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Three Weeks’ Warning and Some Still Got Hit
Picture your leadership meeting three weeks ago. A headline lands on the table: hackers took over the refrigeration in about 700 French supermarkets and spoiled their food overnight. You ask,…
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France Showed US Executives What OT Sabotage Costs
What happened On Sunday, October 11, attackers took remote control of refrigeration systems in about 700 supermarkets in France and forced the units into continuous defrost cycles, pushing temperatures up…
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Texas Energy Brief: What the CenterPoint Breach Should Teach Every Executive
What Happened CenterPoint Energy, the Houston-based utility, has notified the Texas Attorney General’s Office that the personal information of 1,062,060 Texans was compromised in a data breach. According to the…
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Cyber Terrorists: They Don’t Want Your Data. They Want Chaos
Most cybercriminals want something from you like money, data, or access. You can negotiate with that. You can defend against that. But what do you do when the goal isn't…
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Hobby Hackers: Their Randomness is Dangerous
They weren't looking for you, but they found you anyway. The most dangerous hacker might not be a criminal mastermind. It might be a bored teenager in another time zone,…
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Organized Crime: Crime as a Service
When "GoodFellas" Use Computers Most of us view Organized Crime through the lens of the most popular gangster films - period pieces from the "Godfather" trilogy through "Goodfellas" and "The…
Read article ↗Hacktivists: When Your Business Becomes Their Statement
You Don't Have to Be Wrong to Be a Target “Social justice warriors” are persons or groups who actively fight for causes they feel create systemic inequity, unfairness, or disservice…
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AI or No AI, it’s Still About Proactive Cybersecurity
Let's talk AI in cybersecurity You've probably heard it by now: AI-powered, predictive cybersecurity. It's worth asking, "predictive based on what?" The discussion in cybersecurity circles generally goes like this:…
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Nation State Hackers: The Cyber World Becomes the New Battlefield
It’s in the news almost every week: cyber-attacks on public infrastructures, military installations, government offices, private businesses and more, all attributed to unfriendly nations. As of this writing, the most…
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Industrial Spies: Yes, Someone Is Spying On You
When we think of “Industrial Espionage,” we may picture a James-Bond type scaling walls, breaking into offices, and cracking safes to steal things like the microfilm for secret weapon plans.…
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Financial Threat Actors: The Cybercriminals Hiding In Your Inbox
Financial Crime Gangs no longer burst in wearing masks and waving pistols to steal bags of cash. They sit behind keyboards miles away, expertly hacking your company and easily transferring…
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Your Website Has an Expiration Date.
Most business owners don't know it. There's a credential behind your website that most of the people in your company don't think about. It sits behind your domain, your client…
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