Joseph Steinberg

DECEMBER 21, 2024

Australia recently enacted legislation to ban children under 16 from using social media a policy that the Australian government plans to enforce through the use of untested age-verification technology.

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Joseph Steinberg

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Medical cybersecurity professionals face many unique challenges when managing the risk of their IT assets, and can learn quite a bit from Stith and Steinberg, two of the world’s foremost cyber security experts who have helped a wide range of private, public, and government organizations navigate changing threat landscapes.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2025

Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Chinese firm Sichuan Juxinhe Network Technology Co., government IT systems and critical infrastructure. government systems, including the recent targeting of Treasurys information technology (IT) systems, as well as sensitive U.S.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

To wrap up our 2024 year-end roundtable, we turn our attention to new technologies and trends that are emerging to help bridge the gaps. Enterprises must secure AI agents, adopt proactive data governance, and deploy AI-based security platforms. We can expect security teams feeling pressure to adopt new technology quickly.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 1, 2021

Early in 2020, cyberspace attackers apparently working for the Russian government compromised a piece of widely used network management software made by a company called SolarWinds. The US government deserves considerable blame, of course, for its inadequate cyberdefense. Who is at fault?

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Schneier on Security

MAY 24, 2024

The last ten years have seen a global market emerge for ready-made software that lets governments surveil their citizens and foreign adversaries alike and to do so more easily than when such work required tradecraft. The last ten years have also been marked by stark failures to control spyware and its precursors and components.

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Lohrman on Security

MARCH 31, 2024

With global cyber threats and other international tensions growing, what scenarios should state and local governments consider when conducting exercises to test their people, processes and technology?

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IT Security Guru

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

As technology advances, so do the methods and motivations of those who seek to disrupt global stability. Cyber attacks can compromise critical infrastructure, financial systems, and sensitive government data. In today’s interconnected world, national security concerns have evolved beyond traditional military threats.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 10, 2024

SpyCloud Investigations now includes IDLink, the company’s advanced analytics technology that automatically delivers expanded digital identity results from a simple search query. Customers include more than half of the Fortune 10, along with hundreds of global enterprises, mid-sized companies, and government agencies worldwide.

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Joseph Steinberg

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

He is also the inventor of several information-security technologies widely used today; his work is cited in over 500 published patents. He frequently serves as a cybersecurity expert witness , advises businesses and governments on information security matters, and has amassed millions of readers as a regular columnist for Forbes and Inc.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

But it risks giving the Egyptian government permission to read users’ emails and messages. The app also provides Egypt’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, which created it, with other so-called backdoor privileges, or the ability to scan people’s devices.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 16, 2025

Merrill said the different purveyors of these SMS phishing tools traditionally have impersonated shipping companies, customs authorities, and even governments with tax refund lures and visa or immigration renewal scams targeting people who may be living abroad or new to a country.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 24, 2022

But that doesn’t mean there can’t be some governance system on top of the blockchain that enables reversals. But that’s nothing inherent in blockchain technology—that’s just a bunch of bad design choices bitcoin made. They still require governance. But the core technology is absolutely not useless.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 6, 2025

government. This means that thousands of government contractors will soon be required to implement structured processes for identifying, reporting, and mitigating vulnerabilities, aligning them with U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) guidelines.

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Lohrman on Security

JANUARY 15, 2023

What were the top government technology and security blogs in 2022? The metrics don’t lie, and they tell us what cybersecurity and technology infrastructure topics were most popular.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 7, 2025

From the Washington Post : The sanctions target Beijing Integrity Technology Group , which U.S. officials say employed workers responsible for the Flax Typhoon attacks which compromised devices including routers and internet-enabled cameras to infiltrate government and industrial targets in the United States, Taiwan, Europe and elsewhere.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The US government launched a national security investigation into the popular, Chinese-owned router maker TP-Link, with a potential eye on banning the company’s devices in the United States. TP-Link Systems is an entity based in Irvine, California, and no longer affiliated with the Chinese TP-Link Technologies.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Russia-linked group Storm-2372 used the device code phishing technique since Aug 2024 to steal login tokens from governments, NGOs, and industries. ” reads the report published by Microsoft Threat Intelligence. “Microsoft assesses with medium confidence that Storm-2372 aligns with Russian interests, victimology, and tradecraft.”

