Estonia Ranked Best In Europe Cyber Security

Estonia ranked number 1 in cybersecurity in Europe

Estonia’s cyber security efforts have been ranked first in Europe and fifth in the rest of the world. The announcement for cyber excellence for Estonia was announced at the World Summit on Information Security Forum on Thursday. The country has largely been seen as a big innovator in the Internet-enabled government.

The International Telecommunication Union also announced the latest GCI (Global Security Index) where it called the cybersecurity commitment of Estonia and other countries commendable. They were referring especially to a series of cyber security attacks in 2007 which took down many Estonian websites.

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Palo Alto Will Colaborate With Girl Scouts For Cyber Security Badges

Palo Alto and Girl Scouts will provide girls with cyber security badges

Palo Alto Networks, best known for being one of the best next generation of cyber security companies is joining up with the Girl Scouts of USA to deliver country’s first ever national girl scout cybersecurity badges for girls that are in the grade K-12.

These badges will be earned by girls and they will then display it on their uniforms to show their mastery on a given topic. The initiative will be led by cybersecurity experts and advisers from the Palo Alto Networks and GSUSA. The first series will see 18 cybersecurity badges being rolled out.

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Cybersecurity businesses are getting busy, guess why?

are cybersecurity businesses taking advantage of the wannacry ransomware attack?

If you haven’t heard already, last 2 weeks have been chaotic in the business world because of the Wannacry malware attack that took down as many as 200,000 machines in just a few days.

Now some cybersecurity companies are cashing on the attack by raising the prices of their services because right now the demand for cyber security is so high that it is almost impossible for businesses to not seek out help from professionals.

But do businesses really need to rely on cyber security companies or should they be more concerned about their own cybersecurity culture inside the business?

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11 Year old boy hacked cyber security professionals Bluetooth devices to control teddy bear

11 year old boy took control of a robotic teddy bear

An 11-year-old boy shocked an audience consisting of cyber security experts by hacking into their devices with Bluetooth to control a robot teddy bear. With this, he proved that interconnected smart toys can easily be weaponized.

Reuben Paul is just in 6th grade in an Austin, Texas-based school and his toy teddy bear is the reason why so many people were wowed that day.

Whatever he did, it does confirm that whether it’s a plane or a car, anything that is connected to the internet of things can be manipulated and easily hacked to use against its owner.

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Is AI The Future of cybersecurity

Artificial Intelligence is the future of cybersecurity

As AI becomes more capable and intelligent, it could become the future of cyber security by fighting back automated and sophisticated social engineered cyber attacks. The same could be said in reverse.

With AI becoming more powerful and accessible, even cyber criminals could use to create a wave of cyber attacks such as data hacks, thefts, and penetrations. So experts believe our best defense against such attacks would be to use AI.

Even today in some large corporations with big cybersecurity budgets are using AI to defend against sophisticated attacks. This points out to a viable future of AI in cyber security which isn’t too far behind now.

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New Buy Only American Rule Could Seriously Hurt Pentagon Tech Buying

Cybersecurity firm has enough evidence to believe Chinese hackers tried to hack US-built missiles

Ex-officials from the Pentagon are warning that newly tightened ‘Buy American’ rules that ask the government to buy U.S made only products could seriously hurt the military’s ability to buy technology which is often not necessarily made in America.

The issue was raised at the house hearing about Pentagon’s IT operations. The hearing took place one week after President Donald Trump revealed his Buy American and Hire American order.

This could seriously limit the ability to get the best weapon systems for the warfighters. The hearing mostly agreed on the fact that it could seriously hamper technology buying at the Pentagon.

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Argus Cyber Security Shocks The World After They Successfully Hack A Car

cyber security for cars is in question

Argus Cyber Security is well known in the automotive industry. The company revealed that it was able to successfully hack into a car’s internal system through the internet communication system by using a simple device that is installed by insurance companies that track driving patterns. This device is specially added in the car for enabling in-car Wi-Fi.

Argus Cyber Security disabled the fuel pump as soon as it hacked into the car. The fuel pump only goes off in an event of an accident. Although Argus did not reveal which vehicle it hacked successfully, it did raise a lot of questions when it comes to the security of cars.

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