Author: Sophanith Song

U.S Cyber-Security Initiative On Aviation

Cyber-Security vulnerabilities discovered in airliners put the United States authorities into consideration on improving the defense to prevent causalities. Department Transportation and Department of Homeland Security Initiative According to Dave Bittner, Host of Cyberwire podcast, the U.S. has launched a program that identifies the flaws within the Boeing(s) and Airbus(es)

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Almost “Any Phone” Vulnerable To SIM Jacking Attacks

Leo Laporte and  IT security analyst and former Apple and Atari software engineer Steve Gibson are the hosts to a podcast/YouTube series on cybersecurity in which they brilliantly addressed SIM Jacking attacks in episode 732. “It is a new SIM card flaw,” stated Gibson. “This is discovered being actively exploited

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SUTD Researcher Raise Awareness Of KNOB Attacks

KNOB Attack, also known as Key Negotiation of Bluetooth Attack, was brilliantly explained by a researcher from the Singapore University of Technology and Design, Daniel Antonioli, during CyberWire’s Research Saturday presented by Juniper Network. Based on the interview, malicious attackers use KNOB Attack to take advantage of Bluetooth’s security vulnerabilities

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Cyber Security Practices Addressed By McAFee’s CEO

According to Forbes, Chris Young, current CEO of McAfee, addressed in an interview with Metis Strategy’s president, Peter High, that McAfee is encountering a couple of issues related to cybersecurity. First, the organization is making a process in trying to keep with the rapid innovation of the modern day’s technology.

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Anheuser-Busch InBev Has Taken A Step Forward With Cybersecurity

The world’s largest brewer, the Belgian multinational Anheuser-Busch InBev, will be opening a cybersecurity hub based in Israel with the purpose of preventing malicious attacks from damaging the data within the company. The city Tel Aviv on Israel’s Mediterranean coast, was picked to be the location of the company research

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Data Privacy Issues In Education System Putting Children At Risk

Cybersecurity issues are so widespread that they are even harmful to children in schools. The modern education system tends to provide documents over the internet which provides easy-going and efficiency for both the students and the teachers. However, with this convenience comes a threat. Online criminals could use the data

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Recommended Approaches To Improve National Data Privacy

National security is no longer just about considering safety in the physical sense, especially when most business and commercial operations are accomplished virtually, via the internet and telecommunications. There are many measures countries can take to protect their national data and meta-data from third party attackers. Integrating Cyber Security into the

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The U.S. Extends Huawei Ban For Another Three Months

The Washington Post reported that the Trump administration on 19 August issued an extension of the ban of the Chinese smartphone and technological equipment manufacturing company, Huawei, from the United States Market. The initiative will provide some issues for the U.S. companies that relied on Huawei equipment to perform their

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COSO Is Preparing A New Set Of Risk Guidance For Cybersecurity, Compliance

The Committee of Sponsoring Organization of the Treadway Commission is making preparations to develop new risk guidance policies for companies to manage their cybersecurity threats. The expectation from the committee toward the companies is a well-structured key methodology of risk management that the enterprises would conduct toward encountering cyberattacks, crafting

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Japan-South Korea Tension Overview So Far

On July 5th, Japan’s prime minister imposed new restrictions on exports that could hit South Korea’s tech industry. The limitation of the export products has caused a lot of issues in the relationship between the two countries. South Korea also responded with multiples restrictions which had gotten the public to

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Relevant Strategies For Cambodia’s Cybersecurity

Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Back in June 22nd last year, Khmertimes reported local IT companies Te Aikhong Enterprise and Kepster Data Center signed a partnership agreement with Malaysia-based firm Fourtitude Asia to improve the digital ecosystem in Cambodia by bringing online a $70 –million data center in the capital. It

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Dengue Fever Is Massively Spreading Across Thailand

According to the Thai Bureau of Epidemiology at the Department of Disease Control, there have already been more than 28 thousand cases and 53 death cases from the mosquito-borne Dengue virus. Last year, there were only 33 death cases. The Chiang Rai Times reports that medics have commented on the

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US Power Grids Were At Risk Due To Hacker Malicious Attacks

Power grids in the United States were reported to have been cyber attacked several months ago by a group of hackers. They were not able to trigger any outages or incidents. Drago, a cybersecurity firm, inspected the power grids for weak spots and tracked a group of hackers known as

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How Could Artificial Intelligence Be Essential To Cybersecurity?

According to a survey conducted by Senseon as part of a research project on Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), 81 percent of participants believe that AI would improve the future of cybersecurity while only 3 percent disagree. The remaining 16 percent stated that they were uncertain. Due to how innovative

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Japan’s Cybersecurity Initiative

Since Japan will be hosting both the Rugby World Cup in September this year and the Tokyo Olympics in 2020, the nation will gain a lot of attention from the public. Within that, there are threats from cybersecurity attacks. In a year and a half, the nation will undergo network

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U.S.: Huawei’s Ban Risks Trade War with China

Recent tensions have arisen between the United States and China after the Trump administration effectively banned Huawei’s smartphones and equipment. Major technology companies, such as Google and Microsoft, have been ordered to discontinue any further importation of Huawei technology. The Chinese government has responded with varied initiatives, including the cessation

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Andrew Yang Could Be America’s First Asian President

Morisset, New South Wales – Andrew Yang is an American-born to Taiwanese parents. An entrepreneur, a lawyer, and a philanthropist from New York who has been campaigning for the American presidency for over a year now. The Washington Post reported that although Yang is barely a blip in most national

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