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Cybercriminals target holiday shoppers with malicious Black Friday apps
As Black Friday approaches, a new study has revealed that there are hundreds of potentially malicious Black Friday apps online targeting unsuspecting consumers. RiskIQ’s found tha…
Continue Reading#1237161: SamSam and GandCrab Illustrate Evolution of Ransomware. 2018 has seen a major divergence in the operation of ransomware: targeted versus ransomware as a service (RaaS). Two particular malware families have dominated each branch: SamSam (targe…
Continue ReadingSocial engineering is an increasingly important methodology used by fraud actors of all types to gather information and target government agencies, SMBs and enterprises – in addition to consumers. In this post, I’d like to share my strong point of view…
Continue ReadingThe entrepreneur has always been involved in controversy. John McAfee, an information security community personality, has been found legally ‘liable’ for the death of his neighbor, who was found dead because of a gunshot wound to his head at his home i…
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A set of scripts compromises the security of Docker services. According to reports of cybersecurity and digital forensics specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security, malicious hackers seeking an easy way to mine cryptocurrency wi…
Continue ReadingIn late August 2018, the government of Nigeria announced that the establishment of its to be headquartered in Abuja. According to news reporting , at the onset the command would be comprised of approximately 150 officers pulled from the all services in…
Continue ReadingIn a blog post I wrote in August — The most important attributes of a cybersecurity platform — I listed the eight attributes that my colleague Doug Cahill and I believe are critical for a cybersecurity technology platform. The blog post also ranks the …
Continue ReadingThe reports, citing cybersecurity companies CrowdStrike and FireEye Inc, about a cyberoperation against US government agencies emerged on Friday. They claimed that hackers sent emails purporting to come from a State Department employee, Susan Stevenson…
Continue ReadingThe Trump administration recently published two papers defining its cybersecurity vision and strategy for the nation. While many of the broad objectives for protecting U.S. interests in cyberspace are not new, some specific actions are worth noting. De…
Continue ReadingAmerica’s Christian Credit Union, Glendora, Calif., reduced its cybersecurity threat plane by 90 percent by upgrading both its hardware and its resistance to phishing – and earned a Credit Union Journal Best Practices award for 2018 in the category of …
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