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Red Cross seeks digital equivalent of its emblems to mark some tech as off-limits in war
2022-11-07 06:01

The International Committee of the Red Cross wants to devise a digital equivalent of its emblems, to signify that certain digital resources are protected and must not be targeted during cyberwarfare. "For more than 150 years, protective emblems like the red cross have been used to convey a simple message: In times of armed conflict, those who wear the red cross or facilities and objects marked with [it] must be protected from harm," the organization wrote last week, adding "The obligation of all warring parties to respect and protect medical and humanitarian actors applies online as well."

Iran’s Digital Surveillance Tools Leaked
2022-11-01 11:24

According to these internal documents, SIAM is a computer system that works behind the scenes of Iranian cellular networks, providing its operators a broad menu of remote commands to alter, disrupt, and monitor how customers use their phones. The tools can slow their data connections to a crawl, break the encryption of phone calls, track the movements of individuals or large groups, and produce detailed metadata summaries of who spoke to whom, when, and where.

Japan to citizens: Get a digital ID or health insurance gets harder
2022-10-27 03:57

Beginning in Autumn 2024, existing photo-less national health insurance cards will no longer be accepted, officially replaced by My Number Cards. There's only one problem: Japan residents seem reluctant to adopt them, with an online petition to keep current health cards quickly gathering 100,000 signatures.

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2022-10-14 15:32

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Zero trust: Data-centric culture to accelerate innovation and secure digital business
2022-10-14 11:48

Traditional layers of security assume users and data are always operating within the confines of the enterprise walls and data centers - like a physical store. One of the biggest mistakes organizations make when structuring their zero-trust strategy is to associate zero trust with infrastructure assets, such as network and devices, when its purpose is to serve as a principle to protect data as a strategic asset for the organization to use in a continuous manner.

Digital License Plates
2022-10-13 11:19

California just legalized digital license plates, which seems like a solution without a problem. Perhaps most importantly to the average car owner, Reviver said Rplate owners can renew their registration online through the Reviver mobile app.

Struggling To Securely Keep Up With Digital Acceleration
2022-10-12 00:00

In today's digital economy, businesses must move fast, rapidly adapting to changes. Increasingly, this means adopting the latest technologies to maintain optimal user experience across a hybrid network and mobile workforce.

China could use Digital Yuan to swerve Russia-style sanctions
2022-10-11 15:00

UK intelligence agency, GCHQ, boss Jeremy Fleming says China is "Learning lessons" from the war in Ukraine and could make use of a centralized digital currency to partly get around the type of sanctions being imposed on Putin's Russia. The career MI5 officer, who replaced Robert Hannigan in 2017, is speaking to the Royal United Services Institute think tank later today to spell out what his organization conceives of as a technological threat posed by China.

Singtel confirms digital burglary at Dialog subsidiary
2022-10-10 10:47

Singtel has confirmed that another Australian business it owns, consulting unit Dialog, has fallen victim to a cyber burglary just weeks after the mammoth data leak at telco Optus was revealed. In a statement to the Singapore stock exchange, Singtel said intruders may have accessed company data "Potentially affecting fewer than 20 clients and 1,000 current Dialog employees as well as former employees."

Why digital trust is the bedrock of business relationships
2022-10-04 05:00

In this Help Net Security video, David Samuelson, CEO at ISACA, talks about how enterprises approach digital trust. While nearly 98% of respondents to an ISACA survey say that digital trust is essential, and 63% say that digital trust is relevant to their jobs, only 12% of their organizations have a dedicated staff role for digital trust.