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Facebook announced late on Friday that it was suspending Strategic Communication Laboratories (SCL) and its political data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica — the data analytics firm that worked with President Donald Trump’s 2016 election. The move came a few hours before The Guardian and The …
Several U.S. Republican lawmakers expressed concern over privacy violations on Sunday after media reports that a political consultancy that worked on President Donald Trump’s campaign gained inappropriate access to 50 million Facebook users’ data. Republican Senator Marco Rubio said he …
The US has blamed Russia for a series of attacks on energy sector firms, underlining the need to ensure critical infrastructure IT systems are up to date and secure The US has accused the Russian government of carrying out a …
As discussed in The risk of okra, every company is in business because they are willing to do something that other guys aren’t. It is really important for an organization to keep track of this thing they are willing to …
The Trump administration accused Russia on Thursday of engineering a series of cyberattacks that targeted American and European nuclear power plants and water and electric systems, and could have sabotaged or shut power plants off at will. United States officials …
Though the Greek philosopher Heraclitus was the first to remark, “the only thing constant is change,” more than 2,000 years ago, it’s an observation that remains true even in modern times. Anyone versed in the technology industry knows this is …
TOPSY-TURVY IN EXECUTIVE BRANCH CYBER WORLD — The latest Trump administration leadership shakeup on Tuesday, which rattled Congress anew, would establish two different agency leaders and the exit of Rex Tillerson from his State Department post. Tillerson is out after …
Prices of major cryptocurrencies continued their sharp downward slide on Thursday amid closer regulatory scrutiny on the space and after Google announced plans to ban advertising related to the sector. The market capitalization or value of all the world’s digital …
Cryptomining has surpassed even ransomware as the revenue generator of choice according to a Cisco Talos report, which claims crypto-mining botnets can earn hackers up to $500 dollars a day and a dedicated effort could equate to more than $100,000 …
Ecommerce fraud doesn’t happen only online anymore. As more people worldwide gain internet access and shop online in new and different ways, fraudsters have a growing pool of potential victims and more options for committing theft. Organized criminals now target …
In what may catch many by surprise, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are being used against companies, organizations, and individuals as an act of vengeance or revenge. No one is immune; documented victims have included non-profit organizations, community colleges, …
It’s high drama on the AMD front as researchers claim to have discovered “multiple critical security vulnerabilities and exploitable manufacturer backdoors inside AMD’s latest Epyc, Ryzen, Ryzen Pro, and Ryzen Mobile processors.” The researchers say that if attackers were to …
I often run into computer security event monitoring teams that brag about how much information they collect each day or second, or tout how many petabytes of new storage arrays they have recently bought. I usually see such proclamations as a sign …
Google is joining Facebook in banning advertising for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Google, the largest provider of digital advertising on the internet, announced on Tuesday that it plans to change its advertising policy for certain financial services, including cryptocurrencies, starting …
The world’s financial leaders will call on international standard-setting bodies on March 20 for stronger monitoring of crypto-assets and to assess the need for a multilateral response as such assets could at some point threaten financial stability. Cryptocurrencies are seen …
The number of devices that exist within an average organization has grown exponentially over the last few years. The growth of mobility and the Internet of Things (IoT) explosion have led to a rapid rise in the number of endpoints …
There is nothing like attending a face-to-face event for career networking and knowledge gathering, and we don’t have to tell you how helpful it can be to get a hands-on demo of a new tool or to have your questions …
CUTTING THROUGH THE DIGITAL STATIC — The Trump administration’s promises about deterring Russian meddling in U.S. elections are being undercut by confusion over what the military can and can’t do to adversaries in cyberspace, Martin reports. A parade of senior …
I know a lot of persuasive folks in the cybersecurity community who can easily conjure up a dozen different cyberattack scenarios detailed enough to scare the socks off any board member. Many of us have been hearing about these hypothetical …
Just because you have home insurance it does not mean you should stop locking your front door. Equally travel insurance does not give you free rein to leave your valuables scattered around the hotel pool. All insurance policies expect the …
