Security News Update for the Week Ending July 23, 2023
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CUI and GPTs
Okay, that is a bit of alphabet soup. CUI stands for Controlled Unclassified Information. While technically, it only refers to government agencies and government contractors, think of it as information you might prefer that the Russians, Chinese and your competitors don’t have. GPT stands for generative pretrained transformers like ChatGPT, Bard and many others. It…
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Security News Update for July 16, 2023
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Security News Update for the Week Ending July 9, 2023
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Internet of Things Dumpster Fire
The Internet of Things refers to a class of smart devices that are typically used to automate things. This can be anything from a smart TV or smart door lock to an automated oil refinery and everything in between. Unfortunately, the security of many of these devices is to be really kind, lacking. The hackers…
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Security News Update for the Week Ending July 2, 2023
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Old Attacks Never Die – USB Malware Spreader
In this case, it wasn’t the well known “candy drop” attack but rather an accidental USB attack. Still infected an entire hospital. This one is attributed to China. Learn more below.
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Security of Network Devices with Public Management Interfaces
CISA, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency released a directive, which is binding on federal civilian executive branch agencies, that addresses the security of network and operational technology (OT, IoT) devices which can be managed from the public Internet. Learn what CISA and we are recommending below.
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Cybersecurity News Update for the Week Ending June 18, 2023
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Cybersecurity news update for the week ending June 11, 2023
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