Understanding IoT botnets
If you were online on Friday October 21st, you were probably affected by the DDoS attack against managed DNS provider Dyn. Dyn observed that tens of millions of IP addresses …
Why don’t all businesses have a good continuity strategy?
It has been said that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. In the case of disaster recovery, however, businesses tend focus on prevention without anticipating the …
Federal regulators: Increasing cybersecurity stance on financial institutions
Everyone is increasing the attention of cybersecurity given the continued parade of hacking incidents. Just last week, the three main prudential regulators for financial …
IoT security: Defending a young industry from attack
As the IoT industry matures, it’s safe to say we’re well past “early adopter” phase and seeing broader development and deployment. While the prospect of a more established and …
How cybercriminals attack homes, and how to stop them
At a recent Home Hacker Lab event, an ethical hacker revealed how cybercriminals attack, and what consumers can do to protect themselves. The October 13 workshop in New York …
Four ways to keep data safe during election season
There is no shortage of passionate feelings among voters when it comes to this November’s presidential election. Those feelings extend tenfold to each candidate’s campaigns. …
Fight fraud: Scams, identity theft, ransomware attacks
In an increasingly technology-oriented world, cybercrime has become all too common for both consumers and businesses. Internet crime takes many forms and includes everything …
Critical cybersecurity priorities for the next US president
While the US presidential campaign has occasionally focused on cyber security, the topic demands more urgent attention from the individual elected as the 45th President of the …
How much law firms dedicate to data privacy and security
Vulnerabilities in law firms’ data security present an unprecedented existential threat, while increasing corporate demand for legal expertise in information security, …
Democracy for the Internet of Things
In the past I’ve written a number of times on the way that the IoT potentially changes the relationship between governments and their constituents – and a profound change that …
How to implement an EFSS ransomware recovery plan
Ransomware attacks are at an all-time high, and security experts warn it has become a matter of “when” not “if” your company will be breached. The number of victims has grown …
Components of an effective vulnerability management process
Vulnerabilities continue to grab headlines. Whether it is a zero-day that affects “tens of millions” servers around the globe or an old unpatched flaw that leads to a data …