Lou Covey, Author at Cyber Protection Magazine

Biden’s EOs on AI is more CYA than action

Lou Covey November 2, 2023

Nations gather to discuss AI safety

Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and Sundar Pichai are the faces of misinformation

Opinion: Deprioritize social media for peace

Editors Desk October 26, 2023

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, hostile nation states, and paid political consultants currently makes up the bulk of information that these users call “news.”

Social engineering criminals are after everyone

Lou Covey October 18, 2023

It’s not just mega corporations like MGM Grand Entertainment that get targeted by social engineering attacks. In fact, it happens millions of times every year to individuals young and old, rich and poor, well-educated and not.

Ten ways to avoid being an online victim

Lou Covey October 18, 2023

Gabriel Friedlander, founder of Wizer, published the following list recently on Linkedin. While the suggestions are not comprehensive, they do cover a lot of ground in maintaining your personal and small business security.

Unpacking the 15-min phone call that took down MGM/Caesars

Lou Covey October 14, 2023

The MGM Grand/Caesar’s breach is the most exhaustively covered cyber event in recent memory. Even the attackers published detailed explanations of how they did it. There was, however, one question still needs answering:

Podcast: Defense against the AI Arts

Lou Covey October 3, 2023

The rise of generative AI products for commercial use is probably the fastest and most controversial of any technological advancemore

Defense Against the AI Arts

Lou Covey September 21, 2023

The rise of generative AI products for commercial use is probably the fastest and most controversial of any technological advancemore

Welcome to it-sa

Lou Covey September 15, 2023

Cyber Protection Magazine and the it-sa Expo & Congress have a common goal – providing dialog platforms for IT securitymore

AI-generated picture of Vladimir Putin eating a large bowl of poutine

Podcast: Canada in the crosshairs for cyber attack

Lou Covey September 13, 2023

Canadians are arguably the nicest people in the world. So we called up our favorite Canadian “cybersleuth”, Ian Thornton-Trump, Cyjax’s CISO. to get the skinny.

Title page of court order authorizing Microsoft, Fortra to take action against malware hosts

Campaign against Cobalt Strike malware progressing

Lou Covey September 8, 2023

But SMEs are on their own The use of the law to shut down malicious use of Cobalt Strike ismore