Barracuda Networks calls for internet of things devices to be subject to regular security review after researchers detail the application vulnerabilities of an internet-connected security camera Businesses and consumers have a right to know the security posture of devices connected to the internet making up the internet of things(IoT) – and Read more…
During the Cold war we had thousands and thousands of inter-continental ballistic missiles with the potential power to destroy the world, and still do. In today’s reality, on top of that, countries and nation states now have the potential power to cyber attack infrastructure and legacy networks that can take Read more…
Someone is trying to take entire countries offline and cybersecurity experts say ‘it’s a matter of time because it’s really easy Gatwick Airport is Britain’s second busiest by passenger volume, and Europe’s eighth. And yet it was brought to a standstill for two days by two people and a single drone. Its Read more…
Dunkin’ Donuts becomes the latest victim of credential stuffing cyber attack The company was informed about the attack by one of its security vendors. Following the discovery of the attack, the firm enforced password resets to protect the DD Perks account holders’ accounts. Dunkin’ Donuts was hit by hackers recently Read more…
Experts Fear These Cyber Security “9/11” Like Scenarios Power outages, bank runs, changed financial data: Here are the ‘cyber 9/11’ scenarios that really worry the experts: It may be impossible to hedge against the next major cyberattack, but there are some lessons from recent history and some clues from the Read more…
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month. For the past 15 years, the goal of this annual initiative is to raise awareness about the importance of cyber security. In recent years, cyber risk has come out of the server rooms and into the boardrooms. That is a good thing. Cyber Read more…
Federal agencies surge to combat ever-growing cyber security threats—but is it enough? This year has brought major changes to government cyber security, including a new Homeland Security office authorized to tackle long-range cyber challenges and new initiatives to shore up the cyber security of government supply chains and expel risky Read more…
My mother is now retired, but she worked in HR and payroll for decades, sometimes for banks. Based on her stories, I have an understanding of how handing out or snail-mailing physical checks can be inconvenient from both a payer’s and a payee’s perspective. Many workplaces even used to have Read more…
How attackers are getting into millions of WordPress websites and how to prevent this? There are an estimated 172 million active websites on the internet, of which just over half use WordPress software. It is by far the world’s most popular content management system; and almost certainly the most Read more…
Major Online Retailer Cyber Attack U.S. online fashion retailer SHEIN has admitted that the company has suffered a significant data breach after unknown hackers stole personally identifiable information (PII) of almost 6.5 million customers in another Ecommerce cyber attack Based in North Brunswick and founded in 2008, SHEIN has become Read more…