Endpoint October 18, 2022

Threat management and unified endpoint management

4 min read - The worst of the pandemic may be behind us, but we continue to be impacted by it. School-aged kids are trying to catch up academically and socially after two years of disruption. Air travel is a mess. And all businesses…

Data Protection October 13, 2022

How do data breaches impact economic instability?

4 min read - Geopolitical conflict, inflation, job market pressure, rising debt — we’ve been hearing about economic headwinds for a while now. Could data breaches have anything to do with this? According to a recent IBM report, the average cost of a data…

News October 12, 2022

Ransomware attackers target U.S. colleges and universities

2 min read - U.S. colleges and universities are on high alert for cyberattacks. The FBI issued a warning for higher education in March 2021. Even with universities taking steps, several found themselves victims of BlackCat, also known as the ALPHV group. A wave…

Government October 11, 2022

How the US government is fighting back against ransomware

6 min read - As ransomware-related payments surged toward $600 million in the first half of 2021, the U.S. government knew it needed to do more to fight back against cyber criminals. For many years, the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) had…

Risk Management October 10, 2022

What you should know about the Honda key fob vulnerability

3 min read - As a cybersecurity writer, I’m more aware than the average person of the security risks with any connected device. So when I sat in my new car for the first time and saw all the different ways it linked to…

News September 21, 2022

DOE invests $12M in cybersecurity research for energy grid

2 min read - In June 2021, CNN asked U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm if U.S. enemies could shut down the power grid. She said they could. Meanwhile, the concern over energy grid attacks has increased with the Russian attack on Ukraine. Attackers…

News September 14, 2022

Ransomware attacks on agriculture potentially timed to critical seasons

2 min read - The FBI has warned the Food and Agriculture (FA) sector that ransomware actors may be preparing to attack agricultural cooperatives during critical planting and harvest seasons. This could lead to disrupted operations, financial loss and a negative impact on the…

News September 7, 2022

Congress wants to study the cybersecurity of satellites

2 min read - In April 2022, a bipartisan group of congressmen introduced the Satellite Cybersecurity Act. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and John Cornyn (R-TX) authored the bill, and Congressman Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY) joined with Congressman Tom Malinowski (D-NJ) to introduce the bill to…

Data Protection September 7, 2022

The cost of a data breach for government agencies

4 min read - What happens when attackers breach local government, police departments or public health services? What would happen if attackers compromised the U.S. Treasury’s network? These types of incidents happen every month and lead to service interruptions at the very least. More…

News August 31, 2022

40% of zero day exploits from the last decade happened in 2021

2 min read - Zero-day vulnerabilities are increasing. Attackers can exploit these weaknesses in the wild before a patch becomes publicly available. Until white hats mitigate a zero-day vulnerability, actors can freely exploit it to breach data, systems and networks. According to a Mandiant…