Ukrainian Oleksandr Ieremenko, 30, tops a recently re-launched Most Wanted List from the U.S. Secret Service. We say “tops” because Ieremenko and a colleague each have a $1 million reward for information on their whereabouts. The U.S. wants Ieremenko for 2010 hacks into newswires that host business press releases. The stolen releases provided insider knowledge …
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Do you do business with the government? If you or your firm are a government contractor and suffer a security incident or misrepresent your cybersecurity practices, heads up. The U.S. Department of Justice could sue you. The DOJ recently said it would leverage the existing False Claims Act (FCA) to pursue cybersecurity-related fraud by government …
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You know how cyber training warns you to look for poor English to avoid getting ransomware in a phishing email? How about looking for poor English on a jobs page? Cybersecurity jobs, to be specific. A company calling itself Bastion Secure advertised for a Reverse Engineer, a System Administrator, and programmers experienced in PHP, Python, …
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The world has grown pretty scary in recent years. Hackers attempted to poison a Florida water supply. They cut off a major supplier of gasoline for the Southeastern states. Ransomware appears to have contributed to an Alabama baby’s death. Hackers steal personal information, money, and intellectual property almost on a daily basis. They’re like zombies …
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Ad Blockers are software programs that block ads from appearing on the websites you visit. They were originally designed to eliminate those annoying, flashing, pop-up ads that ruined many a website experience. Ad Blockers typically come as extensions on web browsers. One of the most popular – or recommended – blocker has been AdBlock Plus. …
Today’s world includes unrelenting attempts by hackers, some sponsored by foreign countries, to steal data, damage systems, and halt operations. Hackers’ skillfully-written emails, with fraudulent links and attachments, increase the likelihood that all organizations will experience an attack sooner or later. Such phishing emails are the source of most breaches – and impossible to block …
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On one of our daily check-in calls, a colleague asked each of us to share something the rest likely didn’t know about them. The answers were fascinating. One colleague is working in his spare time on a skateboard documentary. One colleague loves to sing – and often sings to himself while walking. Another colleague is …
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Flash, the software that originally powered online videos, gaming, and other dynamic content on websites, will be retired by Adobe this December. “Few technologies have yielded such divisive and widespread passion as Flash,” writes Ars Technica in a look back over the software’s history. “Many gush over its versatility and ease of use as a …
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Two years ago, if you had asked Houchens Insurance Group (HIG) President Andy Barker if the organization could handle 85 percent of its staff working from home, he would have said no. “If the coronavirus restrictions had happened to us even 18 months ago, we would have been in an unbelievable amount of trouble,” Barker …
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As a patchwork of privacy regulations start to appear at the state level in the U.S., the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released guidance on how to keep data private. The new, “version 1.0” framework is designed to help enterprises manage privacy risks. It follows a similar framework tool developed to manage …
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