20 Mar 2024
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 3/20/2024

We’re one step closer to a global cybersecurity standard for smart home devices As useful as connected devices like video doorbells and smart lights are, it’s wise to exercise caution when using connected tech in your home, especially after years of reading about security camera hacks, fridge botnet attacks, and smart stoves turning themselves on. But until now, there hasn’t been an easy way to assess a product’s security chops. A new program from the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA), the group…
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17 Nov 2022
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 11/17/2022

Russia’s cyber personnel has ‘underperformed’ in Ukraine: U.S. Defense official A senior Pentagon official on Wednesday said that Russia’s cyber personnel “underperformed” during the initial invasion of Ukraine, prompting it to ultimately rely less on digital attacks during the now months-long conflict than was expected. Speaking at the Aspen Cyber Summit, Mieke Eoyang, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for cyber policy, said Moscow “was not prepared for the conflict to go on as long…
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03 Mar 2022
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 03/03/2022

NVIDIA Confirms Employee Credentials Stolen in Cyberattack NVIDIA this week acknowledged that employee credentials were stolen during a cyberattack on February 23 and confirmed the attackers have started leaking the information online. The compromise occured on February 23 and impacted certain "IT resources," an NVIDIA spokesperson told SecurityWeek. "Shortly after discovering the incident, we further hardened our network, engaged cybersecurity incident response experts, and notified law enforcement," the NVIDIA spokesperson added. While the investigation into…
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