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Webinar: What Building Owners Need to Know About Cyber Security Insurance!

November 28th, 2022
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85% of All Cyber Crimes Go Unreported

November 21st, 2022
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We Need to Talk About Cyber Security Insurance for Commercial Buildings!

Cyber attacks are one of the greatest threats facing buildings as they become connected and smart, but ensuring smart buildings are insured for cyber threats is also becoming increasingly difficult. The rising vulnerability of connected buildings is driving limited cyber-coverage and some brokers have even withdrawn from the space altogether. There are some early signs of […]

Smart Cities

Verkada Hack “Exposes How Broadly We’re Being Surveilled & How Little is Put into Securing IoT”

A damning IoT security breach occurred this week as a hacker group gained access to video surveillance feeds, as well as company and customer data, of Silicon Valley security startup Verkada. The hackers gained access to over 150,000 cameras, including those in Tesla factories and warehouses, Cloudflare offices, Equinox gyms, hospitals, jails, schools, police stations, […]

Smart Cities

Our Cybersecurity is More Vulnerable & More Important than it has Ever Been

For years we’ve lived in fear of computer viruses that would cripple our digital infrastructure. Instead, we got a human virus that forced us further into the digital age. In a matter of weeks, remote working became a standard around the world and socializing beyond your household became a virtual activity. While society grapples with […]

Smart Cities

During the COVID-19 Crisis, No One is Immune to Increased Cyberattacks

Like many people today, you may have visited the World Health Organization’s (WHO) website for the first time to get the latest official news on the COVID-19 crisis rocking the world this year. The global health authority has been at the center of everything recently as concerned citizens around the world seek accurate information in […]

Smart Cities

DHL & EHang Launch First Regular Drone Delivery Service in China

DHL Express and intelligent autonomous aerial vehicle (drone) company EHang have launched a regular drone delivery route to overcome last mile delivery issues in urban China. The new customized route, which has been exclusively created for a single DHL customer, covers a distance of approximately eight kilometers between the customer premises and the DHL service […]

Security

Researchers Find Hardcoded Password Vulnerability in Access Control System

“White-hat” cyber security company, Tenable, last month discovered a potentially catastrophic flaw in PremiSys, an access control system run by IDenticard. The hardcoded credentials that Tenable found in the firm’s devices provide administrator access to the entire service through an end-point that controls the system. This means that anyone with those passwords would be able […]

Smart Cities

IBM & Threatcare Discover 17 Zero-day Vulnerabilities in Smart Cities

“An actor who is determined to incite mass chaos could create far greater impact with minimal effort if security for sensors and controls is not strengthened,” reads a 2018 report by IBM entitled: The Dangers of Smart City Hacking. The paper follows an investigation by IBM X-Force Red and Threatcare that discovered 17 zero-day vulnerabilities […]

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