third-world | Craig Peterson | America's Leading Network Security Coach

A Lesson to Learn – If it is Connected It can Be Hacked

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...

Updates, Patches and Hackers Oh My!

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...

Cyber War isn’t Coming It is already Here!

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...

Bomb’s will not be Iran’s retaliation – Technological hacks are more likely

Jan 11, 2020 | Asset Management, Attack Vectors, Audit Logs, automation, Best Practices, Business, Business Email Compromise, Cyber breaches, cyberattacks, Cybercrime, Data, Data Assets, DOD, Economic Disruption, Email, Firewalls, Government, Hackers, Hacking, Hacking Tools, Homeland Security, Incident Response, Internet, Iran, Law Enforcement, Nationstates, Networking, Operating Systems, Patching, Phishing, Phishing, Policies and Procedures, Privacy, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Routers, Security, Security, Security Alerts, segmentation, Switches, Technology, Third - Party, third-world, Updates, Wiper Malware

Bomb’s will not be Iran’s retaliation – Technological hacks are more likely Microsoft said on Friday that Iranian hackers, with apparent backing from the government, had made more than 2,700 attempts to identify the email accounts of current and...

Did the Russians get Anywhere close to Hacking our 2016 Election?

Jan 4, 2020 | 2FA, Attack Vectors, Audit Logs, audit logs, Business, Business Email Compromise, credential stealing, credentials, Cyber Liability, cyberattacks, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Elections, Elections, Email, Employees, Encryption, Hackers, Hacking, Hacking, Hacking Tools, Intellectual Property Theft, Internet, Nationstates, Patching, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Russia, safety, Security, Security Alerts, spying, Technology, Third - Party, third-world, Updates, Voting Technology

Did the Russians get Anywhere close to Hacking our 2016 Election? Like with most of the hacks, it all begins the same way, unpatched vulnerable systems, and untrained personnel. That is all it takes for an opportunistic criminal or nation-state hacker to gain...

Are You At Risk from Your Outsourced Software Provider

Dec 19, 2019 | Backup, Business, credential stealing, Cyber Liability, cyberattacks, Cybersecurity, Data Storage, Fines and Penalties, Government, Hacking, Hacking, hacking as a service, Hacks, Incident Response, Insider Threat, Internet, Malware, Networking, Patching, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Regulation, Security, Security Alerts, Software As A Service, Technology, Third - Party, Updates

Are You At Risk from Your Outsourced Software Provider The “Cloud” is the eponymous name given for a computer server that belongs to another person or company that you have no control over. There are many companies who offer computing services to...