With digital advancements you would expect some progress in halting cybercrime. But wait!! The graph of data breach statistics was trending up as the year progressed. While we hoped for a more secure year for our online world, the scammers showed us […]
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Holidays and other notable events bring out the spammers like ants at a picnic. Security companies and IT departments consistently report a large increase in malicious email during shopping seasons like Christmas or important world events like the Brexit vote
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Over the past several years, executives at popular antivirus software companies have said in public and on the record that antivirus software is dead. Those statements lead the public to believe that this type of digital security is worthless. However,
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While nobody will argue that Donald doesn’t know his way around a 140-character tweet, I think it’s fair to say cybersecurity experts and the US Intelligence Community know more about hacking than he does–by an order of magnitude or more.
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There’s a security revolution underway in the United States. In an attempt to reduce credit card fraud, retailers everywhere are transitioning from legacy magnetic strip cards to the more secure chip-and-PIN system. Under this new threat cyber criminals are picking
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Having strong passwords has never been more important as headlines are dominated with reports of password leaks of major consumer accounts, such as LinkedIn and Yahoo. Nearly everyone agrees that passwords are a problem. Recently, Intel Security conducted a survey
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We are already concerned about autonomous cars and trucks being hacked and becoming effectively weaponized—either killing their passengers or being rammed into buildings or people. But we aren’t talking about the ability to do this intentionally. Having someone take a
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Trump won the election and must now face the stark realities of what it takes to run a nation, and actually be the leader of the most powerful country in the world. Funny thing about governing, though–making wild claims and
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Cyber security is an incredibly hot topic right now. With more than 3.5 billion Internet users worldwide, there are millions of opportunities for hackers to exploit, and in recent years, Black Friday and Cyber Monday have become prime targets for
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French authorities have launched an official investigation into the recent robbery of Kim Kardashian. The reality TV star and wife of rapper Kanye West was robbed at gunpoint in her apartment in Paris by five men on October 3. The
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