Chris Loehr, executive vice president of Austin, Texas-based MSSP Solis Security, about how to manage stress in today’s hectic cybersecurity climate.
John Shier, senior security advisor at cybersecurity firm Sophos, joins the podcast to talk about how to safely reintroduce devices to school networks.
As the world grapples with a pandemic, politics, social justice issues and other global crises, cybercriminals are taking advantage of those distractions and are launching attacks at a rapid pace. Cybersecurity and antivirus company Bitdefender found that pandemic-related attacks increased five-fold in the first two weeks of March. In May and June, an average of 60% […]
U.S. cybersecurity officials are warning K-12 educators of an uptick in cyberattacks designed to exploit and disrupt distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. As schools everywhere continue to rely on critical IT services to support distance learning via videoconferencing and collaboration tools, cybercriminals are taking notice. Bad actors are targeting schools with ransomware, data theft […]
Millions of workers have been operating out of their homes since the spring, and many will continue to do so at least part time even after the COVID-19 pandemic is over and officials deem it safe to return to the office. However, that rapid dispersion of the workforce largely didn’t account for cybersecurity, and IT […]
Cybersecurity membership association (ISC)² in a new report says the global cybersecurity workforce needs to grow 89% worldwide to fill the talent gap. That talent gap, according to the organization, is the top concern of IT professionals as the cybersecurity workforce gap actually began to close for the first time ever as the industry added […]
According to cybersecurity firm Sophos, the growing threat of ransomware tops the list of threats that will shape IT security trends in 2021. The company’s 2021 Threat Report written by security researchers, threat hunters, rapid responders, cloud security and AI experts, details how cybersecurity threats like ransomware are evolving and becoming more sophisticated. The report […]
In a new blog post describing nation state cyberattacks on COVID-19 vaccine makers, Microsoft is calling for an end to attacks on the healthcare industry amid the pandemic. Tom Burt, the corporate vice president of customer security and trust at Microsoft, said the company has detected cyberattacks from three nation-state actors on seven prominent companies […]
The 2020 U.S. election is dragging on into a third day of uncertainty as we wait for results from four key battleground states, but one thing is for sure: the election went off without any cybersecurity incidents, according to officials. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency in a statement on Wednesday said there was no […]
At least ten U.S. hospitals could soon be the targets of Russian cyber attacks. A Russian-based ransomware group, which goes by the name UNC1878 or Wizard Spider, has already attacked nine hospitals in three weeks, reports Insurance Journal. So far, hospitals in New Jersey, Georgia, Florida, Massachusetts, Texas and Arkansas have been the victims. The […]
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