Author: Thomas J Ackermann

T-Mobile has confirmed a data breach affecting more than a million of its customers, whose personal data (but no financial or password data) was exposed to a malicious actor. The company alerted the affected customers but did not provide many details in its official account of the hack. The company said in its disclosure to…

This report draws an initial threat landscape and presents an overview of the challenges in the security of 5G networks. Its added value lays with the creation of a comprehensive 5G architecture, the identification of important assets (asset diagram), the assessment of threats affecting 5G (threat taxonomy), the identification of asset exposure (threats – assets…

One click on a phishing email can be enough to stop the government Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards on Monday revealed that a ransomware attack hit state servers, prompting a response from the state’s cyber-security team. The incident appears to have affected only some of the state’s servers, but the Office of Technology Services (OTS)…

White-hat hackers using never-before-seen zero days against popular applications and devices – they competed at a two-day gathering in Chengdu. Hackers over the weekend successfully compromised widely used software and hardware–including browsers Safari and Chrome, D-Link routers and the Office 365 suite–using zero-day vulnerabilities at the annual Tianfu Cup gathering. The hacking competition, held in…

Americans and Privacy: Concerned, Confused and Feeling Lack of Control Over Their Personal Information Executive Summary: Americans are increasingly fearful of monitoring of their online and offline activities, both by governments and private companies, a survey showed Friday. The Pew Research Center report said more than 60 percent of US adults believe it is impossible…

Venafi, a company that helps organizations secure cryptographic keys and digital certificates, says it has uncovered over 100,000 typosquatted domains with valid TLS certificates that appear to target major retailers. With the holiday shopping season right around the corner, Venafi has conducted an analysis of lookalike domains targeting 20 major retailers in the United States,…

von Lina Rusch – veröffentlicht am 15.11.2019 Nach monatelangem Streit gibt es nun grünes Licht für die Cyberagentur. Die Auflagen für diese besondere GmbH sind allerdings streng. Und die Führungsfrage ist weiter offen – doch es zeichnet sich eine Personalie ab. Im Haushaltsausschuss ging gestern Abend der monatelange Streit zwischen den Koalitionsfraktionen zur Cyberagentur zu…

An Iran-linked cyberespionage group tracked as APT33 has used obfuscated botnets as part of attacks aimed at high-value targets located in the United States, the Middle East and Asia, Trend Micro reported on Thursday. APT33, which some experts believe has been active since at least 2013, is also known as Refined Kitten, Elfin, Magnallium and…

His plan is to pursue it from home, “Victorian Gentleman Scientist” style Legendary coder John Carmack is leaving Facebook’s Oculus after six years to focus on a personal project — no less than the creation of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), or “Strong AI.” He’ll remain attached to the company in a “Consulting CTO” position, but…