Get ready to celebrate. This Thursday, May 5, is World Password Day. Since 2013, password aficionados have chosen the first Thursday in May to highlight an important mission: Change your passwords, and make them strong. Those in the cybersecurity world preach about the importance of having a strong password. A strong password, essentially, is one that is hard for both …
If it feels like ransomware attacks are in the news more and more, it’s not your imagination. Ransomware attacks have sharply risen in quantity recently, as a survey by Sophos shows. Among the 5,600 companies Sophos surveyed for its “State of Ransomware 2021” report, 66% reported being a victim of a ransomware attack. That’s a staggering number, especially when you …
One way we protect our systems against cyber attacks is employing AI and machine learning, which trains our systems to know what to look out for. Hackers, however, have figured out a new way to thwart this process, using something called “AI poisoning.” Machine learning is a complicated subject, but in essence, it works like this. You want a system …
Google can’t catch a break when it comes to security vulnerabilities. In the past two weeks, the company issued security patches for both Chrome and its line of Pixel smartphones. Now, the company is forced to update Chrome yet again, thanks to a newly discovered vulnerability. Google issued a security report on Thursday, April 14, reporting a patch for a …
Nike is set to open a Technology Center in Atlanta in roughly a year. By early 2023, the company will have a West Midtown facility, geared toward a number of technical activities. One of the highlights of the facility is Nike’s “cybersecurity command center.” The details of the facility are a little light as of this report, but it comes …
Security updates are all the rage, lately. Following new security updates from Apple, Google has also issued new security patches for vulnerabilities affecting its Pixel line of smartphones. The company released this new update on Monday, April 4, to most of the Pixel lineup. The only Pixel phones not covered under this new update are the original Pixel and Pixel …