Regardless of exactly how data breaches occur, the culprit is almost always weak or stolen passwords. According to the Verizon 2017 Data Breach Investigations Report, they account ... More
Tag Archives: cybercrime
Report: A New Mandate for IAM with Multi-Factor Authentication (Okta)
Why IT, Cybersecurity Shouldn’t Be Grouped Together (CSO)
Cybersecurity is a buzz word nowadays. Most people seem to think of it as an emerging field with all the recent media coverage over ransomware and activist attacks. For many indivi... More
Half-Year Roundup: The Top Five Data Breaches of 2017 — So Far (SecurityIntelligence)
Data breaches aren’t slowing down. If anything, they’re set to break last year’s record pace. As noted by 24/7 Wall Street, the 758 breaches reported this year mark nearly a ... More
To Update or Not to Update: There is No Question (TechRepublic)
It seems like every day we wake up to read about yet another attack made possible by one or more vulnerabilities. Even Wordpress became the target of an SQL injection attack that a... More
These are the Good Ol’ Days of Cybersecurity (CSO)
One thing is an absolute truism of cybersecurity: it is one of the fastest changing realms currently known to humanity, and one that we are unable to predict. Cybersecurity is like... More
Hollywood Under Cyberattack: How to Defend Against the Big Hack (Variety)
The Dark Overlord is threatening the content community. Time to unsheathe your lightsabers. “The Dark Overlord,” of course, is the person or persons who took credit for steali... More
PwC Exec: Companies Aren’t Aware of Their Vulnerability to Cyber Threats (Satellite Today)
Being hacked and the victim of a cyber attack is now a business’ worst nightmare. But even though everybody is aware of the cyber threat, companies, including those in the aerosp... More
What CEOs Should Know About Cybersecurity (Forbes)
If you are a typical CEO, a discussion about cybersecurity probably makes you a bit tense. It’s a deeply technical topic, the risks are varied and difficult to quantify, and ther... More
Next Widespread Cyberattack Could Cost Insurers Billions (Bloomberg)
Cyber crime insurers largely avoided costly claims from the recent attacks that hit businesses around the globe. The next global virus could change that. “It’s exceptionally l... More
‘Who’s Going to Protect Us?’ Solving One of Cybersecurity’s Biggest Problems (CBR)
The cyber skills problem is far bigger than is being communicated. With large scale malware and ransomware breakouts rolling out with worrying frequency across the globe – from W... More