What does it mean when intelligence agencies claim that our healthcare companies have been hacked (or attempted) starting January 3rd? (WSJ.com story – “U.S. Says Chinese, Iranian hackers Seek to Steal Coronavirus research”) “The alert came as U.S. officials charge that China and Iran since at least Jan. 3 have waged cyberattacks against American firms … Read more
I have talked about the Psychology of Security as penned by Bruce Schneier (2019 post) – where he outlines the effect of the person trying avoid spending money if it is a risk to lose money, whereas in a casino we are willing to risk money to make more money. But in a company with … Read more
What happens when you click on the wrong email? or text? (the above email is some kind of fake email – it did not come from CVS, and once clicked on sent the unwitting user to someplace the hacker wanted) thh last image of an “Outlook WebApp” is a landing page hackers create to … Read more
Yes there are lots of Beer bug scams going around. Whenever the emotion is high with a lot of new events going on around the country, the criminal hackers are having a field day. scams about contact tracing – If someone call, emails, or texts about contact tracing – i.e. identifying who got in touch … Read more
Palo Alto Networks has a Zero trust explanation: “Zero Trust is a strategic initiative that helps prevent successful data breaches by eliminating the concept of trust from an organization’s network architecture. Rooted in the principle of “never trust, always verify,” Zero Trust is designed to protect modern digital environments by leveraging network segmentation, preventing lateral movement, … Read more
