Sunday, January 6, 2019

Cybersecurity Links October 2018 to January 2019


Cybersecurity Links


End October 9, 2018 to January 6 2019

Officials investigate breach of travel records at the Pentagon

Justice department charges Russian nationals of participation in cyberwarfare against US
What is the extent of foreign activities to influence US midterm elections?

Russian agency involved in multiple tweets supporting President Trump’s position on player protests during national anthem alleges Wall Street Journal article

Data breach proves costly for Yahoo as settlement sets compensation for victims

Government employee uses unauthorized web browsing which results in malware infection of the US Geological Survey network. Open USB ports reflected poorly on network management.

Chinese hackers accused of stealing intellectual property concerning the development of new aircraft engines from US and French aerospace companies

China and Iran allegedly breakup CIA spy rings after they discovered a communications network that used a Google tool on the Internet
Rerouted IP addresses to Russia, China, and Nigeria cause a denial of service outage for Google. Was this a coordinated state sponsored cyberattack or simple human error?

Even drone owner’s cloud accounts can be compromised by security flaws. DJI uses rewards program to help find and correct vulnerabilities

Microsoft working towards computing without passwords used for security through the use of USB keys

US Postal Service exposes personal data of 60 million users

Software flaw leaves users of Sennheiser headsets vulnerable to cyberattack

Iranian Hackers attempt to obtain US nuclear secrets using phishing attacks via email messages

Vietnam to implement draconian cybersecurity law

iPhone phishing scan uncovered that accurately mimics Apple customer service source


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