A new system of warrants grants Australian police broad powers to infiltrate and even modify the online accounts of suspected cybercriminals, in the name of combating dark web transactions and anonymization.
CEO at Swarmnetics
Wei Chieh spent the last 25 years in the IT and consulting industry with roles in software development, network and security management, technology audit, consulting, business development and architecture research. Over the years, he has engaged with companies in more than 25 cities across Asia Pacific, U.S., Europe and Africa.
NERC, a non-profit regulatory authority that oversees utilities, revealed this week that about 25% of the electric utilities on the North American power grid downloaded the SolarWinds backdoor.
The DHS has issued a broad warning to all American businesses about potential data theft by partners in China that have connections to the government.
Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe has issued a statement that Iranian and Russian actors have US voter data and are using it to engage in election interference.
Zhenhua data leak reveals that the firm with links to the Chinese military has scraped the personal data of at least 2.4 million targeted subjects, including national leaders, celebrities, and politically exposed persons.
Indian government has cited national security as the reason for banning 59 Chinese apps, including popular apps such as TikTok, UC Browser and Clash of Kings.
Israel and Iran may be in a hidden cyber war with both countries attacking each other’s critical infrastructure, causing physical disruptions to the civilian population.
State-Sponsored Hackers Have Been Pushing Spyware Through Authorized Google Play Downloads for Years
Campaign run by a group of state-sponsored hackers appears to have been passing data-siphoning spyware through approved apps in Google Play Store for years.
Nearly 10,000 Android apps are found with a variety of undocumented backdoor abilities such as remotely resetting user passwords and blocking users from loading certain types of content.
Beyond the challenges around risk and uncertainty, can bug bounties really deliver on their promise? Even as crowdsourced security testing continues to gain acceptance, what’s important is designing the right model to increase efficiency and avoid diminishing marginal returns.
