Cyber Security & Smart Cities
The Keystone For Success.
In the near future, government leaders will be equipped with intelligent data. Sensors on streets will communicate with vehicles to provide real-time road and conditions. Traffic signals will dynamically change to reduce congestion. City leaders will evaluate the structural health of all infrastructure by monitoring vibrations at material conditions in buildings, bridges and monuments. Law enforcement and public health officials will use sensors for perimeter access control and hazardous gas monitoring. The benefits of smart city technologies are vast and quantifiable. They will save money and lives.
However, the benefits also come with risks. Relying on an infrastructure of millions of interconnected devices places security at a premium. The ability to infiltrate just one device could give hackers, terrorists or rogue nations the keys to wreak havoc on large population centers. Without a secure cyber foundation, smart cities will crumble. Built on a secure cyber foundation, smart cities will thrive. – Liz Hyman, Executive Vice President, Public Advocacy, CompTIA
Smart Cities In The News
NCSC Sets Out Security Principles for Smart Cities
The guidance is designed to help local authorities in the UK build secure smart cities
Millions of Households at Risk from Outdated Routers
Which report warns many lack regular firmware updates
#COVID19 Researchers Lose a Week's Work to Ryuk Ransomware
Sophos traces attack back to a stolen password
Misconfigured Database Exposes 200K Fake Amazon Reviewers
Mass scheme designed to trick e-commerce customers
Most of Exim email servers could be hacked by exploiting 21Nails flaws
The maintainers of the Exim email server software addressed a collection of 21 issues, dubbed 21Nails, that can […] The post Most of Exim email servers could be hacked by exploiting 21Nails flaws appeared first on Cyber Defense Magazine.
“Unusually Unhinged” Cyber-stalker Jailed for 10 Years
Man stalked ex-wife and kids from New Mexico to Oregon despite protective order
CaptureRx Data Breach Impacts Healthcare Providers
US healthcare providers affected by cyber-attack on third-party administrative services vendor
DOD Expands Hacker Program
Ethical hackers can now hunt bugs in all US publicly accessible defense information systems
Financial Services Experience 125% Rise in Exposure to Mobile Phishing
Cyber-criminals have ramped up their targeting of phones, tablets, and Chromebooks
DEFCON HACKING CONFERENCE 2019
CYBER SECURITY IN THE NEW AGE
Originally started in 1993, it was a meant to be a party for member of “Platinum Net”, a Fido protocol based hacking network out of Canada. As the main U.S. hub I was helping the Platinum Net organizer (I forget his name) plan a closing party for all the member BBS systems and their users. He was going to shut down the network when his dad took a new job and had to move away. We talking about where we might hold it, when all of a sudden he left early and disappeared. I was just planning a party for a network that was shut down, except for my U.S. nodes. I decided what the hell, I’ll invite the members of all the other networks my BBS (A Dark Tangent System) system was a part of including Cyber Crime International (CCI), Hit Net, Tired of Protection (ToP), and like 8 others I can’t remember. Why not invite everyone on #hack? Good idea!.
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