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Security News for the Week Ending January 28, 2022

Biden May Use China Rule on Russia if it Invades Ukraine This COULD be a bluff, but the administration may use the foreign direct product rule on Russia, like they did on Huawei, if Russia invades Ukraine. Depending on how it is used, it could have crushing implications on anything in Russia that uses microchips. […]

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The Layers of Effective Endpoint Security

As hackers become smarter, generate more and more effective attacks and users continue to work from almost anywhere, IT teams have to get smarter about effective endpoint security. This is going to take a layered approach. This includes moving towards zero-trust. Here are some recommendations. Signature and heuristic-based detection – this is what most traditional […]

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Security News for the Week Ending December 31, 2021

W. Va. Hospital Breach Timeline – Way Too Long The Monongalia Health System was attacked recently and hackers had access to several email accounts, apparently belonging to contractors from May 10 to August 15 or about three months. It took them another 60 days to investigate. They are just not telling us about the breach […]

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Orange and Thales Partner for IoT Security

Probably most people have not heard of either company. Orange is like the Verizon of Europe, the largest telecom company there and Thales is very large multinational security products company that sells in both the commercial and military space. The number of cyber attacks against Internet of Things devices is skyrocketing Orange’s research team says […]

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China Charts Plan for Tech Self-Sufficiency

China’s policymaking body, the Central Comprehensively Deepening Reforms Commission (I did not make up this name) approved a plan yesterday for developing home grown science and technology with an eye toward self-sufficiency. According to a press release by the state run news agency, Xi said that while China has made substantial progress in trying to […]

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