The National Guard is serving as something of a stopgap to defend against cyber attacks for state and local governments that are running behind the curve in terms of cyber capabilities. Read More
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Scott Ikeda is a technology futurist and writer for more than 15 years. He travels extensively throughout Asia and writes about the impact of technology on the communities he visits. Over the last 5 years, Scott has grown increasingly focused on the future landscape of big data, surveillance, cybersecurity and the right to privacy.
Domain name registrar Web.com announced a data breach that could lead to an explosion of phishing scams as the exposed personal information can be connected directly to websites and their owners. Read More
India's largest nuclear power plant was recently under malware attack on their administrative systems, which was isolated and prevented attackers from gaining access to the plant controls. Read More
South African Banking Risk Information Centre warned that banks in the country had been experiencing repeated DDoS attacks and ransom notes were delivered to a number of staff email addresses. Read More
Johannesburg is again a fallen victim to ransomware attacks on cities. Following the July attack where some residents were left without power, hackers had compromised the city's IT infrastructure this time. Read More
With tens of thousands of contractors serving the Defense Department, the new vendor cyber security certificate aims to improve supply chain security by assessing contractors before allowing them to bid. Read More
Turns out that the APT group Cozy Bear that became internationally infamous in 2016 for high profile hacks never really went away. The Russian hackers have hit at least three European nations since it supposedly went underground in 2016. Read More
2019 password security report shows that even though businesses are increasingly adopting MFA and password generator solution, the passwords are still not strong enough or being reused between different accounts. Read More
Volusion was the latest target for Magecart attacks with 6,500 online stores being compromised. Hackers altered Javascript code on the platform to skim off credit card numbers and payment information. Read More
Latest study from Ponemon Institute indicates cyber attacks on SMBs are again on the rise and the new attacks appear to be focusing on SMBs in specific regions, with U.S. getting the worst of it. Read More
