COVID-19 Cybersecurity Update A recent interview with a member of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) revealed that state-sponsored groups have focused on exploiting COVID-19 fears to deliver malware and steal data. Before the lockdown, aviation was the main priority for CISA, but healthcare and the supply chain for food are now facing …
Geopolitical and Cybersecurity Weekly – 8 June 2020 Read More »
COVID-19 Cybersecurity Update The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has warned users about scam coronavirus (COVID-19) contact tracing texts. There has been an increasing number of SMiShing messages asking users to click a malicious link. The FTC claims that clicking the link will download software onto the device, enabling scammers access to personal and financial …
Geopolitical and Cybersecurity Weekly – 26 May 2020 Read More »
COVID-19 Cybersecurity Update The Financial Times reports that Chinese threat actors are targeting coronavirus research in the United States. This comes at a time of escalating tensions between Washington and Beijing over the pandemic. The FBI and CISA are investigating the “targeting and compromise” of US research groups by China and its affiliates and warned …
Geopolitical and Cybersecurity Weekly – 18 May 2020 Read More »
Numerous indicators demonstrate unequivocally that there is an acute skills gap in the cybersecurity sector worldwide. It is estimated that organisations need around 4 million cybersecurity professionals and that the labour market would need to expand by 145% in order to meet demand.[1] In 2019, the shortage had a negative impact on almost three-quarters of …
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COVID-19 Cybersecurity Update Internet and cloud providers have been challenged to reliably handle increased traffic and bandwidth strain due to the sudden shift to remote working. Between March and April, there was a 17 per cent increase in the number of DDoS attacks from the previous peak (in 2019), with over 864,000 DDoS attacks observed …
Geopolitical and Cybersecurity Weekly – 11 May 2020 Read More »
The global coronavirus pandemic has spread rapidly, triggering a deluge of disinformation and misinformation. It is worth defining the two terms before progressing because they are often confused and conflated. Disinformation refers to content that is intentionally false and designed to cause harm. Misinformation is inaccurate or misleading content shared by someone that believes it …
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Check out the podcast on our YouTube channel – here. Coronavirus and social media Since our last podcast – in which we discussed the spread of false information regarding the outbreak, various malware’s use of the virus as a lure in its campaigns, and the disruption to global travel – coronavirus has spread to 118 …
Cyjax Geopolitical Podcast – February 2020 – The Blog Read More »
