Graham Cluley advises don’t be in a hurry to use parking meters – they could have bogus QR codes stuck to them. “In a hurry to park your car?,” Cluley writes, “Don’t want to fumble around in your pocket to find cash for the parking meter, and don’t have the correct payment app installed on […]
Examples of insider cybersecurity threats – organizations hampered by their own people – are displayed by the Digital Guardian site. “Insider threats,” the post explains, “are generally more dangerous than outsider threats because these people know the organization pretty well. Plus, they have access to the computers, databases, networks, and other company resources where sensitive […]
Travelers keep forgetting firearms in their luggage, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) advises. “The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced on 13 December that security personnel confiscated more than 5,700 firearms at airport security checkpoints in 2021—breaking records for the most firearms detected in a single year, according to Reuters. “The prior yearly record […]
A Washington Post opinion piece by Kim Schrier, a Democrat and a physician who represents Wahington’s 8th Congressional District in the U.S. House, argues that the U.S. “ought to be providing inexpensive — or, even better, free — rapid coronavirus tests to anyone who wants one… “Yet almost two years into the pandemic, we are […]
Erica D. Lonergan on the Lawfare site advises: “At the Reagan National Defense Forum on Dec. 4, Gen. Paul Nakasone, commander of U.S. Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency, publicly acknowledged for the first time that the U.S. military has taken measures to ‘impose costs’ against ransomware groups. This acknowledgment reflects a […]
The U.S. government’s stress on cybersecurity precautions extends to rail freight and passenger systems, the Digital Guardian blog advises. The Department of Homeland Security has issued a directive for “all surface transportation owners and operators – namely freight and rail systems – to report all cybersecurity incidents within 24 hours. “Under the new directives, issued […]
The Department of Homeland Security continued its emphasis on cybersecurity by announcing it met Dec. 6 in San Francisco “with industry leaders in technology, business, and cybersecurity to discuss how the federal government and the private sector can better and more proactively partner to tackle the most pressing cybersecurity challenges”. “Cybersecurity threats impact individuals, communities, […]
Bruce Schneier passes along a report on “air tags” being used to steal high-end cars: “Since September 2021, officers have investigated five incidents where suspects have placed small tracking devices on high-end vehicles so they can later locate and steal them. Brand name “air tags” are placed in out-of-sight areas of the target vehicles when […]
Offering security guard tips, Casey Evans on the Silvertrqc site advises that incident reports should kept clearcut. “Remember,” he says, “the basics.” “The Who: Who were the individuals involved? Were you able to collect contact information or a visual description of the persons involved? Make “sure you remain courteous and objective when describing others. “The […]
For securing critically important areas, a barbed wire-topped fence may not be enough, SecurityInfowatch.com advises. Radar might be added to insure redundancy. Where perimeter protection is essential – as at utilities and airports – “it is imperative to deploy multiple best-in-class sensors to improve detection times and deliver real-time, dynamic situational awareness to security personnel. […]