CoinVault and Bitcryptor ransomware victims don’t need to pay the ransom
Kaspersky Lab has added an additional 14,031 decryption keys to their free repository, enabling all those who have fallen victim to CoinVault and Bitcryptor ransomware to …
Creating a secure network for the Internet of Things
The attitudes and perceptions around the Internet of Things (IoT) span a wide array of views from the extreme excitement of consumers and manufacturers, to the concerns …
The top 6 scariest cloud security mistakes and how to avoid them
As Halloween approaches, the only thing more frightening than a house of horrors is a security threat to your enterprise cloud system. One slip-up could not only be …
What should companies do after a wide-scale data breach?
It is not always possible to prevent such attacks, however, it is possible to make them highly unlikely to succeed. It is also possible to limit the extent of possible damage …
Smart home security and privacy checklist
Today’s homes are being built and retrofitted with smart apps and devices to monitor things like security, temperature and lighting. Homeowners and renters should be cognizant …
Think twice about Android root
In recent years the practice of Android rooting, that is the process of allowing an Android phone or tablet to bypass restrictions set by carriers, operating systems or …
Wargame teaches senior leaders about strategic threats and risks
On Oct. 13 Booz Allen and the FC2 held a cybersecurity wargame simulation for senior officials in the public and private sectors at the University of South Florida, the home …
Employee activities that every security team should monitor
Next time you are at a cocktail party with a group of IT security professionals, try this icebreaker – “Which of the following user activities could open the door to a data …
8 key online fraud behaviors and patterns
Sift Science examined data from 1.3 million online transactions and profiles in various industries from August 2014 to August 2015. Data was cross-referenced with third-party …
Why everyone should care about two-factor authentication
In the age of BYOD, corporate employees and consumers alike have access to incredible computing power in the palms of their hands. With almost our entire digital lives …
Internet of Things: Rethinking privacy and information sharing
It is hard to imagine a world where the Internet of Things (IoT) is our collective “normal” – when our interaction with devices around us is so embedded in our lives, how we …
Top 3 trends in today’s threat landscape
Every day there seems to be a new malware threat that we hear about, from remotely controlling cars and medical equipment, to attacks on well-known security vendors such as …
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