The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 23–29 October 2023
Welcome to this week’s round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories. At the end of each month, these…
October 2023
The Nuts and Bolts of a WISP
A Written Information Security Plan is not meant to a bureaucratic policy collecting dust on the book shelf, but rather…
Canada bans WeChat and Kaspersky apps on government-issued mobile devices
Canada banned the Chinese messaging app WeChat and Kaspersky antivirus on government mobile devices due to privacy and security risks.…
Dangerous new malware cracks encrypted government USBs
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: In the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, a newly discovered malware has compromised “secure” USB drives, enabling theft of information…
Florida man sentenced to prison for SIM Swapping conspiracy that led to theft of $1M in cryptocurrency
A man from Orlando was sentenced to prison for SIM Swapping conspiracy that led to the theft of approximately $1M…
What is a Cloud Workload Protection Platform ? (CWPP)
Diving into the Depths of Cloud Workload Defense Framework (CWDF) Mysteries Setting out to understand cloud security, one frequently encounters…
Wiki-Slack attack allows redirecting business professionals to malicious websites
eSentire researchers devised a new attack technique, named Wiki-Slack attack, that can be used to redirect business professionals to malicious…
Expert Insight: Stephen Hancock
Insights into the new Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard SAQ SPoC from our QSA (Qualified Security Assessor) consultant Stephen…
4 Secure Framework Considerations Before Deploying Workloads in The Public Cloud
By Jhilam Biswas, Customer Engineering Manager, Google Cloud Enterprises are adopting public cloud providers like never before. Gartner estimated the…
Uncovering Adversarial LDAP Tradecraft
A Write-Up by TrustedSec’s Research Lead Carlos Perez and Binary Defense’s Research Lead Jonathan Johnson Introduction While it is important…