WEEKLY CYBERSECURITY NEWSLETTER NO: 238

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Oct 10, 2022 7:17 am

1- New Report on IoT Security

The Atlantic Council has published a report on securing the Internet of Things: “Security in the Billions: Toward a Multinational Strategy to Better Secure the IoT Ecosystem.” The report examines the regulatory approaches taken by four countries—the US, the UK, Australia, and Singapore—to secure hom…

2- How Secure is Using Open Source Components?

Open source has always been the epitome of security, and this is now more so the case than ever due to the recent influx of software like open source analysis. However, it is still natural for people to have their doubts, and it would be misleading to say that using open source components is always …

3- FIRESIDE CHAT: Why ‘digital resiliency’ has arisen as the Holy Grail of IT infrastructure

Digital resiliency has arisen as something of a Holy Grail in the current environment. Related: The big lesson of Log4j Enterprises are racing to push their digital services out to the far edge of a highly interconnected, cloud-centric operating environment. This has triggered a seismic transition o…

4- S3 Ep103: Scammers in the Slammer (and other stories) [Audio + Text]

SCAMMERS IN THE SLAMMER (AND OTHER STORIES) With Doug Aamoth and Paul Ducklin. Intro and outro music by Edith Mudge. Click-and-drag on the soundwaves below to skip to any point. You can also listen directly on Soundcloud. You can listen to us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify…