The WannaCry ransomware attack that successfully targeted Merck is not the only cyberattack to which the pharmaceutical industry has fallen victim. As pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies move toward greater digitalization and the storage of more valuable data, their digital security practices become more and more critical. …read more Source:: SecurityMagazine

‘If someone like me can’t get in to give a keynote, perhaps it’s time we rethink where we organize our events’ RSA Adi Shamir, the S in the renowned RSA encryption system, didn’t take his usual place on the Cryptographers Panel at this year’s RSA Conference in San Francisco – because he couldn’t get a…

Water is a stable chemical, but with the addition of a little electricity, it can be split into its component parts. The result is just the right mix of H2 and O2 to convert back into water with a bang. [Peter Sripol] has built a charming desktop cannon in just such a way. The build…

Six simple steps to mitigate the grunt work and keep your organization safe. …read more Source:: DarkReading

A scammer ring dubbed Scarlet Widow has targeted nonprofits, schools and universities with an array of business email compromise (BEC) attacks over the past few months. …read more Source:: Threatpost

Plus: Reagan’s model doesn’t apply today, says US CSO Huawei execs insisted today that they have no problem with being shut out of certain countries’ networks, even as their US CSO gently scorned a famous Ronald Reagan saying that heralded the end of the Cold War.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Exploit vendor Zerodium said today it would pay up to $500,000 for zero-days in popular cloud products and services such as Microsoft’s Hyper-V and (Dell) VMware’s vSphere. From a report: Both Hyper-V and vSphere are what experts call virtualization software, also called hypervisors — software that lets a single “host” server create and run one…

In April, the carrier announced a $26 billion deal to merge with Sprint. Since then, Trump’s hotel has become popular with T-Mobile execs, says The Washington Post. …read more Source:: CNet

At the Geneva Motor Show, Audi’s Chairman announced an increased investment in bringing hydrogen fuel cell technology to market. …read more Source:: CNet

Oddly, there’s been a few recent outbreaks of measles. It struck me how when I was a kid, a few hundred kids getting measles wouldn’t have been news at all. However, even a handful makes the news now, since in 2000 the Center for Disease Control declared measles eradicated in the United States. So how…