COVID-19 has disrupted today’s workplace for the foreseeable future. Beginning in mid-March 2020, employees transitioned in mass from their onsite offices to a variety of off-site locations. Federal workers are not expected to return to the office almost a...
We all know the name, Edward Snowden. Variously described as a whistleblower, hero, or even a traitor, in the security community, he is what is known as an ‘insider threat.’ With Snowden and his wife recently seeking dual citizenship...
Security researchers identified a supply-chain attack targeting the Vietnam Government Certification Authority (VGCA) that compromised the agency's digital signature toolkit. According to an investigation from the security firm ESET, cybercriminals exploited the software installers hosted on the VGCA's website...
The SolarWinds Orion IT management software hack is now acting like a tornado, sucking up everything and growing larger with every passing moment. SolarWinds, in its SEC filing, acknowledged that nearly 18,000 of its customers were affected in their...
Information security is a growing concern for small and big businesses alike. While we do everything we can in our power to protect the enterprise, Chief Information Security Officers or CISOs will always be central to security. A CISO...
Seems like Twitter’s is ending 2020 on a bitter note! From multiple data breaches to a series of celebrity account hacks, the social networking giant suffered multiple challenges in 2020. And the latest fine from Ireland’s data regular adds...
The recently reported supply chain attack on the SolarWinds Orion platform has grabbed the attention of many eyeballs because the Orion IT management platform is used by several U.S. government agencies like the Dept. of Treasury, Dept. of Commerce,...
Cyberattacks on health care organizations have become rampant in 2020. With multiple data breaches and ransomware attacks, the health care providers continued to be the primary target for cybercriminals. According to the “U.S. Health Care Data Breach Statistics” survey,...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) of the U.S. has issued orders to nine social media and video streaming giants, asking them to provide data and clarity on how they collect, use, and present the personal information of their consumers....
Cybersecurity researchers from CybelAngel, a provider of digital risk protection services, uncovered a massive data leak incident that exposed millions of medical-related sensitive images, X-rays, CT scans, and personal health care information (PHI). The images are openly accessible on...
