Cybersecurity for Auld Lang Syne
Whether a product or service is old or new, cybersecurity remains a paramount issue. With the new, there will always be a period of security concern after launch. We have seen this with the Internet of Things (which has proven to be an extended period), so it’s no surprise that Disney’s new streaming platform, Disney+… Read More
Data protection to be thankful for
As we wrap up our Thanksgiving celebrations, T-Mobile should consider giving its own small bit of thanks. Or at least count itself relatively lucky. Two big breaches in two years, and its customers’ financial data was not compromised in either. In August 2018, the first of the pair exposed about 2 million customer records to… Read More
A new method for cybersecurity education?
As we always say, a crucial aspect of good cyber practice in the workplace is education. Employees can either be a strength or a vulnerability to an organization’s network, depending on the knowledge and training they receive. So why not make them as strong a defense as possible? John Sileo at Security Magazine puts forward… Read More
How confident are you in your cybersecurity readiness?
According to more than half (52%) of the respondents to an Avertium survey, their organization plans to expand their cybersecurity teams in 2020—including both employees and outside consultants. Another result from the study is interesting in that they reveal how human error remains as concerning an issue as it always has been. Specifically, phishing and… Read More
Dangerous stalkerware creeps into people’s lives and homes
Here’s a story fit for the season, although it’s definitely not fun and games. There are all kinds of dangerous and harmful apps out there, just waiting to infect your phone or computer with malicious malware. Apple and Google have recently needed to remove several dozen compromised apps from their mobile stores, apps that use… Read More
CaCPA to give consumers more control over their data
As long as there has been a lack of a singular national standard in the US for data privacy law, states have been individually filling the void with their own legislation. California has been one of the leading states on cybersecurity policy, and their recent California Consumer Privacy Act (CaCPA), effective as of next January,… Read More
Evolving phishing schemes pose new risks to cybersecurity
Email is perhaps the single most crucial attack vector in cybersecurity today. According to Verizon’s latest Data Breach Investigations Report, email is the channel used in 94% of attacks where hackers target executives for phishing schemes. Phishing remains as culpable as ever in data breaches, and based on new insight from Carbon Black and Symantec,… Read More
DoorDash, Zynga, and EA Data Breaches
I hesitate to say this, because I know how influential we are and that their future IPO may take a hit, but I…don’t use DoorDash. *whisper whisper* What’s that? ……McDonald’s partnership? Oh, ok then, they’ll be just fine. But for those who do use the food delivery service, there is now unfortunately another thing for… Read More
Best Practices for Data Security
Cybersecurity is a more important field today than ever before. Let’s just get that established right away. Threats to personal data abound from without and within: hackers who target and infiltrate networks, insiders and employees who, intentionally or not, compromise their organization’s security posture. It is imperative that plans be made and reviewed in advance. … Read More
Cybercrime Activity Up Across the Board
The studies are out, the results are in, and according to Risk Based Security, this year is trending to be the worst ever for data breach activity. We are now almost three quarters of the way through 2019, and by now the number of breaches is up 54% over 2018, totaling 4.1 billion exposed records… Read More