Russia’s Defense Ministry has opened up its new cyberstrategy for public comment. Entitled “Conceptual Views Regarding the Activity of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the Information Space,” Lawfare Blog reports that the concept has three main points: control, prevention, and solution of cyber conflicts. However, there is no mention in the strategy of Russia’s offensive cyber efforts. (I tried to track down a copy of the strategy, but couldn’t find a document that had been fully translated into English. Lawfare Blog’s post includes translated portions, however.)
BBC News reports that the UK government has launched a campaign urging small businesses to become “cyber streetwise” in an effort to change the way entities view their online safety and security. According to BBC News, “Findings from the government’s most recent National Cyber Security Consumer Tracker suggested many people did not take simple actions to protect themselves online.” This research comes at a time when, as Gary Fairley, cyber and digital lead at the Scottish Business Resilience Centre (SBRC), said, cyber criminals are shifting their attention to smaller business enterprises.
Xiaomi, Inc., the startup out of China, hired Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak to appear at “Lei Jun & Woz Tech Talk,” an event to promote Xiaomi. Wozniak is quoted as saying Xiaomi’s products are “excellent” and “good enough to crack the American market,” according to The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal also recently published an article discussing whether retailers or consumers truly bear the burden in the event of a cyber breach. According to the report, lawmakers in Washington, D.C. are expected to address the issue at a Senate banking committee hearing in the coming weeks. The article continues, “Banks have in the past sued to recoup their costs, and large retailers have at times reimbursed financial firms to avoid lawsuits.”
Lastly, The Hacker News reports that some ASUS router users in Sweden have uncovered a vulnerability that allows hackers or other cyber attackers to access the router-user’s Hard Drive remotely and from any part of the world. This vulnerability “could result in complete system compromise, exposing [the user’s] private pictures and files.”
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