Remember Mirai? This four-year old botnet was the scourge of the internet and used as the launching pad for numerous DDoS attacks. Back in 2016, the botnet disrupted a German ISP, Liberia’s entire internet connection, the Dyn.com DNS services (now owne…
In an effort to staunch the flow of misinformation and disinformation surrounding the U.S. presidential election results, Facebook has tweaked its News Feed algorithm to pull more postings than usual from mainstream news sources like The New York Times…
Put simply, most people believe that the weakest link in the security supply chain is the user. This attitude has become so widely accepted that it’s almost set in stone. It is justified by the inherent unpredictability of humans; the knowledge that a …
These days, as online shopping continues to rise and rise in popularity, people hand over the credit card info to a huge range of websites. Granted, security for e-commerce and online payment has also gotten better, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t s…
With thousands of IT security vulnerabilities discovered every year, promptly installing the patches released by software vendors is critical. Yet despite this, 60% of data breaches occur where a patch was available but not applied.
In France, the emergency phone number for female victims of domestic violence, was dialed 9,906 times in April 2020 — compared to 5,098 times in the same month last year. In addition, calls from relatives and neighbors to the police to report a situati…
Many species evolve in parallel, each seeking a competitive edge over the other. As cybersecurity and technology have evolved, so have criminals and ‘bad actors’ who seek to exploit weaknesses in the system for personal gain – or just to prove a point….
One of the most important parts of the holidays is the traditions we have. This is where we put the tree. This is what we eat at Thanksgiving dinner. This is who cooks which dish. This is where we place the menorah. This year, many of us are choosing n…
One of the most important parts of the holidays is the traditions we have. This is where we put the tree. This is what we eat at Thanksgiving dinner. This is who cooks which dish. This is where we place the menorah. This year, many of us are choosing n…
Instagram is tracking basically everything you do. Seriously — their privacy policy, such as it is, might be one of the broadest I’ve ever seen. For example, if you use their in-app camera, they reserve the right to analyze what’s in the image and ther…