Tag: information security

Researchers have discovered that a Chinese state-sponsored hacker group known as APT5 is targeting Fortinet and Pulse Secure enterprise VPN servers.

"I have discovered several such misconfigured JIRA accounts in hundreds of companies. Some of the companies were from Alexa and Fortune top list including big giants like NASA, Google, Yahoo, etc and government sites." - Avinash Jain

Axios has created a report that shows how bad actors may impersonate CEO's to threaten stock prices, send mixed messages, and possibly divulge intellectual...

While risk analysts and security experts continue to urge companies to secure systems against ransomware, they are now also advising that firms be ready to pay.

The 2019 version of RSA Conference in San Francisco has come and gone. Here are some of the product and session highlights, major themes and excellent resources to dig deeper into myriad cybersecurity and technology topics.

So you want to become a Certified Records Manager (CRM)? For those of us in Records and Information Management (RIM), becoming a Certified Records Manager...

by Rebecca Herold Balancing the Good with the Bad  Each month, I try to point out security and privacy "wins" alongside the "fails." After all, if...

via Peerlyst by Kim Crawley Web malware is huge. The web is now one of the top vectors for malware distribution. I took...

by - Jack Foster Whether you are an individual or a business handling hundreds of pieces of sensitive data. There is a mounting requirement to...

January 2nd, 2019 - by Andrew Ysasi and guest writer Chris Robert If you are reading this, you may be here to get some validation...

by VPN Geeks It may not be a nice topic to talk about, but it is essential that the world is aware of the terrifying...

November 30, 2018 Mohit Kumar This may sound crazy, but it’s true! The war for "most-subscribed Youtube channel" crown between T-Series and PewDiePie just took an interesting turn after a hacker...

11/2/2018:  Washington, D.C. – Seeking to arm government archivists and records managers with important information and guidance surrounding the protection of rights associated with...

by Dr. Shuyler Jan Buitron, DCS, MSIA, CISSP, MCSE Throughout my information technology and information security careers, I have encountered many different philosophies and ways...

Identity thieves love to target the hospitality sector because there is a lot of secure records that are collected and stored which include –...

by Dr. Shuyler J. Buitron, DCS, MSIA, CISSP, MCSE Even though the apparent and hopeful answer to the title question is ‘yes, information security...

10:40 am on 1 October 2018 Previously, Customs could stop anyone at the border and demand to see their electronic devices. However, the law did...

Ben Smith Google Fellow and Vice President of Engineering Published Oct 8, 2018 Many third-party apps, services and websites build on top of our various services to...

In an age of instant communication over the internet, the fax machine is seen as an archaic piece of technology. But it could potentially...

June 26, 2018Swati Khandelwal If your computer has been infected with Thanatos Ransomware and you are searching for a free ransomware decryption tool to unlock or decrypt...

This graphic shows only a sampling of companies in each category.  Data cumulative through March 2018 and collected by Venture Scanner

Hacked Again by Scott N. Schober My rating: 5 of 5 stars What I like about this book so much is it is easy to read....

Last month, a local California newspaper left more than 19 million voter records exposed online. Gizmodo confirmed this week that the records were compromised...

Despite Republican concerns that the FBI misused the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to gain a warrant to monitor Carter Page, Congress renewed the act less than a month ago.