In an era where data is the lifeblood of businesses and personal lives alike, World Backup Day serves as a crucial reminder of the importance of data protection.
Phishing attacks are on the rise again with the help of sophisticated generative-AI tools. However, new defenses and increased wariness among potential victims are blunting…
Picture a fortress with impenetrable walls protecting valuable assets inside. For decades, organisations built digital security following this ancient model – constructing firewalls and intrusion…
Discovering a cyberattack requires combining people, processes, and technology. A proper detection system is needed to sound the alarm, but people with the right skills…
The EU's Digital Operational Resiliency Act (DORA) went live in January. This legislation's goals seem to conflict with the US administration’s willingness to ignore technology…
Pig-butchering may be proving the Luddites were right. The social-engineering scam bypassed ransomware as the most profitable cybercrime approximately two years ago. After government regulations…
It seems like the insurance industry is turning the corner on cyber insurance and making a decent profit in the process. But not every industry…
Finding content from legacy media is getting difficult in social media by design of the management of social media companies, while information from radicalized groups,…
In the ever-evolving landscape of technology, each year brings a new set of cybersecurity threats that can put your digital life and sensitive information at…
The need for knowledgeable people to safeguard our online environment has increased. In this context, women have become significant influences in cybersecurity.
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Everybody is going to own their own data. I'm going to own my own data. You going to own your own data. Your mother, your…
The goal of these companies is to make the job of protecting user data easier for the user
No model if you stop at one and two is of any value unless it can sort out whether the information sources that it's actually…
TikTok is like a Dickens novel. It’s the best of apps. It’s the worst of apps. There seems to be no in-between. Over the next…
The DDoS attack on X.com this week provided a certain amount of schadenfreude for people less than enamored by Elon Musk. It also rang alarm bells in the cybersecurity community as that style of attack seems to be making a…
On Mastodon a poster asked last week, “Looking for an article or blog or text, that succinctly describes, at grade 1 level English, why ‘if…
As legislatures around the world try to get a handle on the growth of ransomware, another category of cybercrime is festering out of control: Elder…
The fourth annual Identity Management Day (April 9) brought the opportunity to assess and evaluate the shifting environment plaguing Identity and Access Management (IAM). Identity…
Our current election season faces the same problems as in 2016 and 2020. Foreign adversaries are interfering with the election process. This time we know…
That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t buy those whizbang, nifty gifts this weekend, you just need to go into it knowing what you are unleashing upon…
While we all crave relaxed summer getaways, it’s crucial to understand that adversaries never go on vacation. Unlike in schoolsmore
When they discuss issues in meetings, we all agree on a passphrase for whatever decision maker is chosen. It’s not shared in emails, texts, or…
The wave of DDoS attacks that flood the Internet daily made everyone aware of the relevance of tDDoS attacks. The question is how to properly…
Today is Safer Internet Day and we thought we'd try a bit of click-baiting. That explains the headline and, coincidentally, also what this article is…
Ever heard of Franken-phish? It's a campaign that targets Microsoft 365 users. It sells kits comprised of components of other kits readily available on the…
The recent ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure services could not have demonstrated more clearly how interwoven the IT environment is with the control of production…
Smishing is the latest and growing version of phishing. In this case, it is using text messaging platforms to gather passwords and identities and deliver…
There has been a lot of debate regarding the imposition of moderation on social media and whether that constitutes censorship and violations of the right to free speech. That argument is specious at best. Offending content on commercial social media is removed only when it negates profitability. Most humans moderate…
There is no question that the cybersecurity industry performs a vital role in keeping the digital world safe. It’s too bad the industry is so dedicated to bland, repetitive and un-informational marketing and research. The problem doesn’t exist with cybersecurity alone. Every tech industry under finances and plagiarizes marketing communications…
Mark Zuckerberg made two announcements about major changes in Meta in the past two weeks. The first was the revelation that they would be creating hundreds of AI-driven bots to interact with users. The second was the announcement that they would stop moderation of content, “except for dangerous stuff,” according…
We open a new year and a new season with our friend, Ian Thornton-Trump, chief information security officer at the MSSP Inversion6 and in 30 minutes we take on some pretty meaty subjects. First, we discuss how China strategically infiltrated technology systems in the US and other countries as a…
The AI industry supposedly to make life easier for humanity. Since it first burst onto the scene it has, arguably, made life more difficult. Consumers and the cybersecurity industry, in particular, are struggling professionally, emotionally, and mentally to understand the value, if not the efficacy, of the technology. Cyber Protection…
Just when you thought the political fundraising texts were done, you get this screamer on your phone… Now that readsmore
It is Medicare scam season when Medicare patients can change their insurance plan for the new year, and that means...more
n the past few weeks, as various security companies have published multiple studies about the state of cybersecurity, a common theme has arisen: Executives running the companies that purchase security tools and services are not sure their purchases have made them any safer. This widespread position in the market confirms…
t seems like everyone should be concerned, based on the level of urgency the companies present, but in the end, no one has yet built a quantum computer capable of breaking even the most standard 256-bit encryption. To that statement, the industry responds with, “Yet.” This year, however, the National…
There is a wide gap between regulatory compliance mandates and practical implementation and enforcement that I like to call the “Compliance Chasm”. That chasm is defined by the activity to protect consumers and consideration for the economic and operational impact on business enterprises. Finding that balance requires thought, not the…