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ioc2rpz tool unveiled, turning the Domain Name
System into a security layer, potentially adding
defense against 80% of malware
Global cybersecurity spending is approaching
$200BN per year, “without actually preventing
advanced persistent threats, ransomware, or
other web-based malicious code”
An overview of ‘white SIMs’, making social
engineering attacks like those that struck
Twitter last month easier to execute
Mintegral SDK, mobile ad platform used by over
1200 AppStore apps with downloads in region of
300M per month found to contain malicious code
The Cyber Operations Tracker, from the Council on
Foreign Relations – online database of publicly known
state-sponsored incidents since 2005
An intro to DiceKeys, creating a
lifelong master password with one roll of 25 cubes
in a plastic box and a web app
China: “...the FBI assesses that the cyber-actors’
persistent attempts to silently remove the malware is
not a sign of resignation. Rather, it is an effort to hide
their capabilities.”
5G: “…cybersecurity agency officials warn that moving
more core functions to the edge of networks could
create a larger attack surface for adversaries…”

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Australia: Gov’t to increase cybersecurity spending to
$1.6BN and push for expanded police powers in bid to
reduce crime on dark web
Australia: Defence Industry Competitive Evaluation
Research Agreement to offer SMEs opportunity
and grants up to $300K to investigate projects
improving defence industry
Report on Huawei’s development of Papua New Guinea
National Data Centre “…is the first to document its
complicity in Beijing’s cyber espionage activities.”
India: Paytm Mall e-commerce platform denies
reports of massive data breach, with hackers
gaining unrestricted access to company data
and demanding ransom
IoT device security: A brief overview of security
considerations for cellular, LoRa and
WiFi connections and devices
New Zealand Stock Exchange hit by 4th daily
cyber-attack, halting trading; Security Bureau to
investigate offshore source of attacks
Taiwan: “…Operation Skeleton Key…appeared aimed
at stealing as much intellectual property as possible,
including source code, software development kits,
and chip designs.”
How cyber-sovereignty splits what was once
the World Wide Web

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South Korea: Rowem launches integrated
authentication platform to simplify online identification
for web-and-mobile authentication and payments
Australia: Gov’t to invest up to Au$1.3BN in new
Maritime Unmanned Aircraft Systems
development program, boosting situational
awareness across coastline
Donald Trump signs Executive Order banning
transactions with China’s TikTok, WeChat and parent
companies ByteDance and Tencent
India: IDEMIA launches iCube incubator program
to boost ‘augmented identity’ startups, those
working on secure, authenticated and verifiable
transactions via biometrics
India: Gov’t considers enabling public, startups,
researchers and others to request anonymized
data from companies for use in national security,
economic and public interest purposes
Google unveils Nearby Share, competitor to Apple’s
AirDrop, file sharing that chooses the best protocol
at the time – Bluetooth, Bluetooth LE, WebRTC
or P2P WiFi
Beyond TikTok: “For instance, what of WeChat
parent company TenCent’s holdings in
American companies like Spotify?”