Why Your Hospital Network Needs an IoT Security Policy
By Marc Laliberte, Technical Security Operations Manager, WatchGuard Technologies The Internet of Things (IoT) industry has a security problem that has existed since its inception. From the Mirai botnet that…
Microsoft warns of a zero-day in Internet Explorer that is actively exploited
Microsoft warns of a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer that is actively exploited by threat actors using weaponized Office docs. Microsoft warns of a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2021-40444) in Internet Explorer…
Keeping Health Records Safe from Cyber Criminals
By Dexter Caffey, Founder and CEO, Smart Eye Technology The healthcare industry is currently one of the most lucrative targets for hackers. A recent report by a mobile security company…
Considering Collateral Intrusion in Digital Forensics
Achieving A Balance Between Public Protection and Public Privacy By Alan McConnell, Forensic Advisor, Cyan The importance of digital evidence contained on the personal devices of suspects, victims, and witnesses…
FBI IC3 warns of a spike in sextortion attacks
The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) warns of a spike in sextortion attacks since the beginning of 2021 that caused $8M losses. The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)…
Combatting Industry Burnout by Building Resilient Security Teams
By Rick McElroy, Principal Cybersecurity Strategist, VMware We have reached a pivotal point in the history of cybersecurity. Catalyzed by the shift to an anywhere-work environment during COVID-19, attack surfaces…
Time to Act: How Real-Time Analytics Can Help Stop the Cyber Kill Chain
Access to Real-Time Contextualized Information through In-Memory Computing Can Help Security Teams Spot Evolving Threats Before It’s Too Late By Dr. William Bain, CEO and Founder of ScaleOut Software In…
How Trustworthy is Your Cyber Defense?
Make your cybersecurity spending pay off with added defense tactics and provider accreditation By Tom Brennan, Chairman, CREST USA Cyber criminals are branching out from the big guys, the Facebook-type…
Looking Back at Executive Order on Cybersecurity and What it Means for Your Business
By James Gorman, CISO of AuthX On May 12, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order focused on improving the nation’s cybersecurity. This executive order strives to accomplish several important objectives for the United States’ approach to safeguarding its data and…
ChaosDB, a Critical Cosmos DB flaw affected thousands of Microsoft Azure Customers
Microsoft has fixed a critical flaw in Cosmos DB that allowed any Azure user to remotely take over other users’ databases without any authorization. Researchers from Cloud security company Wiz…
CISA urges enterprises to fix Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB flaw
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an alert urging enterprises to address the recently disclosed vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security…
The FBI issued a flash alert for Hive ransomware operations
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published a flash alert related to the operations of the Hive ransomware gang. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released a flaw alert…