Government’s inability to protect citizen data resulted in at least $36 billion in cyber fraud this year. California may be getting ready to add to that total and setting up small businesses to be hit hard by hackers.
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In cooperation with our correspondent from SIlicon Valley, Lou Covey, Cybersecurity Magazine is pleased to now offer podcasts. In this episode, John Flory III, CISO for Harbor Networks, explains why it is necessary to go on offense with ransomware attacks.
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As soon as the SolarWinds breach hit the news, press releases started pouring out of the cyber security industry with claims that their products or services would have prevented the breach, but talking to people in the trenches, that is a dangerous claim to believe. The truth it, human error and intention can defeat any security protocol or technology. We talked to Matthew Rosenquist and Steve Hanna about the only way to deal with security: vigilance.
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The security concerns of the 2020 election brought digital security to the forefront of the Western world’s attention and the buzz phrase “zero trust” went from tech company lip service to an actual technology feature. And for good reason. The biggest problem in digital security is not technological but human. People just didn’t want to make the effort to keep their data secure.
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The Krebs incident in the USA and a discussion of encryption backdoors in the EU will make life for cybersecurity harder. A commentary.
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Most users only ever scratch the surface of the internet – there’s much more hidden in the deep. Find out what in our 5th article about OSINT.
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Information on social platforms and other public online databases should be exploited in digital forensic investigations that requires online public sources. How? Read our final installment of the OSINT series.
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In the sixth episode of our OSINT series, Dr. Varin Khera explores the Dark Web – the hidden internet – using the TOR service. Do try this at home!
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Continuiing his series on OSINT, our guest author Dr. Varin Khera gives an introduction to digital forensics – an important skill to have now and in the future.
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Cryptography is the last line of defense – and quantum computers will break that defense. Read what software company SAP will do to prevent this from happening.
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