Cybersecurity

http://www.csoonline.com/article/3155572/internet-of-things/john-mcafees-3-major-cybersecurity-predictions-for-2017.html Cybersecurity predictions: 1. IoT denial of service attacks on major Internet carriers will become commonplace 2. The anti-virus paradigm will finally been seen as a dead paradigm 3. Intelligence agencies will finally accept the fact that a sophisticated Nation State can perpetrate any hack and make it point to any Nation or agency that →

https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/security-data-protection/70-europeans-arent-willing-sacrifice-privacy-new-services-survey-reveals/ Europeans seem to want good security. →

https://threatpost.com/ftc-d-link-failed-to-secure-routers-ip-cameras/122895/ Legal process against companies that seem to have failed in IoT security in 2016 seems to be starting now. I expect that also several other companies will get similar treatment – very many companies have had same type security problems. →

https://www.wired.com/2017/01/biggest-security-threats-coming-2017/ Wired magazine shares it’s view on security threats coming this year. →

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/03/android_tops_2016_vuln_list_with_523_bugs/?mt=1483419470366 This article tells how vulnerabilities with CVE numbers were divided in 2016. Adobe and Microsoft were on top, but Google’s Android aimed highest ever. →

http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/12/did-russia-tamper-with-the-2016-election-bitter-debate-likely-to-rage-on/ Released report does not have good solid evidence who was behind the attacks. This article also tells why it is hard to know who is really behind those attacks – it is well possible that hackers faked some of the evidence. Whoever did this, if they wanted to cause disruption and lack of faith, →

https://theintercept.com/2016/12/31/russia-hysteria-infects-washpost-again-false-story-about-hacking-u-s-electric-grid/ →

Washington Post posted a catchy headline: Russian operation hacked a Vermont utility, showing risk to U.S. electrical grid security, officials say Electrical grid can be hacked also in USA – and it was hacked. But this headline is making thing to look more dangerous than what the actual incident was. Also Reuters reported it: Code →

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-worst-hacks-of-2016 →

http://thehackernews.com/2016/12/php-7-update.html?m=1 Newest PHP version has security issues, and so has some older versions. →