Fedex was one of the companies that announced last month that they were affected by the Petya un-ransomware (it operated like ransomware, but there was no decryption key, even if you paid the ransom). It is interesting that most of the time there is some sort of malware attack you do not get much information, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]It used to be that large companies could control the news cycle. Used to be, that is. Now, with social media, in reality, no one is in control of the news cycle. Dow Jones, the parent company of the Wall Street Journal, whom you would think would know a thing or two about the news […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Lately we have had the opportunity to see inside some ransomware attacks and what the cost has been to businesses. For example, I wrote about the Petya malware and what it did to the shipping giant Maersk and the law firm giant DLA Piper. Now we get to find out what happened inside a different […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]If you don’t have a board, then the CEO would be a great person to ask these questions. The key thing is that the CIO and CISO need to be able to answer them. The questions came from (Dell) Secureworks. If you are the CIO or CISO, you should ask and answer these questions before […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Before a few days ago, I had never heard of MasterPrints. Of course, there are many things that I have never heard about. MasterPrints, of course, have to do with security. Have you ever heard of MasterPrints? Here is the story. Everyone is familiar with fingerprint sensors on cell phones and other devices. They are […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]This story is fictitious, but probably something very similar has happened way too many times to someone. The CEO/CIO of the company tries to log in to one of the cloud services that the company uses and it says that the password is incorrect. He or she calls customer service and explains the situation. I […]
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