The headline from the Information – “Companies Are Ditching Cybersecurity Insurance as Premiums Rise, Coverage Shrinks.” Last year, cyber insurance premiums spiked by 74%, and…
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While I’m on security, Protocol highlights the new use of deep fake audio for phishing attacks. Fake bosses using fabricated audio to infiltrate the organization. …
So.. is Ransomware down? The Washington Post examines the possible head-fake that recent data might be presenting. As recent tallies have shown a decline… have…
I’d been keeping an eye on the security space this week, what with BSides, Black Hat, and Defcon all in Las Vegas this week, and…
Well, with a headline like this, I couldn’t miss it. “UK NHS suffers outage after a cyberattack on the managed service provider.” The MSP, Advanced,…
I wanted to note this new trend – protestware. What’s that? Developers deliberately sabotage their own software libraries to protest — turning software into “protestware.” …
Europol marked the sixth anniversary of No More Ransom, the European Union law enforcement agency's anti-ransomware initiative, by releasing their figures on how many organizations they…
The Washington Post reviews Jen Easterly’s first year as head of the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency – and one of…
You may not remember, but I covered the directive to remove Chinese telecom equipment from carriers during the Trump administration. And it’s not going smoothly…
And talking about Microsoft today, let’s follow up on that VBA macro auto-blocking. After announcing it was on, then off, well. It’s back. Today, the…