DNSSEC signing your domain with BIND 9.16
BIND 9.16 has improved DNSSEC support to the point where it can (finally) be called simple to use. This is excellent news for DNS administrators because it means there are now several options (viable...
View ArticleThe November/December 2020 issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!
Dear Reader! A new issue of our bi-monthly SWITCH Security Report is available! The topics covered in this report are: Choose your team carefully – hackers use fake MS Teams updates to attack networks,...
View ArticleThe January/February 2021 issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!
Dear Reader! A new issue of our bi-monthly SWITCH Security Report is available! The topics covered in this report are: Dependency confusion – when trust is too good to be true Water hacking – not a new...
View ArticleThe March/April 2021 issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!
Dear Reader! A new issue of our bi-monthly SWITCH Security Report is available! The topics covered in this report are: Exploit on Exchange – vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange servers trigger a red...
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Android FluBot enters Switzerland
FluBot is a new Android malware first discovered in December 2020. During the first few months, FluBot has been active in Spain, Hungary and Poland. Since then, the development of the malware advanced...
View ArticleThe May/June 2021 issue of our SWITCH Security Report is available!
Dear Reader! A new issue of our bi-monthly SWITCH Security Report is available! The topics covered in this report are: Back and forth in the pipeline: hacking and rehacking the US fuel firm Colonial...
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One more Podcast – Security Awareness Insider
There are more than 2.6 million podcasts available on Spotify. For every possible topic you can find experts, famous people or entertainers talking about it. Among podcasts evolving around politics,...
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Secure PLC Coding Practices
In the world of operational technology, programmable logic controllers (PLCs) control physical elements such as a municipal water supply system, the room temperature in offices or a chocolate bar...
View ArticleSWITCH Security Report July/August 2021
Dear Reader The latest issue of our bi-monthly SWITCH Security Report is available. The main topics of the current report are: Perhaps 1984 WAS like 1984 – a big blunder by Apple or simply brilliant...
View ArticleThe electricity industry: the need for action on cybersecurity
The ‘Cybersecurity and cyber resilience in the Swiss electricity supply’ report by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy concludes that the electricity industry needs to take action on cybersecurity....
View ArticleSWITCH Security Report September/October 2021
Dear Reader The latest issue of our bi-monthly SWITCH Security Report is available. The main topics of the current report are: Covid collateral damage: how the pandemic impacts IT...
View ArticleSWITCH Security Report November/December 2021
Dear Reader The latest issue of our bi-monthly SWITCH Security Report is available. The main topics of the current report are: GoldDust but no nuggets: seven REvil partners caught, but the real...
View ArticleSWITCH Security Report Januar/Februar 2022
Dear Reader The latest issue of our bi-monthly SWITCH Security Report is available.The main topics of the current report are: Good and evil in one square package: the comeback of the QR codeA first...
View ArticleSWITCH Security Report March/April 2022
Dear Reader The latest issue of our bi-monthly SWITCH Security Report is available. The main topics of the current report are: Google Chrome – 100 does it better. Zero-day attacks on the popular...
View ArticleSWITCH Security Report May/June 2022
Dear Reader The latest issue of our bi-monthly SWITCH Security Report is available. The main topics of the current report are: Even cyclists aren’t safe from cybercrimeRogue ads on the advanceWhen...
View ArticleSWITCH Security Report July/August 2022
Dear Reader The latest issue of our bi-monthly SWITCH Security Report is available. The main topics of the current report are: Disaster for DeFi protocol: Nomad loses USD 190 millionCertificate...
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New year’s resolution – dealing with the human factor in 2023
It’s this time of the year again, time to look back to move forward. So, Cornelia, Fabio and I sat down and tackled these questions: How has the IT security domain been dealing with human risk? How is...
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