With the Euro 2024 football tournament — soccer, to our US readers — reaching the final eight teams in the quarterfinals, cybercriminal activity has ramped up around the tournament and is posing risks for fans and their employers. In a report published last month, threat intelligence firm Cyberint found that more than 15,000 credentials belonging […]
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In April 2016, President Barack Obama appointed Uber chief security officer (CSO) Joe Sullivan to the so-called Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity. Four years later, Sullivan was researching prisons, and how to stay safe and sane while on the inside. He was a strangely cast felon, having spent the first eight years of his career […]
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COMMENTARY The mad dash to the cloud a few years back left many organizations scrambling to understand the true implications of this technological shift. Fueled by promises of scalability and cost savings, many companies jumped on board without fully comprehending key details. For example, many were asking how secure their data was in the cloud, […]
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As more and more household appliances and devices become Internet-capable, they also become vulnerable to potential exploitation. For people who take grilling seriously, they now face the possibility of a ruined cookout — not because they picked the wrong cut of meat or didn’t pay close enough attention to maintaining the ideal temperature, but because […]
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Tens of thousands of customers of Bay Area credit union Patelco remain without access to their accounts, following a crippling ransomware attack on the 88-year-old financial institution. The June 29 attack forced the credit union to shut down several of its key banking systems in a measure to contain damage and remediate the issue. Restoration […]
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