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Knights of Old, a 150-year-old UK company, is gone – due to a cyberattack! This terribly unfortunate event is a good example of how cybersecurity matters to every company that depends on digital technology - even if it is to run your books or manage

This may turn out to be the biggest #cryptocurrency hack in history! $1.5 BILLION. The details are sparse, but I am interested in the origins of this attack, especially if it was from a nation-state level attacker.

Apparently, it was the cold wallet t

Secureworks released a report detailing how North Korean attackers are targeting western countries with a new tactic. Attackers are fraudulently obtaining positions so they can victimize the employer!

I predict we will see more of these types of attac

One of the most impressive hacks ever! Such tremendous sophistication is the hallmark of Nation State level attackers. Truly epic, but should you be worried?

Some say no, as the attack is not currently widespread.
I say we should all be concerned wi

Hackers are exploiting an un-patchable vulnerability (CVE-2023–2868) in Barracuda Email Security Gateway appliances. Barracuda has announced that customers should discontinue using the email security product or upgrade. Hackers are using multiple typ

Aggressive countries are leveraging cyber to conduct offensive operations against targets across the globe. The threat of nation-state attacks is growing and I had the opportunity to discuss the challenges with Jeremey Strozer, a strategic risk and i

When I heard of the MSI compromise, I had similar fears of an IT supply chain attack. However, after walking the logic and high-level details I felt that the current attack was unlikely a sophisticated play to compromise downstream consumers of MSI p

One of my cybersecurity predictions for 2023 is the rise of cyber Private Military Companies (PMC) to specialize in cyberattacks.

One of the most famous PMCs currently in the news is the Russian Wagner group that is fighting for Russia on the ground

The cyber attacks on LastPass continue to be more invasive and damaging to its customers. Numerous security failures and poor leadership decisions have undermined this cybersecurity company’s reputation and sent its customers scrambling to protect t

On January 19, 2023, it was reported that thousands of PayPal accounts have been hacked. This news has caused concern among PayPal users who are now wondering if their own accounts have been compromised. In this blog post, we will provide an overview

The recent outage of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) Pilot-Alert system, which triggered a 90 minute “ground stop” delayed over 9 thousand flights and was behind the cancelation of 1300, leaving countless flyers s

There are 3 things that LastPass customers need to know and do, to protect themselves from the recent encrypted vault breach! 

Consider this a community service video for LastPass users!

I hope this nonsense does not escalate down this path, but as Russia continues to fail with their attempts to conquer Ukraine, Putin will become more desperate and want to lash-out at Ukraine’s biggest international supporters.  Cyberattacks are a gr

Uber’s latest breach is big and fraught with concerns about the maturity of the company’s cybersecurity capability. Failure abounds across their technology, behaviors, and processes. We can all learn from Uber’s mistakes!

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The Syniverse hack may be the most important data breach of the year!

Hackers had access for 5 years and potentially compromised hundreds of billions of SMS text messages, likely including 2nd Factor Authentication codes that protect logins and are us

No doubt you had heard about Chrysler’s recall of affected cars as it appeared in all the top media. You’ll be even more surprised if you see how many recalls happened because of technical issues in recent months. But there is something that we may m

Zoom is in crisis mode, facing grave and very public concerns regarding the trust in management’s commitment for secure products, the respect for user privacy, the honesty of its marketing, and the design decisions that preserve a positive user exper