S 660 Introduced – Water System Threats
Earlier this month, Sen Markey (D,MA) introduced S 660, the Water System Threat Preparedness and Resilience Act of 2023. This is a companion bill (identical wording) to HR 1367 that…
OMB Approves TSA Surface Transportation Employee Vetting NPRM
Yesterday, the OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) announced that it had approved a TSA notice of proposed rulemaking for the “Vetting of Certain Surface Transportation Employees”. This…
Short Takes – 3-23-23
Remote hacking of Samsung, Google and Vivo smartphones: the problem and the solution. Kaspersky.com blog post. Pull quote: “Since the BRP handles all communication with the cellular network, malicious code…
AV-Comparatives Anti-Phishing Test | Avast
If an antivirus is doing its job, you never really have to think about it. It should be running in the background, protecting your devices from all types of attacks.…
Use the language of your choice with Pages Functions via WebAssembly
On the Cloudflare Developer Platform, we understand that building any application is a unique experience for every developer. We know that in the developer ecosystem there are a plethora of…
Cascading and Concentration Risk: How do They Impact Your Digital Supply Chain?
Originally published by Black Kite. Written in part by Jeffrey Wheatman, Cyber Risk Evangelist. Within the world of third party risk, cascading and concentration risk have been the buzz of…
Understanding Data Protection Needs in a Cloud-Enabled Hybrid Work World
Originally published by Netskope. Written by Carmine Clementelli. Netskope partnered with the Cloud Security Alliance to release the Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and Data Security Survey Report, a survey focused…
The Future of Cloud
Originally published by ManTech. Written by Sandeep Shilawat, Vice President, Cloud and Edge Computing, ManTech. Stock analysts and meteorologists are in the business of making predictions. IT professionals… not so…
Friday Squid Blogging: Creating Batteries Out of Squid Cells
This is fascinating: “When a squid ends up chipping what’s called its ring tooth, which is the nail underneath its tentacle, it needs to regrow that tooth very rapidly, otherwise…
Exploding USB Sticks
In case you don’t have enough to worry about, people are hiding explosives—actual ones—in USB sticks: In the port city of Guayaquil, journalist Lenin Artieda of the Ecuavisa private TV…