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

broadband providers, including AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen Technologies. The breach granted these hackers access to sensitive communications and call records, focusing mainly on government officials and politically involved individuals. "We government and private-sector communications systems.

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Lohrman on Security

DECEMBER 11, 2022

What can we learn about leadership from looking back at talented teams from the past in areas ranging from sports to technology to cybersecurity to government?

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

LANIT Group (Laboratory of New Information Technologies) is one of Russia’s largest IT service and software providers. The group serves various sectors, including finance, government, healthcare, and telecommunications. In May 2024, U.S. designated military-industrial base entities such as Rostec and United Aircraft Corporation.”

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The Government of Canada ordered the TikTok Technology Canada Inc. The government is taking action to address the specific national security risks related to ByteDance Ltd.’s s operations in Canada through the establishment of TikTok Technology Canada, Inc.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

In 2018, Australia passed the Assistance and Access Act, which—among other things—gave the government the power to force companies to break their own encryption. The Assistance and Access Act includes key components that outline investigatory powers between government and industry.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 13, 2024

As India concluded the world’s largest election on June 5, 2024, with over 640 million votes counted, observers could assess how the various parties and factions used artificial intelligence technologies—and what lessons that holds for the rest of the world.

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Joseph Steinberg

JUNE 23, 2021

Steinberg, who serves as a cybersecurity expert witness, a cybersecurity advisor to both businesses and governments, and a popular columnist, has led organizations within the cybersecurity industry for over two decades. Steinberg brings important insights about cybersecurity, privacy, and artificial intelligence to this community.”.

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Jane Frankland

JANUARY 19, 2025

For us in cyber, how do we navigate these new digital threats especially when we layer in the rise of AI and deepfake technologies, and the stakes grow even higher? Deepfake Technology Amplifying Risks: The evolution and democratisation of deepfake technology have blurred the line between reality and fabrication.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Founded in 1985, ENGlobal Corporation designs automated control systems for commercial and government sectors, reporting $6 million in Q3 revenue and $18.4 The threat actors had access to the company’s information technology systems and encrypted some of its data files. . million year-to-date. ” reads the report filed with SEC.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 7, 2025

These technologies bypass signature-based defenses and mimic legitimate behavior, making detection more challenging. The exercise mirrored the sophisticated techniques observed in the recent attack on French organizations and government agencies, employing AI-generated malware with encryption and evasion tactics.

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Joseph Steinberg

MAY 9, 2022

VPN technologies deliver two major benefits to Russian citizens. They allow Russians to access banned sites, and they help protect users from government surveillance. Unsurprisingly, the Russian government has previously banned some (but not all) VPN services from offering services in the country.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2022

On Tuesday, KrebsOnSecurity warned that hackers increasingly are using compromised government and police department email accounts to obtain sensitive customer data from mobile providers, ISPs and social media companies. Today, one of the U.S. All of the access Bug is currently offering was allegedly stolen from non-U.S.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2025

Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Chinese firm Sichuan Juxinhe Network Technology Co., government IT systems and critical infrastructure. government systems, including the recent targeting of Treasurys information technology (IT) systems, as well as sensitive U.S.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The modern representative democracy was the best form of government mid-eighteenth century politicians technology could invent. Indeed, the very idea of representative government is due to technological limitations. With today’s technology, we can vote anywhere and any time. Who has a voice in the government?

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

In my talk at the RSA Conference last month, I talked about the power level of our species becoming too great for our systems of governance. Talking about those systems, I said: Now, add into this mix the risks that arise from new and dangerous technologies such as the internet or AI or synthetic biology.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 21, 2025

Graylark Technologies who makes GeoSpy says its been developed for government and law enforcement. But the investigative journalists from 404 Media report thatthe tool has also been used for months by members of the public, with many making videos marveling at the technology, and some asking for help with stalking specific women.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Democracy, and the systems of governance that surround it, will be no exception. Some items on my list are still speculative, but none require science-fictional levels of technological advance. We don’t know how long this will continue, but my bet is on continued major technological advances in the coming years.

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