacks
Cybersecurity Tools That Every Business Should Consider in 2019
business2community.com - Vikash Kumar
Businesses ignoring cyber security has become a thing of the past. With the sudden increase in cyber-attacks and data breaches, cybersecurity remains …
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Is Microsoft Stealing Your Data? What You Need to Know
Tom's Guide - Paul Wagenseil
Is Microsoft spying on Windows 10 users who don't want to be spied on? Some Reddit users think so, but there may be an innocent, if confusing, …
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Report: Marriott Data Breach Part of Chinese Spy Campaign
PCMag - Angela Moscaritolo
Citing two unnamed sources 'briefed on the investigation,' The New York Times on Tuesday reported that the attack is believed to be part of a larger …
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Police Use Fake Amazon Boxes to Catch Thieves
PCMag - Matthew Humphries
Police in New Jersey teamed up with Amazon to install porch cameras and add GPS trackers to fake boxes so they could easily locate and arrest thieves …
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Cyber-attacks
Why Microsoft is fighting to stop a cyber world war
ZDNet - Steve Ranger
The tech industry is becoming more vocal about its worries about a cyberwarfare arms race. But are the right people listening? Two days last year …
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Security firm warns of new global campaign targeting critical infrastructure
thehill.com - Olivia Beavers
A hacking group is aggressively targeting critical infrastructure in a new global campaign, a security firm revealed on Wednesday. The campaign, known …
The Washington Times
Cyber-attacks
Mike Pompeo confirms China was behind massive Marriott hack
The Washington Times - By Gabriella Muñoz
Secretary of State Michael Pompeo revealed Wednesday that China was behind the massive security breach in Marriott’s guest system. The New York Times …
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Mars Mission
Putin plans to put Russians on Mars in 2019
futurism.com
It’s the 21st century, yet these days it’s feeling an awful lot like the frosty bite of the Cold War is, somehow, back from the dead. We’ve got …
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Justice
How China could retaliate against US and Canadian companies over Huawei
CNN - Analysis by Sherisse Pham, CNN Business
Hong Kong (CNN Business) — Canadian and US companies are bracing themselves for fallout from the arrest of a top executive at Chinese tech giant Huawei. Meng Wanzhou, Huawei's chief financial officer,
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Cyber-attacks
American Waterways Operators Releases Cyber Risk Guide
maritime-executive.com - By MarEx 2018-12-12 17:35:35
The American Waterways Operators has released a best practices document to help the tugboat, towboat and barge industry manage cyber risk and detect …
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Saipem says Shamoon variant crippled hundreds of computers
Reuters - By Stephen Jewkes and Jim Finkle
MILAN/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A hack on Italian oil services firm Saipem that crippled more than 300 of the company's computers used a variant of the notorious Shamoon virus, Saipem said, a development links
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US accuses China for massive Marriott hotel chain data theft
AlJazeera - Al Jazeera
The world's biggest hotel chain revealed its network had been hacked in November, affecting 500 million people. The United States has blamed China for the massive hack of data from as many as 500 million
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Cyber-attacks
BRIEF-Saipem says cyber attack led to cancellation of data, infrastructures
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Dec 12 (Reuters) - Saipem says: * CYBER ATTACK HIT SERVERS IN MIDDLE EAST, INDIA, ABERDEEN AND, IN LIMITED WAY, ITALY * CYBER ATTACK USED A VARIANT OF …
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Ali Velshi
Fighting cyber threats: 'We have to innovate our way out'
MSNBC - Ali Velshi
Ali Velshi talks with former Assistant Attorney General for National Security John Carlin, author of the new book “Dawn of the Code War”, about how …
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Cyber-attacks
60 percent of organizations have suffered disruptive cyber events in the last two years
betanews.com - By Ian Barker
A new study reveals that 60 percent of organizations globally have suffered two or more business-disrupting cyber events -- defined as cyberattacks …
Opinion
China's Marriott hack attack exemplifies a subtle new threat
washingtonexaminer.com - Erin Dunne
In 2014, China seems to have gone on a hacking spree, targeting sensitive U.S. data. The effort was thorough and aggressive, going after not only …
Infosec
IDA and CIT champion new ‘Cyber Ireland’ infosec cluster
siliconrepublic.com - by John Kennedy
Could ambitious endeavour make Ireland the Fort Knox of infosec? The IDA and Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) have joined forces on an initiative to …
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BMW Announces Investment in Cybersecurity Company for Industrial Networks
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As more and more of the world comes online and becomes automated the threat of cyber crime is preoccupying tech giants. BMW is declaring itself a …
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Thought Leadership
A New View of Threat Intelligence: The Last Line of Defense
databreachtoday.com
The Role of Threat Intelligence in Cyber Resilience December 12, 2018 When security controls fail, can you detect unusual and anomalous activity …
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Politics
Grassley: Russia 'hysteria' overshadows China threat
POLITICO - By TIM STARKS
Russia's election interference and social media propaganda campaigns have overshadowed a "greater, more existential threat" from China, said Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley. At a Judiciary hearing
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Save the Children
Save the Children says it fell for $1m cyber scam last year
thehill.com - John Bowden
One of the country's best-known charities says it was the victim of a cyber scam last year that cost the company $1 million. Save the Children …
Online Privacy
Most UK retailers plan to up cyber security
computerweekly.com - www.computerweekly.com
Security Editor Follow: Retailers plan to increase cyber security measures during the holiday season, according to a poll of IT professionals in the …
POLITICO
Politics
Pompeo says China hacked Marriott
POLITICO - By ERIC GELLER
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirmed today that the Chinese government hacked Marriott and potentially stole the information of up to 500 million people. During an interview on “Fox & Friends,” Pompeo
United Arab Emirates
Cyberattack sidelines Middle East servers of Italian energy contractor Saipem | SC Media
scmagazine.com - www.scmagazine.com
Italian oil and gas industry contractor Saipem S.p.A. has reportedly confirmed that a Monday cyberattack impacted its servers and infrastructure in …
Application Security
5 ways to better educate developers on application security
techbeacon.com
As a graduate student at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Gábor Pék found that the school graduated students who generally did …
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China
China’s involvement in Marriott hack could raise trade tension with U.S., report says
The Mercury News - Rex Crum
Relations between the United States and China may be about to get even more tense following a report that the recent hacking attack stole the …
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SendGrid Reveals Email Delivery Rate: Will This Drive Comparison Listings?
mediapost.com - Ray Schultz
SendGrid has taken what it says is the unusual step of announcing its inbox protection rate in an effort to increase cyber security and privacy …
Liberal View
North Korea has launched 'sophisticated cyber espionage campaign' on US: report
rawstory.com - Martin Cizmar
North Korea has launched a “sophisticated cyber espionage campaign” against the United States, cybersecurity experts told Bloomberg News. Beginning in …