With the start of Q4 and Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the last three quarters have witnessed exponential growth in the severity and number of attacks. A report by Malwarebytes in August showed that over 1,900 ransomware attacks were reported this year …
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TechSpective Podcast Episode 117 Cybersecurity used to be more of a mystical dark art, but over time, businesses and individuals have come to understand just how critical cybersecurity is, and cybersecurity professionals and vendors have recognized that they need …
Do you know that joke about the pact between two friends where the other should run to their home and delete their browsing history when the first one dies? Well, what if we told you that your browsing history can …
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The proliferation of IoT means that there are now more machines with a digital ID than there are people on the planet. From smartwatches to digital assistants, the number of online accounts and their resulting data rapidly increases every day. …
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TechSpective Podcast Episode 116 Getting hacked sucks in all scenarios. In most cases, though, getting hacked is an inconvenience. In some cases, it is deadly. Having your data stolen, or getting your computer bricked by ransomware is annoying. Getting …
The possibility of their business falling victim to a cyberattack has always kept IT teams up at night, but today’s threat landscape is reaching new levels of sophistication. For example, new acoustic-based attack methods listen to the victim’s typing using …
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The global rise in identity fraud has been a major worry in the last few years, especially with so many important transactions increasingly taking place online, such as opening a bank account, applying for a loan, filing taxes, and so …
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For organizations around the world, ransomware continues to be a growing problem, with many well-known companies and institutions falling victim. Within the last year, the Medusa ransomware group breached Minneapolis Public Schools and leaked the personal identifiable information (PII) – …
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Phishing attacks have come a long way since the days of blatant, poorly worded emails from supposed Nigerian princes. The current landscape is a chilling fusion of art and science, where cybercriminals employ advanced tactics to craft highly convincing messages …
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The planet is awash with APIs, the mechanisms used by computers to exchange information, the building blocks of all software. Enterprises build their own APIs for internal use or to enable customers to interact with their systems. They use APIs …
