Cyber Security News & Trends – 09-20-19
This week, Ecuador suffers a country-sized data breach, smart cities are put under the cybersecurity microscope, and SonicWall take a look at emerging technologies.
SonicWall Spotlight
#074 – Bill Conner: You Cannot Have Privacy Without Security – Cyber Security Interviews
- SonicWall CEO Bill Conner discusses the current state of the threat landscape and details his career path on the Cyber Security Interviews podcast with Douglas Brush. They cover encryption, security for the SMB market, SonicWall’s Capture Threat Network, malware cocktails, malware as a service, AI and machine learning, governments backdooring encryption, and more!
SonicWall Awarded USETPA Contract – SonicWall Blog
- SonicWall has been awarded the U.S. Educational Technology Purchasing Alliance (USETPA) contract for wireless access points, firewalls, and related security services. The USETPA assists public agencies to help reduce the cost of purchased goods through strategic sourcing that combines the volumes and the purchasing power of public agencies nationwide.
Five Technologies Likely To Disrupt Industries – CEO Insights India
- Emerging technologies are changing how enterprises function. SonicWall’s Debasish Mukherjee lists his top five technologies that he thinks will have a major impact.
Cybersecurity News
Arrest Made in Ecuador’s Massive Data Breach – ZDNet
- After the personal data of almost every person in Ecuador was leaked, Ecuadorian authorities have been quick to make an arrest. There is an ongoing investigation into what happened and why the company involved had access to such a large amount of unnecessary private data.
CISA Chief Calls on Cybersecurity Community to ‘Stop Selling Fear’ – The Hill
- The head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Christopher Krebs, is calling on industry and government experts to do more to help society understand and grapple with growing cyber threats. He calls for more measured, reasonable and straightforward talk when explaining the cybersecurity landscape to the public.
Millions of Americans’ Medical Images and Data Are Available on the Internet. Anyone Can Take a Peek. – ProPublica
- Hundreds of insecure computer servers worldwide store medical patient data that can easily be accessed. As one expert puts it, “It’s not even hacking. It’s walking into an open door.” ProPublica investigates the current privacy problems in medical technology.
How Hackers Could Break Into the Smart City – Wall Street Journal
- With IoT devices growing at huge rates smart cities are rapidly becoming a reality. However, without a good cybersecurity plan in place this is a risky situation, the more connected a city is, the more vulnerable it is to cyberattacks.
Colorado Cites Cybersecurity Concerns in Banning QR Codes on Ballots – The Hill
- Colorado has become the first U.S. state to ban the use of QR codes on ballots. Currently QR codes are used as a fast way of scanning votes but with hacking fears on the rise there is a fear that votes could be altered by a digital intruder.
Lion Air Breach Hits Millions of Passengers – InfoSecurity Magazine
- Security researchers have found at least 35 million airline records circulating online with details belonging mostly to Lion Air companies. Details leaked include names, dates of birth, phone numbers, emails, addresses, passport numbers and expiration dates. The companies say they are investigating the breach.
And Finally:
Tackling Cybersecurity at the Rugby World Cup – Techradar
- The 2019 Rugby World Cup is the most tech-enabled sports event yet and Japan has responded with a full cybersecurity sweep of network-connected IoT objects, checking for any vulnerabilities.
In Case You Missed It
- SonicWall Awarded USETPA Contract – David Bankemper
- GITEX 2019: SonicWall Heads to the Biggest Tech Show in the Middle East, North Africa & South Asia – Mohamed Abdallah
- 7 Key Security Risks to Address when Adopting SaaS Applications – Shannon Emmons
- Ransomware Infects 23 Texas Government Agencies – Geoff Blaine
- Podcast: Cloud Application Security Is Your Gateway to Cloud Confidence – Geoff Blaine
