I’ve
been expecting this, based on attacks in other countries. When your
adversary is down, kick him hard.
Trump
Declares National Emergency As Foreign Hackers Threaten U.S. Power
Grid
… President
Trump signed an executive order, May 1, to further secure the U.S.
bulk-power system from foreign adversaries that he wrote are
"increasingly creating and exploiting vulnerabilities."
The executive order, declaring
a national emergency over the hacking threat,
bans the "acquisition, importation, transfer, or installation,"
of bulk-power system electricity equipment from companies under
foreign adversary control.
The
executive order also confirmed that a task force had been
established, with members including the Secretary of Defense,
Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Director of National
Intelligence, to work to protect against national security threats to
energy infrastructure. What this order did not do is go as far as
naming any specific foreign adversaries, nor the companies they may
control.
Everyone
should be getting this right by now…
French
Newspaper Le Figaro Leaks 7.4 Billion Records
Newspaper
Le Figaro has become the latest big name humbled by a human
error-based data leak, after a cloud server was found to have exposed
7.4 billion records including readers’ personal information.
Researchers
at Security Detectives led by Anurag Sen found the 8TB Elasticsearch
database, hosted by a firm called Dedibox, wide
open with no password protection.
Although
the database belonged to Le Figaro, the server on which it was hosted
was owned by Poney Telecom, which the researchers claimed “has a
reputation for shady, unethical hosting practices and security
issues, and is notorious for many online attacks that seem to
originate from within its network of servers.”
I
like it! Unfortunately, “To
take part you must be 13-18 years old and live in the UK.”
This
new cybersecurity school will teach kids to crack codes from home
Online
initiative looks to inspire a new generation of cybersecurity talent
to bring out their 'digital Sherlock Holmes' while schools remain
closed.
… As
part of the Cyber
Discovery Virtual Cyber School,
kids will be able to try over 200 cybersecurity challenges based
around cracking codes, finding and fixing security flaws and
dissecting digital trails left behind by criminals, all as part of a
game. Through playing, young people will learn the concepts and
ideas that real agents use when dealing with real cyberattacks.
No
reason to question the comments that agree with you…
Judge
Orders FCC to Hand Over IP Addresses Linked to Fake Net Neutrality
Comments
A
Manhattan federal judge has ruled the Federal Communications
Commission must provide two reporters access to server logs that may
provide new insight into the allegations of fraud stemming from
agency’s 2017 net neutrality rollback.
A
pair of New York Times reporters—Nicholas Confessore and Gabriel
Dance—sued the FCC under the Freedom of Information Act after it
refused
their
request to view copies of the logs. The logs will show, among other
details, the originating IP addresses behind the millions of public
comments sent to the agency ahead of the December 2017 net neutrality
vote.
The
FCC attempted to quash the paper’s request but failed to persuade
District Judge Lorna Schofield, who wrote that, despite the privacy
concerns raised by the agency, releasing the logs may help clarify
whether fraudulent activity interfered with the comment period, as
well as whether the agency’s decision-making process is “vulnerable
to corruption.”
Isolation
tools.
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