The internet has lit up once again, heralding Apple’s decision to deny the US government a “backdoor” into their iPhone cryptography. Apple have outright disagreed with Attorney General William Barr, who stated that Apple have once again failed to provide law enforcement with what amounts to “substantive assistance” (unlocking password-protected iPhones) which were owned by […]
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flareDNS: Malicious Crypto Mining DNS Blocklist Added
Crypto mining is grabbing headlines constantly. Sometimes it is for all of the wrong reasons. There is a huge online threat that is less publicized, and that is hackers stealing CPU (and/or GPU) power to mine cryptocurrency. There are cryptocurrency mining web sites that use javascript and script injections within browsers to generate revenue. Sadly, the […]
Universal Health Services CFO Steve Filton Addresses Impact of Cyber Attack: COVID-19 May Impact Payer Mix (JPM21)
Universal Health Services suffered a major cyber attack on their computer systems late September 2020, forcing an outage of UHS hospital computer and telephone systems. An official statement statement in October 2020 confirmed: “The UHS IT Network has been restored and applications are in the process of being reconnected. The recovery process has been completed […]
Emotet Resurgence – Sending 100,000 Emails Per Day
In this article: Emotet’s primary functions Evasive tactics used by Emotet Previous iterations of Emotet Emotet Ecosystem – Sophos Infographic How the Emotet variant executes Mitigation strategies for healthcare IT administrators Emotet Malware Variant Uses New Evasive Tactics in 2021 The Emotet trojan malware variant has now resurfaced after a two month period of relative […]
Healthcare: Hacking Dominates Healthcare Data Breaches (November 2020)
Healthcare Data Breaches: OCR Reported (November 2020) Of the 1.2 million patients who had their data stolen and exposed in November 2020, half of these healthcare data breaches were attributed to just three separate incidents. In November 2020, 48 data breaches were submitted to HHS’ Office for Civil Rights. These reports came from from insurance […]
Matthew Rosenquist – Industry Recognized Cyber Security Expert, Evangelist and Strategic Advisor
Matthew Rosenquist is an innovative security expert with 30 years of experience, developing practical strategies for an ever-changing cyber landscape. A trusted board advisor and security expert for governments, organizations and academia, Matthew is one of the most well respected cyber security evangelists in the industry. Towards the end of 2019, you highlighted some dangerous […]
Geoff Hancock: Hands On Cyber Security Professional and Thought Leader
Geoff’s opinions and industry knowledge have been publicized worldwide in the Washington Post, and other mainstream media. His 25 years cyber security experience covers Military, IC, DHS and other federal agencies with 18 years across the commercial & Federal sector. Your current cyber security advisory roles encompass a myriad of infrastructures, operations and initiatives in both […]
Alyssa Miller : Hacker, security evangelist and cybersecurity professional
As part of our cyber security interview series, we had the pleasure of interviewing Alyssa Miller. Alyssa is a member of the Developer Relations and Community group at Snyk, and is responsible for providing industry and thought leadership on application security and open-source software security topics. Your role at Snyk must involve communicating security ideas […]
How Fortune 500 Companies Reduce A Cyber Security Analyst Salary By Up To 90% (Feb 2020)
The average cyber security analyst salary has increased 7% in the last three years. As far as scope, in the USA there is a current demand for 500,000 professionals in IT security. By 2022 the number of unfilled positions is expected to be at 1.8 million. This snapshot of the cyber security employment sector is […]
Data Security Solutions for Fintech Startups
The fintech sector has brought consumers an endless stream of modern offerings that have enabled them to ditch several outdated banking and lending products. Companies now have advanced B2B payment solutions at their fingertips, and online financial solutions have never been more convenient – largely thanks to the progress made by fintech startups. But, despite […]
Cyber Security Simplified- Part 2: Crypto Mining Malware
A SERIES OF INFOGRAPHICS TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND CYBER SECURITY (IN PLAIN ENGLISH) Looking for a DNS blocking solution? Take a look at flareDNS… We have developed a DNS blocking solution that is suitable for businesses of all sizes, and offers – Adware Blocking The core feature of flareDNS. Network-wide ad blocking at DNS level […]