Credit to Author: Kim Zetter| Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2023 10:00:00 +0000
A secret encryption cipher baked into radio systems used by critical infrastructure workers, police, and others around the world is finally seeing sunlight. Researchers say it isn’t pretty.
Credit to Author: Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2023 13:00:00 +0000
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Many things have changed since 2018, such as the names of the companies in the Fortune 100 list. But one aspect of that vaunted list that hasn’t shifted much since is that very few of these companies list any security professionals within their top executive ranks. The next time you receive a breach notification letter that invariably says a company you trusted places a top priority on customer security and privacy, consider this: Only four of the Fortune 100 companies currently list a security professional in the executive leadership pages of their websites. This is actually down from five of the Fortune 100 in 2018, the last time KrebsOnSecurity performed this analysis.
Leading up to my summer break from university, I wanted a change. I wanted to obtain a broader view of how companies operate and gain a more holistic view of the corporate world. Until this point, university had been perfect for teaching me the fundamentals…
Credit to Author: Eli Daccach| Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2023 14:17:42 +0000
The struggle to reduce energy consumption continues to present difficult challenges for industries across the globe. After falling by 4.5% due to the global pandemic, global energy consumption is now increasing by 5%. Moving forward, global energy consumption is expected to grow by 1 to…