Quite often, cybsecurity news is negative or bleak. We hear story after story about hacking groups successfully attacking schools, hospitals, and companies, and holding their data for ransom. For once, we have a story with a positive twist: We hacked the hackers. As reported by Reuters, On Thursday, Jan. 26, the FBI announced it had covertly “hacked and disrupted” the …
Good news in the battle against ransomware attacks (but bad news for hackers). While some bad actors might be tempted to jump into the dark world of ransomware for the profits, as it turns out, there seems to be a fundamental problem: Victims aren’t paying. According to Ars Technica, there have been two studies as of late showing a dramatic …
If you spend any time around cybersecurity aficionados, you’ll never hear the end of the importance of two security tools: a strong and unique password, and two-factor authentication. However, there is a third tool in your arsenal to keep bad actors at bay, albeit less convenient than the former two software-based solutions. We’re talking, of course, about security keys. Security …
The cybersecurity news is full of horror stories these days of companies patching terrible security vulnerabilities left and right. But one term keeps popping up throughout these reports, so much so it might have you wondering: What is a zero-day vulnerability? When you read an article in the news (or in this newsletter) that talks about a company like Microsoft …
In December, password manager LastPass issued a report detailing a massive data breach. The breach saw customer data leaked, including company names, user names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, and IP addresses. Most concerningly, though, hackers were able to obtain copies of all customers’ encrypted password lists, which means, these bad actors have access to your entire vault of passwords. …
While the majority of PC users are running Windows 10 and Windows 11, millions of people around the world still run Windows 7. In fact, according to Statcounter GlobalStats, 11% of the world’s Windows systems are running version 7. That’s bad news for a multitude of reasons, not least of which being Microsoft’s decision to finally end support for Windows …