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Cybersecurity must be expensive for the attacker
B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

When it comes to designing a cybersecurity strategy for your own company, it's worth looking at those who have a lot to lose. One of Dario Amodei's few public appearances recently appeared as part of a podcast worth watching. Amodei is CEO and co-founder of Anthropic, one of the leading developers of so-called AI Foundation models, which recently made waves in the industry with Claude 2. It is fair to say that your company's cybersecurity plays a special role in its strategic decisions and...

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Commentary on current cyber attacks
B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

After the decision in Berlin to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, numerous German websites were paralyzed by cyber attacks. The pro-Russian self-proclaimed hacktivist group KillNet claimed responsibility for the attacks. “This type of response in cyberspace comes as no surprise; she is to be expected. For years, Mandiant has pursued several self-proclaimed hacktivist groups that support Russian interests or act out of a perceived patriotic duty. We believe with moderate certainty that the KillNet and XakNet groups have historically coordinated some of their activities directly and have ties to the GRU. These groups…

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GDPR: Effective Tool or Paper Tiger?
GDPR: Effective Tool or Paper Tiger?

When the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) officially came into force across the EU in May 2018, the data protectionists had high hopes. A comment from 8com GmbH. Finally, violations of the protection of personal data should be punished with substantial fines, and digital corporations such as Facebook and Google should be put on the curb. But did the extensive set of rules, which at the time served as a model for data protection laws worldwide, have the desired effect? Poor enforcement "The hopes and expectations raised by this flagship law are turning into frustration at the slow enforcement," writes civil rights organization Access Now in its report on the occasion of ...

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Cloud service fails - websites cannot be reached
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“On June 08.06.2021th, 5, many websites will no longer work or will only work with a delay. According to media reports, some large providers are affected. The reason for this is said to be a failure at the cloud service provider Fastly. A statement from David Warburton, Principal Threat Research Evangelist at F40 Labs, on the current global Internet issues. The failure highlights a thoroughly unpleasant long-term development of the Internet, centralization to a few providers. However, it is not due to the Internet itself. Even after almost XNUMX years, it still proves how well it was designed. Because it has many layers for resilience...

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Twitter hack: Insiders remain the greatest risk
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“The key to successfully uncovering such an attack is to be able to identify changes in user behavior.” Comment by Egon Kando, Exabeam “The coordinated social engineering attack on Twitter is unprecedented. What seems clear at this point is that it is an attack based on compromised user data, either by unsuspecting employees or via an allegedly malicious insider on the network. Both of these things often happen, as almost half of all data breaches are caused, consciously or unconsciously, by some type of insider threat. You cannot always trust your own employees. Almost all ...

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