The ‘Hybrid Workplace’ is Rife with Security Problems
While workers may embrace the new normal of a hybrid workplace, certain employees may be less enthused than others. Chief among them: security teams.
Read MoreWhile workers may embrace the new normal of a hybrid workplace, certain employees may be less enthused than others. Chief among them: security teams.
Read MoreWith a technique called SIM-swapping, bad actors on the internet are having some of their greatest successes to date.
Read MoreConvenient, secure, and confirmable, paper ballots may be a rarity today – a low-tech solution that best solves a high-tech problem.
Read MoreTwitter’s high-profile hack on July 15 featured an ‘only-in-Silicon Valley’ level of absurdity. As the internet followed the action live, attackers commandeered the accounts of major public figures on Twitter to facilitate a Bitcoin payment scam. Absurd or not, the damage was real: in the end, CNN reported the account “received more than $100,000 worth […]
Read MoreCOVID-19 has fundamentally altered even the most basic facets of daily life, from business to social interactions. With varying degrees of distancing measures in effect, video conferencing has surged for work, education, and simple social interactions. Services like Zoom have experienced a boom, with its service notching 300 million daily users April. But the company […]
Read MoreCybercrime is an increasingly prevalent – and costly – concern for organizations around the world. Information loss represents 43 percent of an average $2.4 million cost for malware victims. Cybercrime damage is projected to reach $6 trillion annually by 2021. It is especially common in heavily internet-connected countries like the United States, where companies increasingly […]
Read MoreThe rise of mobile technology means we are rarely disconnected from a vast ecosystem of services and content. With more people online sharing more than ever, personal data has become currency, and entire business models are predicated on harvesting and deriving insight from that information. But technology companies have lost the benefit of the doubt […]
Read MoreThe US Department of Justice announced on August 1 that it had filed charges against “three high-ranking members of a sophisticated international cybercrime group operating out of Eastern Europe,” called FIN7. Dmytro Federov, Fedir Hladyr, and Andrii Kolpakov have been charged with 26 felony counts each, including conspiracy, wire fraud, computer hacking, and identity theft. […]
Read MoreA Russian man accused of hacking numerous American companies was extradited from the Czech Republic to the United States in March 2018. Yevgeniy Nikulin, who allegedly hacked LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Formspring in 2012, used employee credentials for improper activity and also conspired to illegally sell the obtained data. Mr. Nikulin is facing a nine-count indictment […]
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