Unless you’re living under a rock, you must be familiar with the massive ransomware attack called WannaCry that targeted more than 200,000 systems on its first day and spread worldwide very rapidly. In this article, I’ll share an in-depth analysis […]
WannaCry Ransomware: A Detailed Analysis of the Attack Read More »
Ransomware started a plague for users and businesses in 2012. What started out as a simple download from an email or a site turned out to be malicious software that would not let you access your own files unless you
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A new report from Gartner claims that information security spending will increase about 7 percent this year, and climb to $93 billion in 2018. As impressive as that number sounds, it actually seems quite tame when you consider the pace
It seems we can’t go more than a couple of days without seeing ransomware in the headlines. New attacks launched, new variants discovered, new victims reporting their losses. Despite the prevalent coverage of ransomware, there are a number of significant
Under the Radar: Three Ransomware Stories You Probably Didn’t See Read More »
The cloud is a powerful tool for businesses to use. However, it does come with its own share of security concerns. Fully protecting your data is impossible, anyone with enough skill and time will eventually find a weakness in even
Important Files Stored in the Cloud: Do You Have to Worry about Ransomware? Read More »
This last year or so has been somewhat of a showcase for how not to do security. Much of last month was hundreds of thousands of us dealing with the fact that the NSA likely spent millions finding an exploit
The NSA Security Lesson: Focus On the ‘Why’ First Not the ‘Who’ Read More »
When you’re looking for a way to defend your company against a threat, it helps to break the threat down into smaller parts. Where does it come from and how do we stop it? How does it spread and how
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The current state of AV testing is sort of the cybersecurity version of standardized testing in schools. It’s a pet peeve of mine when schools “teach the test”–focusing on ensuring students perform adequately on standardized tests rather than making sure
Cylance Controversy Illustrates What’s Wrong with AV Testing Read More »
In the last few years we have seen several high-profile Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against political and financial targets. Many of us remember the attack against Occupy Central in 2014 and the attack against the Church of Scientology
DDoS Attacks Show the Need for IoT Vigilance Read More »
Threat actors are always looking for new ways to infect as many users as possible with their malicious payloads. As a means to this end, these threat actors get creative with the types of files they use to deliver their
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