CyberSec & Datasec
March 2020 news
A broad collection of cybersecurity and datasec focused news reported across March 2020, focusing on the broad Asia-Pacific region, and referring to points of reference in the wider world where useful or relevant for context and further information.
- Another front in cybercrime: Siri and Google Assistant hacked using ultrasonic attack
- Cyberspace and Geopolitics: Assessing Global Cybersecurity Norm Processes at a Crossroads
- Tradition cybercrime goals “…joined by an increasing desire to sow disruption and conflict among institutions and…populations alike, with political and economic gain the ultimate driver”
- A podcast explainer of SIM jacking, identity theft in which an attacker swaps a victim’s SIM card remotely, and then breaks into victim’s email, bank accounts and more
- Cybersecurity and data security: A round-up of items from February 2020, focusing where possible on Asia
- ICYMI: A round-up of February’s cybersecurity and data-security news, focusing where possible on Asia-Pacific but also looking at issues beyond, but impacting on, the region
- Handing over infrastructure for China’s strategic objectives: ‘Arctic Connect’ and the Digital Silk Road in the Arctic (pdf)
- …therefore highly likely that nation-state-backed hacking operations are examining how they can use destructive ransomware…when it comes to disrupting infrastructure in rival countries
- …in addition to the pressing threat the virus poses…rapid changes have also created an environment in which hackers, scammers, and spammers all thrive
- …Shadowserver has helped keep the internet safe for 15 years. Unless it can raise funds fast, it’s going to disappear.
- An intro to zero trust security models, and how COVID-19 business concerns may offer a unique opportunity to pilot the concept, rapidly and at scale
- COVID-19 CTI League formed by near 400 volunteer cybersecurity professionals to address hacking directed at coronavirus frontline response organisations
- Report finds email-related hacking attacks have increased 667% since end of February, as hackers and scammers try to take advantage of coronavirus fears
- South Korea: S2W Lab data intelligence startup partnered by Interpol to analyze dark web activity, including cryptocurrency transactions
- India: A brief intro to 5 of the country’s cybersecurity startups
- Singapore: Horangi cybersecurity firm raises $20M to expand cloud security in Southeast Asia
- Australia: A look at HackHunter, hard- and software startup using IoT to protect organisations from info theft by malicious Wi-Fi
- ICYMI: Russia’s Kaspersky Lab unveils prototype of Polys voting machine, aiming to enable people to cast votes via online blockchain-based voting platform
- Another front in cybercrime: Siri and Google Assistant hacked using ultrasonic attack
- India: A look at WiJungle, aiming to solve fragmented cybersecurity with all-in-one hardware product and unified network security gateway offering
- Malaysia: Ministry of Education partners Cybersecurity Malaysia to intro National Cyber Security Awareness Module at 300 primary and secondary schools nationwide
- The State of Open Source Vulnerabilities report: “…the number of disclosed open source software vulnerabilities in 2019 skyrocketed to over 6000 reported vulnerabilities”
- Singapore: New cybersecurity labelling scheme to help consumers make informed purchasing choices about network-connected smart devices to launch this year
- Singapore: Right-Hand cybersecurity startup gains $1M seed funding with software-as-a-service platform focusing on employee behavior
- Data Security in a 5G World: Why 5G networks must be built with data security as the top priority to both protect individual privacy and uphold democratic freedoms
- China: Weibo social media giant confirms 538 million user records leaked and found listed for sale online – ID numbers, emails, real names, phone numbers and more
- China: “…consider China’s National Security Law and Cyber Security Law…Huawei must abide by these two laws, significantly blurring the distinction between privacy and security”
- ICYMI: WordPress to add mandatory auto-update for themes and plugins, expanding from previous core-only
- A deep dive into the US’ proposed Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act
- Australia: CyberCX cybersecurity firm launches scholarship fund and unveils partnerships, aiming to boost female presence in cybersec
- China: Hikvision launches MinMoe face recognition terminals for building access control and employee attendance monitoring
- Privacy and personal data: “In the current world, we don’t have control over our digital personas. They are generated, enhanced, tailored and monetized in the shadows.”
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