Social Engineering Comes to the Forefront of Attacks

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...

Updates, Patches and Hackers Oh My!

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!

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...

Zeroing In On our Industrial Control Systems

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...

Metrics Can Not Adequately Describe The Pain of Cybercrime

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...

Hackers Preying on Old and Decrepit Technology

Hackers Preying on Old and Decrepit Technology 1042-02 Cybercriminals will innovate when necessary. However, more likely, like any successful enterprise, they will harvest any low-hanging fruit when and wherever they can find it. For those of us with unpatched older...