The U.S. will ban the downloads of the Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat on Sunday, with a total ban on the use of the latter, citing national security and data privacy concerns.A total ban on the use of TikTok will follow on Nov. 12, but Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said early Friday on Fox Business Network that access to that app may be possible if certain

Twitter announced this week that it’s taking steps to protect high-profile accounts during the upcoming election in the United States.Twitter is reaching out, via an in-app notification, to the owners of accounts associated with government officials, presidential campaigns, political parties, candidates, major news outlets and political journalists.The socia

Google this week announced improved malware protection capabilities for all users who are enrolled in its Advanced Protection Program.Aimed at providing high-risk users such as politicians and their staff, business executives, journalists, and activists with an additional layer of protection for their accounts, the Advanced Protection Program was launched in

Risk management is an important element in using data to get ahead of cybersecurity risks before they happen. The costs of protecting an enterprise of any size against cyber attacks continue to rise. Once a business truly understands the consequences of an incident, its leaders must decide how to manage the risk. They can choose to accept, reduce or av

The United States National Security Agency (NSA) this week published guidance on how the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Secure Boot feature can be customized to fit an organization’s needs.A replacement for the legacy Basic Input Output System (BIOS), UEFI is used across multiple architectures and provides broader customization options, higher

Threat actors affiliated with the Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS) continue to target U.S. government agencies, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) says in a new alert.Published with contribution from the FBI, the alert presents some of the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) that the Chinese state-sponsored hackers are

American tech giant Microsoft said Sunday its offer to buy TikTok was rejected, leaving Oracle as the sole remaining bidder ahead of the imminent deadline for the Chinese-owned video app to sell or shut down its US operations.TikTok is at the center of a diplomatic storm between Washington and Beijing, and President Donald Trump has set Americans a mid-Septe

Several major industrial control system (ICS) vendors have released security advisories in response to the recently disclosed vulnerabilities affecting the CodeMeter licensing and DRM solution made by Germany-based Wibu-Systems.CodeMeter provides license management capabilities and it’s designed to protect software against piracy and reverse engineering. It’

IntroductionThe aim of business is to be profitable — and as we all know, investing in new systems, devices, and technology costs money that may otherwise be logged as profit. As a result of this, many organizations opt to keep their legacy systems around because they work and it would simply be too expensive to buy or source a replacement system that

Researchers have once again demonstrated that many printers can be hacked remotely, by hijacking 28,000 devices and instructing them to print out a printer security guide.The research was conducted by security experts at CyberNews, who claim to have identified more than 800,000 printers that were accessible over the internet and had network printing features

There is a story from years ago about a warehouse network of computers that was separated from the main network. Those machines were running older OSes. But since they weren’t connected to the company network, didn’t hold company data, and only ran the warehouse machines, they were deemed secure.One day, the sysadmin noticed that all of those com

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published details on its strategy for the secure deployment of 5G networks within the country.The fifth-generation (5G) of wireless technology is expected to bring numerous benefits, including higher data rates, low latency, and high network capacity,

Organizations Must Establish a Culture of Rresilience With Strategies That Are Independent, Measurable and UsableToday, the digital world is propelling connectivity and data growth to new heights. While their associated capabilities and information can give organizations a competitive advantage, these ever-evolving technologies can also expose critical infra

With data breaches often appearing in the news, customers and enterprise leaders alike may be concerned that the enterprise isn’t doing enough to protect customers’ personally identifiable infomation (PII). As today’s chaotic economy makes for a hungry threat landscape, what methods can the enterprise apply to better protect the increased

Video app TikTok said Saturday it will challenge in court a Trump administration crackdown on the popular Chinese-owned platform, which Washington accuses of being a national security threat.As tensions soar between the world's two biggest economies, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on August 6 giving Americans 45 days to stop doing business