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Cyber News Roundup: Taking Cybersecurity Precautions Amidst Coronavirus Pandemic
If your life hasn’t already been turned upside down as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, you will want to add cybersecurity precautions to your staying healthy list, in order to further protect yourself and your data. Hackers are exploiting the coronavirus and cyber experts are urging people to take extra precautions to when it…
Read MoreSpecial Edition: A Recap of RSAC 2020
Another RSA Conference is in the books! Big topics ranged from supply chain security, AI for Good, U.S. election security, and the coronavirus. With more than 40,000 people attending the world’s leading information security conference in San Francisco this year, what were Cyber Oregon sponsors and Oregon companies up to? In our Cyber News Roundup…
Read MoreCyber News Roundup: RSAC 2020 Preview
The industry is heading to the world’s leading information security conference, RSA Conference, taking place February 24-28, 2020 in San Francisco. What will be hot at this year’s conference? According to Mirko Zorz, editor-in-chief of Help Net Security, in an interview with Mark Cooper, aka The PKI Guy in The PKI Guy’s Q&A Series, “I’ve…
Read MoreCyber News Roundup: Cyber Attacks on Critical Infrastructure, Small Towns
Our country’s critical infrastructure in the energy sector is vulnerable, with increased risks for cyber threats and shutdowns, especially with the increase of global attacks. Federal Computer Week reports that three federal agencies are taking action to improve our energy infrastructure, with more collaboration on defenses and cyberattack responses. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE),…
Read MoreCyber News Roundup: Phishing, Malware, Foreign Cyber Threats
“Lost ring” or “Add me to your LinkedIn network.” Those could be the email subject lines for a phishing campaign that could trick employees in clicking, according to a recent phishing report. No doubt that 2019 was a big year for successful phishing attacks. In fact, the report states that 55 percent of organizations surveyed…
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