You’d think by now nobody would want to own or be around a Tesla. Their design flaws are putting everyone and everything near them at risk, dragging the entire car industry down. Alas, three Tesla owners just this last week have “mysterious…
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English club sorry for making a signing that caused backlash
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Nigeria reissues old banknote as cash fiasco threatens to disrupt election – CNN
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French farmers stage tractor protest in Paris to denounce pesticides ban
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Ukraine claims Russian energy company Gazprom will create its own Wagner-inspired army
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Sweden issues rare ban over Quran burning rally – DW (English)
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SolarWinds and Market Incentives
In early 2021, IEEE Security and Privacy asked a number of board members for brief perspectives on the SolarWinds incident while it was still breaking news. This was my response.
The penetration of government and corporate networks worldwide is the result of inadequate cyberdefenses across the board. The lessons are many, but I want to focus on one important one we’ve learned: the software that’s managing our critical networks isn’t secure, and that’s because the market doesn’t reward that security.
SolarWinds is a perfect example. The company was the initial infection vector for much of the operation. Its trusted position inside so many critical networks made it a perfect target for a supply-chain attack, and its shoddy security practices made it an easy target…