Archives: July, 2020

To the extent that remote learning will be practiced in the new school year, educators, parents and students have to do some quick learning about cybersecurity, The Last Watchdog blog advises. “Overnight, those in charge must learn how to operate all of our elementary, junior high and high schools as if they were digital-native startups,” […]

The KnowBe4 security awareness training blog, in a post by Roger Grimes, advises that “Seventy to ninety percent of all malicious breaches are due to social engineering and phishing!” Those are deceptive e-mail or text messages for gaining private information for sinister purposes. Unpatched software is another source of digital risk. “I’m asking you,” Grimes […]

Krebs on Security discusses what it takes to have a cybersecurity career. It’s challenging but, like most desirable skills, attainable with study and experience. “Granted, most people who have just graduated with a degree lack practical experience. But happily, a somewhat unique aspect of cybersecurity is that one can gain a fair degree of mastery […]

It’s not so easy during the COVID-19 pandemic to identify people by full facial recognition – practically everybody is wearing masks. The Security Industry Association discusses what that means in a blog post.”Skeptics say that the adjustments will not be simple.” “While companies are adjusting their facial recognition systems in response to virus countermeasures, they […]

You never know where computer security can run afoul. Consider Ancestry.com and Family Tree Maker genealogy software. The ThreatPost blog reports that “A server containing information of users of a genealogy service has exposed the data of 60,000 users, putting them at risk for fraud, phishing and other cybercriminal activity. “Research led by Avishai Efrat […]

The big guys – like Twitter – get hit with cyber attacks too. Here, on threatpost.com, is an account from Twitter – “An update on our security incident” – on one such incident that occurred on July 15. “At this time,” Twitter advises, “we believe attackers targeted certain Twitter employees through a social engineering scheme. […]

The U.S. Army has been going to war to respond to the coronavirus crisis, Military.com reports. “Soldiers have built hospitals, supported hospital staff, helped deliver food and managed nursing homes since the president declared a national emergency in March as COVID-19 cases began sweeping across the country, now killing more than 137,000 Americans… “The Army […]

Read up on how computers can become infected by stealthy intruders, in this instance RATS, or remote access Trojans, courtesy of Paul Ducklin on the Naked Security blog. Zombie is another name for RAT. “Indeed, the name RAT was originally coined as a metaphor that referred as much to the criminals that deployed the malware […]

Following up on the subject of potential electromagnetic pulse attacks, In Homeland Security reports that “At present, there is no way of telling when an EMP attack has occurred, or what it has affected, so the Pentagon’s Defense Threat Reduction Agency is working on sensors to detect and analyze EMP sensors under its Conventional Nuclear […]

We need to be wary of the veracity of e-mails we receive. In other words, don’t fall for phishing e=mails. They can be costly, the Hot for Security blog advises. “New research from German insurer HSB reveals an increase in suspicious emails targeting small businesses across the United States over the past year, the post […]