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Posts tagged as “Security”

July 30th Security Roundup

Blocking and tackling news. On events, The Consumer Electronics Show will be online only for 2021.  The show, the worlds largest tech show normally in…

The Cost of a Data Breach

IBM with new research data in their Cost of a Data Breach report. Quick hits: Data breaches usually last 280 days on average The average…

Google’s ad portal had a disturbing bias

The Markup is reporting on Google’s Keyword planner.  The tool, which helps advertisers choose which terms to associate with ads, showed some unsettling results.. The…

More security learnings from the Twitter breach

More details about the security profile of Twitter are emerging Of note, the internal tools that can change user account settings and hand control over…

Microsoft’s new intelligence

Microsoft is launching new policy enhancements for its Insider Risk Management service for Microsoft 365. This product uses machine learning to detect data leaks, intellectual…

Monetization drives criminals

Sonicwall offers a midyear update to their 2020 Cyber Threat Report research – Criminal activity in the US leveraging ransomware spiked nearly 110% during the…

Twitter’s CEO talks security

Some more follow up to the intrusion by bit-coin focused criminals. Twitter has confirmed that 130 accounts were accessed, and 45 sent tweets, of which…

The real versus perceived impact of ransomware

NinjaRMM and Coveware surveyed MSPs to understand the impact of ransomware crime.     Their findings: 35% had cited damages of more than $1M. 40% could not…