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Over the last month, the US and Canadian governments have each announced sweeping travel restrictions amid the novel COVID-19 outbreak. The US Department of State has advised all US citizens to reconsider travel abroad, while travel bans are in place for foreign nationals arriving from China, the UK, Ireland, and Europe. The Canadian government has […] More
Google has been accused of breaching one of the General Data Protection Regulation’s (GDPR) principles surrounding consent that requires companies to provide a specific purpose for collecting and processing user personal data. In a complaint [PDF] filed to the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), Chromium-based browser Brave alleges that Google’s privacy policy infringes the […] More
ZDNet has all the latest news on the intersection of cybersecurity and the COVID-19 pandemic. How cyber criminals are trying to exploit coronavirus fears Hackers are trying to take advantage of the COVID-19 outbreak to deliver malware, steal bank details and more — but there are ways to stay safe from these attacks. HHS targeted […] More
The vast majority of ransomware attacks targeting the enterprise sector occur outside normal working hours, during the night or over the weekend. According to a report published today by US cyber-security FireEye, 76% of all ransomware infections in the enterprise sector occur outside working hours, with 49% taking place during nighttime over the weekdays, and […] More
Intel processors are vulnerable to a new attack that can leak data from the CPU’s internal memory — also known as the cache. The attack, described as “Snoop-assisted L1 Data Sampling,” or just Snoop (CVE-2020-0550), has been discovered by Pawel Wieczorkiewicz, a software engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Wieczorkiewicz reported the issue to Intel, […] More
One of the key measures to reduce the spread of Covid-19 is social distancing, which for many organisations means encouraging – or instructing– staff to work from home. But moving at short notice from a trusted office environment to working remotely can create security risks. On top of this, nasty opportunist crooks are already using […] More
The US Health and Human Services Department was reportedly hit by a cyberattack Sunday night as security incidents related to the novel coronavirus pandemic ramp. Bloomberg reported that the attack was designed to slow agency systems down but didn’t succeed in a meaningful way. Bloomberg cited anonymous sources as did ABC News. Must read: According […] More
Red Hat historically has had the best record of all the Linux companies in finding and fixing Linux and open-source security bugs. Here’s how the Raleigh, NC-based company does it. Open Source First, Red Hat Product Security is in charge of both finding and fixing security holes. It doesn’t do this alone. The team works […] More
