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How to Evict Attackers Living Off Your Land

Apr 4, 2020 | Anti-Virus, Applications, Attack Vectors, Audit Logs, Business, Cloud, Compliance, compromised machines, Critical data, Cyber breaches, Cyber Liability, cyberattacks, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data Assets, Firewalls, Hackers, Hacking, Hacking, Incident Response, industrial espionage, Intellectual Property Theft, Internet, Legacy Systems, Malware, Monitoring, Nationstates, Networking, Organized Crime, Patching, Phishing, Policies and Procedures, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Ransomware, Ransomware, Routers, Security, Security Alerts, Smishing, Surveillance, Technology, Technology, trojans, Updates, Vishing, VPN

How to Evict Attackers Living Off Your Land Why invest in top-shelf malware just to have it be turned away by antivirus tools again and again? Why launch a cyberattack like that when your target is already full of perfectly good attack tools, just waiting for you?...

Google sent users 40,000 warnings of nation-state hack attacks in 2019

Apr 4, 2020 | Agencies, Business, Business Email Compromise, Censorship, China, Cyber breaches, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, DOJ, Economic Disruption, FBI, Fines and Penalties, FTC, Government, Hackers, Hacking, Hacking, Hacks, Internet, Internet Service Providers, IoT, Iran, Journalists, Law Enforcement, Malware, Malware, Monitoring, Nationstates, North Korea, Patching, Phishing, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Regulation, Security, Security Alerts, Smishing, Social Engineering, Surveillance, Technology, Technology, Third - Party, third-world, Threat Analysis, trojans, Updates, Vishing, Web Tools, Zero-Day

Google sent users 40,000 warnings of nation-state hack attacks in 2019 Google’s threat analysis group, which counters targeted and government-backed hacking against the company and its users, sent account holders almost 40,000 warnings in 2019, with government...

3 Mobile Security Problems That Most Security Teams Haven’t Fixed Yet

Apr 4, 2020 | Applications, Attack Vectors, Business, Internet, Mobile, Mobile Phones, Phishing, Phone, Privacy, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, Technology, updates and patches

3 Mobile Security Problems That Most Security Teams Haven’t Fixed Yet Workplaces continue to expand beyond the walls of the traditional office building and out into unsecured environments, increasingly relying on mobile devices. But as mobile usage increases, so...

Technology Empowers Pandemic Response, But Privacy Worries Remain

Apr 4, 2020 | Agencies, Big Tech, Biological Viruses, Business, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Covid-19, FDA, Fines and Penalties, Government, Hacking, Mobile Phones, Monitoring, Monitoring, Pandemic, Patching, Privacy, Quarantine, Quarantine, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Remote-Work, Security, Security Alerts, social distancing, Technology, Technology, Tracking, Updates

Technology Empowers Pandemic Response, But Privacy Worries Remain In late January and early February, a study of influenza had the ability to reveal whether subjects in the Seattle area were infected by the novel coronavirus. But medical privacy rules scuttled...

Introducing Zero-Trust Access

Apr 4, 2020 | Access Controls, Attack Vectors, Business, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Government, Hackers, Internet, intrusion tactics, Malware, Mobile, Networking, Privacy, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Regulatory Compliance, Remote-Work, Security, Technology, Technology, Vulnerabilities, Zero Trust, Zero-Day

Introducing Zero-Trust Access Working remotely has been a reality for many knowledge workers for many years, enabled by the growth and development of the Internet, Wi-Fi connectivity, and mobile computing devices. Indeed, it was this trend that powered the...

The Risky Business Gamble of AI

Mar 28, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Big Tech, Biological Viruses, Business, Coronavirus, Corporate Reputation, Covid-19, Critical data, Facebook, Instagram, Internet, LinkedIn, Machine Learning, predictive algorithms, Quarantine, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, Snapchat, Social Media, Social Media, Social Networking, Technology

The Risky Business Gamble of AI The worldwide pandemic of Covid-19 has increased the amount of traffic on all of the social networks. With almost everyone at home, they have more time to comment and research and share stories and opinions. This means that these...