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Joseph Steinberg Appointed To CompTIA Cybersecurity Advisory Council
January 25, 2021Long-time cybersecurity-industry veteran, Joseph Steinberg, has been appointed by CompTIA, the information technology (IT) industry’s nonprofit...
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We Must Condemn, Not Celebrate, The Download of Parler’s Data: Hacker Vigilantism May Even Help Criminals More Than Law Enforcement
January 19, 2021Last week, shortly before Amazon took the Parler social network offline by terminating the latter’s hosting...
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Small Business Are Suffering Breaches – And Going Bust – Because They Don’t Have Access to Cyber-Threat Intelligence
January 12, 2021In the context of cybersecurity, threat intelligence refers to information about hostile actors and/or the threats...
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Images Of Government-Issued IDs Should Not Be Trusted For Authentication
January 11, 2021Government Issued identity documents (IDs), such as passports and drivers’ licenses, may be appropriate forms of...
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Banning President Trump From Social Media May Seem Moral, But It Is Both Wrong And Threatens Our Democracy
January 9, 2021Back in 2019, I wrote that lawmakers must prohibit social media platforms from banning anyone for...
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Every Computer and Smartphone in the Capitol Should be Considered Compromised and Dangerous
January 7, 2021While much of the security-oriented focus regarding the storming of the Capitol building by protesters yesterday...
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Adobe Flash Is Finally Dead – And You Should Uninstall It Immediately. Here Is How and Why.
January 4, 2021Uninstall Adobe Flash Player From any devices on which you still have it running. Flash was...
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US Orders Rare Emergency System Shut-Downs After Severe CyberSecurity Breach Hits Government And Businesses
December 14, 2020The U.S. government instructed all of its civilian agencies to immediately shut off various popular network...
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Warning To Employers And Their Former Employees: Ex-Engineer Sentenced To 2 Years In Prison For Hacking Cisco’s WebEx
December 14, 2020A former Cisco engineer was sentenced this past Wednesday (December 9, 2020) to 24 months in...
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Social Media Account Verification Messages: CyberCriminals’ Latest Phishing Technique Exploits Both Human Emotions And Anti-Fraud Techniques
December 1, 2020Social media users’ delight at receiving notification that their accounts have qualified for Verification (that is,...