2015 was quite a year! Hacks and ransomware got personal. APT attacks and cybercrime-as-a service became widespread. The scary future of IoT hacking became a reality with the demonstration of self-driving car hacks. And, a new threat vector of mobile devices […]
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There has been increasing demand from government and law enforcement in recent months for some sort of encryption backdoor. The theory–whether grounded in reality or not–is that an encryption backdoor will allow intelligence agencies to detect and prevent more terrorist
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The holidays are a wonderful time of year, but ‘Tis the Season’ now has a double meaning for both holiday festivities and malicious malware scamming. Malware has been a popular topic of discussion from a movie studio’s network being hacked,
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When your everyday life is all about information security, you start to see patterns that may not be so obvious to others. Each year, I take my best shot at describing these trends and making predictions for the coming year.
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Ransomware has come back into the spotlight, with a Krebs on Security report highlighting a recent attack targeting Linux Web servers—in addition to consumers and business users. Though ransomware itself isn’t anything new, this approach is unique in that after
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My kids are all past the VTech stage, but we have owned our fair share of VTech technology and educational toys over the years. It’s safe to say there’s a pretty good chance that I–and possibly one or more of
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Organizations and IT security professionals spend a lot of time focusing on guarding against external threats–building up the defensive wall that keeps internal systems and data safe from outside attackers. Those efforts are all well and good, but miss the
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Cyber-attacks continue to become more innovative and sophisticated than ever before. In today’s cyber age, a company’s reputation—and the trust dynamic that exists amongst suppliers, customers and partners—has become a very real target for cybercriminals and hacktivists. The commercial, reputational
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Ransomware is nothing new. The first known ransomware surfaced in 1989. However, it took the Internet revolution along with automated online payment systems before organized cyber gangs saw that ransomware could become a giant cash cow. We’re talking big money
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The scale and intensity of healthcare related cybercrime is a critical and growing threat to the U.S. medical system. In the past year, organizations such as UCLA Health Systems, Anthem, Premera, and CareFirst have announced major breaches, bringing the five
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