Data Breach Affecting Hundreds of Millions
You may have already heard about the massive data breach suffered by Yahoo – and hundreds of millions of their users – but only now...
Cyber Security Predictions for 2017
The rate of cyber attacks and other cyber security incidents is continuing to rise. Experts have been speculating on which trends will continue to...
Ransomware Victims Encouraged to Report Incidents to the FBI
Rather than hide away in shame, you should report your ransomware incident to the FBI, so the law enforcement agency urges. They are also discouraging...
Ransomware Causing a Rethinking of Disaster Recovery Importance
Many companies are having to re-think their disaster recovery strategies due mainly to the recent spike in ransomware attacks, but also because of malware infection...
Global Knowledge: Cybersecurity Predictions
A recent series of white papers released Global Knowledge and specifically authored by James Michael Stewart (CISSP, CEH, CHFI, ECSA, and Security+) reveal some startling...
Yahoo Data Theft Good Reason to Regularly Change Passwords
In case you needed another reason for regularly changing your passwords, the recently-uncovered Yahoo hack of 500 million accounts is probably the reason of the...
Unsafe Facebook and Email Links a Continuing Problem
A new study done on online safety by German scientists reveals that 56% of email recipients and roughly 40% of Facebook users click on links...
How to Tell if Someone Has Read Your Email
It’s a concern many of us may have – whether or not someone has read a sent email message. It concerns both personal and business...
Pentagon’s Use of Floppy Disks “Probably Safer Than Newer Technologies”
They date back all the way to 1971, but the Pentagon is still employing floppy disks as part of their tests and military maneuvers. A...
Super-Sophisticated Spyware Has Been Discovered After Undetected Five-Year Run
After spending a half-decade operating undetected, an APT (advanced persistent threat) known as “ProjectSauron” has been uncovered by both Symantec and Kaspersky Labs. A group...
Data Breaches Often Far More Expensive Than Managed IT Security
We can’t escape it in our current-day, online, Web-connected culture: Every day it seems there is another news story about a business organization that’s been...
Super-Sophisticated Spyware Has Been Discovered After Undetected Five-Year Run
After spending a half-decade operating undetected, an APT (advanced persistent threat) known as “ProjectSauron” has been uncovered by both Symantec and Kaspersky Labs. A group...