Becoming the Face of Change
One of the biggest reasons for gender disparity in cybersecurity was the lack of a role model. The problem here is the fact that...
McAfee Report Predicts 2020 to be Year of Mobile Sneak Attacks
McAfee released its Mobile Threat Report 2020, which found that hackers are using hidden mobile apps, third-party login and counterfeit gaming videos to target...
FDA Reveals Potential Vulnerabilities in Certain Medical Devices
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has notified patients, health care providers about a set of cybersecurity vulnerabilities mentioned as "SweynTooth." According to...
Raytheon Partners IronNet for Enhanced Protection for OT/IT Systems
Military contracting giant Raytheon and cybersecurity startup IronNet Cybersecurity Inc. have partnered to develop cyber solutions for defense of operational and information technology (OT/IT)...
Ransomware Attacks and Data Breaches on U.S. Schools and Colleges Triple in 2019
According to a report from the K-12 Cybersecurity Resource Center, the K-12 public school districts and education agencies across the U.S. suffered a total...
Jim Scholefield Joins Marriott International as CIDO
Marriott International announced the appointment of Jim Scholefield as Chief Information and Digital Officer (CIDO). The appointment came into effect on February 24, 2020. In this...
Regulations for Air Transport May Prove Ineffective: Study
A study by Queen Mary University of London’s Cloud Legal Project has stated that the cybersecurity strategies for air transport set by the NIS...
U.S. Indicts Four Chinese Hackers Over 2017 Equifax Data Breach
The U.S. Department of Justice pressed charges against four Chinese nationals for hacking the Atlanta-based credit reporting agency Equifax in 2017. The four hackers,...
OurMine Group Hacks Facebook’s Official Twitter and Instagram Accounts
The social media accounts of social networking and technology giant Facebook were temporarily compromised by a hacking group named OurMine. The incident came to...
Why CISOs Should Worry About Sodinokibi Ransomware
In late April 2019, researchers from Cisco Talos came across a strain of ransomware that raided a web server. The entry point was a...
