Data harvesting and sharing by mobile apps is “out of control”, University of Oxford researchers have warned. Nearly 90% of free apps on the Google Play store share data with…
Day: October 24, 2018
Port of Rotterdam tests blockchain to link container logistics and payments
The Port of Rotterdam has made moves toward digitisation when it comes to safety, climate change and cybersecurity. This pilot is intended to further expand that work to port transactions. Paul Smits, the Port…
Critical Infrastructure & Supply Chain Remain Highly Vulnerable to Attacks
This week, the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) reminds us that, “our day-to-day life depends on the country’s 16 sectors of critical infrastructure, which supply food, water, financial services, public health, communications…
Bots Targeting SSH Servers and Brute-Forcing Entry
Botnets have been growing more prevalent, and SophosLabs has discovered a new family of denial-of-service (DoS) bots used in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. The family, dubbed Chalubo, has been used in attacks targeting…