Jan 18, 2020 | Business, Cyber breaches, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, CyberTraining, Data Assets, Employees, Employment, Human Element, Identity Theft, Insider Threat, Internet, Passwords, Phishing, Phishing, Privacy, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, Smishing, Technology, Vishing, Vulnerabilities
Technology Can Only Protect You So Much — Then Other Tactics are Needed Businesses of all sizes are now finding that all the technological security they put in place cannot protect them from threats that go after identity and credentials access. In the...
Jan 18, 2020 | Applications, Big Tech, browsers, Business, Compliance, Cyber Liability, cyberattacks, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Firefox, Government, Hackers, Hacking, Hacking, Homeland Security, Internet, Legacy Systems, Malware, Mozilla Firefox, Nationstates, Organized Crime, Patching, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, Security Alerts, Technology, Updates, Vulnerabilities, warnings, Zero-Day
Zero-Day Browser Vulnerabilities “This is a catastrophe,” my wife said—slightly horrified—as she swiped through page after page of apps on my phone. “Why do you even have most of these?” It’s a good question. It’s hard to believe that just a decade ago, the App Store...
Jan 18, 2020 | Access Controls, Applications, Attack Vectors, automation, Business, CEO, Coding, Compliance, credential stealing, Cyber breaches, Cyber Liability, cyberattacks, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data Storage, Hackers, Hacking, Hacking, Internet, Patching, Radio Show, Radio_Show, safety, Security, Security Alerts, spying, Technology, Third - Party, Updates
A Lesson to Learn – If it is Connected It can Be Hacked I remember years ago at CES 2013, when this young entrepreneur scheduled an interview with me to show off a prototype for his new Ring security device. At the time, IoT was in its infancy, and this product...
Jan 18, 2020 | Business, Cable Companies, Cable Haunt, Computer Repair, Cyber Liability, Firewalls, Hacking, Internet, Internet Service Providers, Networking, Patching, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Reference Code, Routers, safety, Security, Security Alerts, spying, Updates, Vulnerabilities
Routers and Firewalls with Broadcom Chipsets Are Vulnerable Have you heard of the router/firewall critical vulnerability called Cable Haunt? Well, for 200 million worldwide users, this could soon be a nightmare come true. Cable Haunt allows a hacker to compromise the...
Jan 18, 2020 | Applications, Best Practices, Business, Business Email Compromise, Cyber breaches, Cyber Liability, cyberattacks, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, CyberTraining, Economic Disruption, Education, Employee Training, Employees, Employment, Exploits, Fines and Penalties, Government, Hackers, Hacking, Hacks, Insider Threat, Internet, Malware, MFA, Nationstates, Organized Crime, Phishing, Phishing, Phishing, Policies and Procedures, Radio Show, Radio_Show, scam, Security, Security, Smishing, Social Engineering, Social Media, Social Media, Social Networking, Technology, Threats, Tracking
Social Engineering Comes to the Forefront of Attacks We depend on our smart devices and use them as a primary communication tool. Studies found that young adult users send over 2000 texts per month and receive over 1800 with that volume people are less wary, and it is...
Jan 18, 2020 | Anti-Virus, Applications, Applications, Attack Vectors, Audit Logs, Backup, Best Practices, browsers, Business, Business Email Compromise, Compliance, credential stealing, Cyber breaches, Cyber Liability, cyberattacks, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data, Data Assets, Data Storage, Email, Employees, Employees, Fines and Penalties, Firefox, Government, Hackers, Hacking, Hacking, Hacking, Intellectual Property Theft, Internet, Legacy, Legacy Systems, Liability, Malware, Malware, Nationstates, Networking, Passwords, Patches, Patching, Phishing, Privacy, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Ransomware, Ransomware Attack, safety, Security, Security, Security Alerts, Signature-Based, Software, Technology, Third - Party, Updates, Updates, VPN, Vulnerabilities, Zero-Day
Updates, Patches and Hackers Oh My! Most data breaches ard due to hackers exploiting known vulnerabilities. I know, I hear it all the time – patching takes time, and it can indeed be risky, especially if you have any legacy hardware or software in your network...
Jan 18, 2020 | Applications, Attack Vectors, Audit Logs, Business, Cloud, Compliance, Computers, credentials, Cyber breaches, cyberattacks, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data Assets, Economic Disruption, Employees, Government, Hackers, Hacking, Hacking, Intellectual Property Theft, Internet, Iran, Nationstates, Passwords, Patching, Phishing, Radio_Show, safety, Security, Security Alerts, spying, Technology, Third - Party, third-world, Updates, Updates, Vulnerabilities, Wiper Malware
Cyber War isn’t Coming It is already Here! Wars today are less likely to be kinetic, and it is safe to assume that the primary mode of retaliation from Iran will be a cyber attack. Iran wants to bring down the U.S., and the fastest way to do that is to damage us...
Jan 11, 2020 | Access Controls, Amazon, Apple, Asset Management, Attack Vectors, audit logs, Backup, Big Tech, Business, Computers, Cyber breaches, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data, Data Assets, data sharing, Data Storage, Employee Training, Employment, Encryption, Fines and Penalties, Google, Hacking, Incident Response, industrial espionage, Insider Threat, Internet, Jobs, Legal, Liability, Malware, Malware, Microsoft, Monitoring, Networking, predictive algorithms, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Ransomware, Security, Software As A Service, Surveillance, Technology, Zero-Day
How Mature is Your Insider Threat Intelligence? Are insiders a threat to your business? How would you know? Today it is necessary for companies to establish a robust insider threat program that can detect employee-created risk and respond accordingly but keeping...
Jan 11, 2020 | Business, cyberattacks, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Government, Hackers, Hacking, Intellectual Property Theft, Iran, Nationstates, Patching, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, Security Alerts, Updates, Vulnerabilities, Wiper Malware
Zeroing In On our Industrial Control Systems The country of Iran has been recruiting and training an army of cyberhackers and developing digital tools that can disruptively sabatoge entire computer networks. Now they are focusing their efforts on SCADA systems often...
Jan 11, 2020 | Access Controls, Applications, Asset Management, Attack Vectors, Audit Logs, audit logs, Business, Compliance, Computers, Cyber breaches, cyberattacks, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data Assets, Data Storage, Hackers, Hacking, Incident Response, Intellectual Property Theft, Malware, Patching, Security, Security Alerts, Third - Party, Updates
Metrics Can Not Adequately Describe The Pain of Cybercrime How can you measure the effect of a cybersecurity incident on your company? Knowing the number of records involved and the costs incurred by the event, but it can not give you a complete picture because there...
