Security News for the Week Ending November 4, 2022
Brussels Warns Musk That the Bird Must Fly By EU Rules in Europe
The EU Commission warned Musk – via Twitter of course – that he will need to comply with EU’s Digital Services Act that goes into effect next month. It is the EU’s newest version of content moderation rules that may conflict with Musk’s stated free speech absolutist philosophy. He is already trying to calm down jittery investors and more importantly advertisers as they are concerned about comments he is making. Stay tuned, this will be interesting. Credit: CyberNews
Russia Trying to Get Rid of Microsoft Windows
Since Microsoft has shut down operations in Russia and Russian computers are not getting updates, Russia wants to convince developers to develop for some other platform. Possibly these will be Linux derivatives. Of course, that means that any Windows applications that Russian businesses use will need to be replaced with new applications that run on whatever OS they choose. They could incent developers with tax breaks. To make this even more difficult, tens of thousands of Russian IT people have left the country since the war started. This is not a simple task for Putin. Credit: Cyber News
UK Scans All Internet Connected Devices in the Country
The UK’s National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) has created a program to scan all public facing devices in the country. It will start simple and grow from them. They claim they don’t have a nefarious purpose. That doesn’t mean that won’t change. Of course, what they are doing is not much different from hackers do every day. Credit: Bleeping Computer
Linkedin is Doing What Other Social Media Platforms Should
Given the number of bots that are invading all social media platforms. Linkedin is TRYING to improve the situation. Many LinkedIn profiles with now display a creation date and a domain validation service for emails. This isn’t a fix, but it is a step in the right direction. Credit: Brian Krebs
Ransomware Cost U.S. Banks Over $1 Billion in 2021
According to Treasury’s Financial Trend Analysis report, reported ransomware payments in the U.S. alone were nearly $1.2 billion last year. That was up 188% over 2020. That represents only 1,489 reports. It is possible that increased pressure to report is part of the cause. Still a billion dollars is a lot. Credit: The Register
Slovak Parliament Suspends Voting Due to Cyber Attack
The Slovak Parliament suspended its session last week after a cyberattack. In Poland, the web site of the upper house of the parliament was down due to a cyber attack. What we are seeing is that when systems go down, things stop. The Slovak parliament cafeteria couldn’t even serve lunch without their computers. This is a warning to be prepared or risk getting shut down. Credit: MSN
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