Small Business
Five Billion Cybersecurity Threats a Month, WhatsApp, Windows Hack, Intel Vulnerabilities
Is it possible for hackers to remotely hack into your mobile phone and steal your personal information just by calling your phone number? Unfortunately, the answer to that alarming question is yes for the 1.5 billion users who use the WhatsApp messaging application. Wired reports that the notorious Israeli spy firm NSO Group developed a…
Read MoreOregon Cybersecurity Advisory Council Drives Mission to Improve Digital Security for all Oregonians
The Oregon Cybersecurity Advisory Council (OCAC) has been busy. If I had to put one word on the past 18 months, I would say, “relationships.” From our initial meeting in September of 2017 though today, the OCAC has met with cybersecurity companies, industry experts, higher education institutions, and high school students interested in cybersecurity. Our…
Read MoreCyber News Roundup: Power, Passwords, PII…What Trips Us Up in Cybersecurity
One of the biggest concerns for the energy sector is a grand scale cyberattack shutting down our power grids and our cities. Power networks, considered critical infrastructure by the U.S. Government, have long been a target for hackers, but successful attacks are rare, according to Zack Whittaker in his TechCrunch article. The Department of Energy…
Read MoreFirmware Needs to Be Part of Your Incident Response Playbook
Security operations and incident response is typically where an organization’s best cybersecurity intentions meet hard realities. Teams have limited time and talent to deal with an overwhelming number of alerts, and the complexity of modern threats means each one can require significant attention. Incident Response (IR) teams need to be right and they need to…
Read More12 Ways to Get a Handle on Secrets Management
Organizations in all industries have secrets that need to be protected. The modern identity landscape is filled with secrets — passwords, encryption keys, cryptocurrency wallets, SQL connection strings, storage account keys, API tokens — yet organizations are challenged with storing, managing, and protecting them. Let’s define “secrets” as some knowledge or a piece of data…
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