WordPress backup plugin maker Updraft says “You should update”…
February 22 2022A straight-talking bug report written in plain English by an actual expert - there's a teachable moment in this cybersecurity story!
Read moreReport: Missouri Governor’s Office Responsible for Teacher Data Leak
February 22 2022Missouri Governor Mike Parson made headlines last year when he vowed to criminally prosecute a journalist for reporting a security flaw in a state website that exposed personal information...
Read moreA New Cybersecurity “Social Contract”
February 22 2022The US National Cyber Director Chris Inglis wrote an essay outlining a new social contract for the cyber age:
The United States needs a new social contract for the...
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Hidden Costs of a Data Breach
February 22 2022Don't consider just the initial costs. Hidden factors include remediation, revenue loss, reputational harm, national security — even human life.
Read moreFrench speakers blasted by sextortion scams with no text or links
February 21 2022You'd spot this one a mile away... but what about your friends or family?
Read moreOpen Source Code: The Next Major Wave of Cyberattacks
February 21 2022The ubiquity of open source software presents a significant security risk, as it opens the door for vulnerabilities to be introduced (intentionally or inadvertently) to those who use it.
Read moreOpen Source Code: The Next Major Wave of Cyberattacks
February 21 2022The ubiquity of open source software presents a significant security risk, as it opens the door for vulnerabilities to be introduced (intentionally or inadvertently) to those who use it.
Read moreStealing Bicycles by Swapping QR Codes
February 21 2022This is a clever hack against those bike-rental kiosks:
They’re stealing Citi Bikes by switching the QR scan codes on two bicycles near each other at a docking station,...
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There’s a lot of fishing going on: The number of Chinese-flagged vessels in the south Pacific has surged 13-fold from 54 active vessels in 2009 to 707 in 2020, according...
Read moreKey Application Security Metrics Show Few Signs of Improvement
February 18 2022A new study shows that organizations continued to take an inordinately long time to fix vulnerabilities and fixed fewer known issues in their environments last year than in 2020.
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