Security News > 2021
The University of California is warning its students and staff that a ransomware group might have stolen and published their personal data and that of hundreds of other schools, government agencies and companies nationwide. A cybersecurity attack targeted a vulnerability in Accellion, a third-party vendor that is used to securely transfer files, the university said in a statement Wednesday.
Knowing which sudo or su command to run is important. If you're a new Linux admin, you probably at least know about sudo.
In three years or so, the Wi-Fi specification is scheduled to get an upgrade that will turn wireless devices into sensors capable of gathering data about the people and objects bathed in their signals. "When 802.11bf will be finalized and introduced as an IEEE standard in September 2024, Wi-Fi will cease to be a communication-only standard and will legitimately become a full-fledged sensing paradigm," explains Francesco Restuccia, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Northeastern University, in a paper summarizing the state of the Wi-Fi Sensing project currently being developed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
It doesn't have to be that way - a company's SaaS security posture can be strengthened, and SaaS configuration weaknesses can be avoided. SaaS Security Posture Management, as defined by Gartner, is critical to the security of today's enterprise.
At the end of last year, they released a five-page resolution that called for the EU to pass new rules to govern the use of end-to-end encryption in Europe. The most important takeaway here is that encryption is either secure or it is not.
As it is, the digital world is a blender where it is difficult and often impossible to tell the difference between factual news and all other narratives. The media industry has not solved the problem, but rather moved to capitalize on sensationalism, leaving reputable news providers at a disadvantage.
A new DataGrail report examined how millions of California consumers are exercising their privacy rights - to access their data, delete their data, and stop the sale of their data to a third-party - according to the CCPA, which went into effect on January 1, 2020. It also underscores that the number of data subject requests companies receive varies wildly, depending on their privacy practices.
The number of eSIMs installed in connected devices will increase from 1.2 billion in 2021, to 3.4 billion in 2025; representing growth of 180%, a Juniper Research study found. eSIMs are modules embedded directly into devices; providing cellular connectivity and storing multiple network operator profiles.
Retailers around the world are increasing their fraud teams and budgets because of a significant rise in all types of online fraud during the pandemic, a research by Ravelin finds. 72% of retail brands around the world expect to grow fraud teams in the next year, while 76% predict their budget to tackle fraud will increase in the next 12 months - with 20% expecting a "Significant" increase.
BMC announced several new offerings and integrations within the BMC Automated Mainframe Intelligence and BMC Compuware portfolios designed to modernize and streamline mainframe application development and delivery, while also increasing uptime and accelerating threat detection. BMC has completed the integration of Compuware, a BMC company, to create the BMC Compuware suite of tools that build upon the existing BMC AMI DevOps offerings.