Cyber Security Headlines Week in Review: Surveillance camera vulnerabilities, data sovereignty conundrum, French submarine cyberattack
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Aug 1, 2025 Derek Fisher, Director of the Cyber Defense and Information Assurance Program at Temple University, shares his expertise on pressing cybersecurity issues. He discusses surveillance camera vulnerabilities and the challenges of aging tech in critical sectors. The conversation highlights the concept of data sovereignty and its complexities in the digital landscape. Fisher also brings attention to rising threats from youth-led hacking groups and emphasize the importance of addressing software supply chain risks to enhance security measures.
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Challenges of Legacy Hardware Security
- Hardware products like security cameras have a challenging lifecycle that complicates patching vulnerabilities.
- Manufacturers and consumers struggle with upgrade costs versus security risks in legacy hardware.
Complexity of Data Sovereignty
- Data often moves globally, making it impossible to guarantee data sovereignty.
- Digital nationalism may drive nations to create enclaved internet ecosystems to control data.
Modern Espionage and Commercial Tech
- Military secrets can be exposed via commercial software vulnerabilities used by defense contractors.
- Espionage today scales vastly compared to physical spying tactics of the past.