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Launching online attacks remains a potent tool in the Iranian government's geopolitical playbook. U.S. officials have warned U.S. businesses to expect an escalation in online attacks launched by Iranian-allied hackers.
Billions of internet-connected devices and the introduction of 5G are transforming the way cities and municipalities care for their citizens. Join Dave Masson, Director of Enterprise Cyber Security at Darktrace and Craig Brown, Chief Innovation Officer of the City of Westland, as they explain how artificial intelligence can detect and respond to cyber-threats targeting the public sector.
Launching online attacks remains a potent tool in the Iranian government's geopolitical playbook. U.S. officials have warned U.S. businesses to expect an escalation in online attacks launched by Iranian-allied hackers.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has issued warnings about the possibility of cyberattacks launched by Iran in response to the United States killing Qassem Soleimani, a top Iranian military commander. While many - including U.S. officials - have criticized the decision to kill the leader of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force unit, Washington justified its actions by claiming that Soleimani had been planning an imminent attack on U.S. interests in the Middle East.
Here's a physical-world example of why master keys are a bad idea. It's a video of two postal thieves using a master key to open apartment building mailboxes.
Ambarella and ON Semiconductor announced a joint 3D sensing platform for the development of intelligent access control systems and smart video security products such as smart video doorbells and door locks. "Lumentum has worked to enable diverse applications of our VCSEL technology into next-generation 3D sensing products," said Dr. Andre Wong, vice president, product line management, 3D Sensing at Lumentum.
Cisco has fixed 12 vulnerabilities in Cisco Data Center Network Manager, a platform for managing Cisco switches and fabric extenders that run NX-OS, and has warned about a spike in exploitation attempts of an old flaw affecting Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance and Firepower Appliance software. "The vulnerabilities are not dependent on one another; exploitation of one of the vulnerabilities is not required to exploit another vulnerability," Cisco shared.
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The Seagate Lyve Drive Mobile System is a portfolio of simple, secure, and efficient data management solutions built to activate the datasphere. "However, today's data management tools are too costly and inefficient for businesses to tap into data's full value. Lyve Drive is Seagate's first step toward a unified data experience, which will turn data's possibilities into tangible growth for the world's most critical industries."
Just keeping antivirus software up to date is not enough. If you are charged with taking care of your company's IT security, tune into our webcast starting at 3pm UK time on 15 January, 2020, to hear an expert at Helsinki-based security specialist F-Secure provide some valuable advice for SMEs.