A CIA-backed threat intelligence firm claims the operator of the DarkSide ransomware gang has lost control of its infrastructure after the malware was.
ANALYSIS Claims that the Colonial Pipeline Company paid US$5 million as a ransom to the group behind the DarkSide Windows ransomware after it was atta.
iTWire Friday, 14 May 2021 08:29 Apple looking at US$60b windfall through new privacy campaign: claim Featured Image by PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay
Apple has opened up a possible new revenue stream that could be as much as US$60 billion (A$77.6 billion) through its new privacy narrative, a main part of which is its ad-tracking technology that in the iOS 14.5 update, technology analyst outfit Counterpoint Research claims.
Research director Neil Shah said in
a blog post that advertising was the peak business model and every technology firm was trying to get into the game. User data is the key to understanding and retaining users, improving and cross-selling offerings, and serving targeted ads, he wrote.
iTWire Friday, 14 May 2021 09:38 New cyber rules will be judged by their efficacy: Tenable chief Featured Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay
The executive order on cyber security issued by the US on Thursday will be judged by whether it can stop the next attack similar to the Colonial Pipeline attack or the SolarWinds supply chain fiasco, the head of a security firm says.
Amit Yoran, the chief executive at security outfit Tenable, said the Colonial attack underlined how critical the new executive order was to the national security of the US.
The
order lists measures to be taken across software suppliers and purchasing, sharing of threat information, modernising the federal government s cyber security posture, and improving the security of software supply chains.