Security News > 2020
Different cultures will influence whether people do what they should when it comes to security, for example a culture in which leadership demonstrate a strong commitment to, and respect for, security is much more likely to result in positive security behaviours than one in which leadership are dismissive of security. The phenomenon of social proof, in which people model their behaviour on how others act, means that the role of leadership in security culture is vital.
Before settling on a solution they must assess it for security and privacy needs, including some that are unique to higher education. To help them do that more expeditiously, EDUCAUSE - a US nonprofit association that aims to advance higher education through the use of information technology - has created HECVAT: the Higher Education Community Vendor Assessment Toolkit.
Spray-and-pray tactics that once had malware attack numbers soaring have since been abandoned for more targeted and evasive methods aimed at weaker victims. While total ransomware volume dipped 9% for the year, highly targeted attacks left many state, provincial and local governments paralyzed and took down email communications, websites, telephone lines and even dispatch services.
GOV validation and HTTPS encryption among county election websites in 13 states projected to be critical in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election, a McAfee survey reveals. GOV validation across these states, and 88.9% and 90.0% of websites lacked such certification in Iowa and New Hampshire respectively.
Mobile data roaming traffic generated by consumer and IoT devices reached 737 Petabytes in 2019, according to Kaleido Intelligence. Driven by the significant increase in roaming data traffic across key regions including Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa, Kaleido predicts that consumer inbound wholesale roaming revenues will reach $16 billion in 2024, with IoT adding a further $5.7 billion.
Google this week released the February 2020 set of security updates for the Android operating system, which address a total of 25 vulnerabilities, including 2 rated critical severity. Tracked as CVE-2020-0022, the first of these bugs is a remote code execution vulnerability that is considered critical only on Android 8.0, 8.1, and 9 devices.
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Cynet announced a special offering for Symantec customers, enabling them to seamlessly switch to Cynet 360. Any Symantec customer with a coming license renewal in 2020 can switch to Cynet now and their Cynet license will begin counting only from their Symantec license expiration date.
Yubico, the leading provider of hardware authentication security keys, announced the initial availability of YubiEnterprise Services, the company's first service-based offering designed to transform the way that enterprises purchase, distribute and manage YubiKeys. With subscription and delivery self-service options, YubiEnterprise Services will equip organizations with a simple and efficient way to deploy strong authentication at scale.
Radiflow, a leading provider of cybersecurity solutions for industrial automation networks, announced that the company has launched iRISK, a new business-driven industrial risk analytics service for OT networks. iRISK is designed to provide comprehensive vulnerability assessment reporting for OT networks, including risk prioritizations and mitigation recommendations.