Credit to Author: William “Bill” Malik (CISA VP Infrastructure Strategies)| Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2017 13:00:21 +0000
I have two people I visit often: My college friend lives near Poughkeepsie, NY; my girlfriend is in central New Jersey. Getting to Poughkeepsie is simple – there is one major route from my place in Connecticut, with two variations covering the last few miles. Trips to New Jersey can follow multiple routes, bridging the…
Credit to Author: Michael Miley| Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 14:00:53 +0000
Mac laptop and mini users often struggle to optimally use their computer’s memory or to keep their disk clean, since these Macs may be a bit tight on resources to begin with. Users can run out of memory when multiple memory-hogging apps are open, or they can run out of disk space (particularly on the…
Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 13:00:26 +0000
4 signs your PC might be infected with malware – by Brook Stein, Director of Product Management Years ago, computer hackers would brag about how many PCs they infected as a means of showing off their programming skills. They created newsworthy viruses with names like the “ILOVEYOU” or “Anna Kornikova” –named after the beautiful Russian tennis…
Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 16:50:50 +0000
Trend Micro is tracking multiple reports of ransomware infections, known as Bad Rabbit, in many countries around the world. A suspected variant of Petya, Bad Rabbit is ransomware—malicious software that infects a computer and restricts user access to the infected machine until a ransom is paid to unlock it. We want to assure you that the…
Credit to Author: Mark Nunnikhoven (Vice President, Cloud Research)| Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 19:06:21 +0000
The need for more technologists with cybersecurity skills is undeniable. That may be an awkward way to phrase it, but it’s a better representation that “cybersecurity professionals.” In today’s world, everyone who works on and with technology needs to be aware of cybersecurity challenges. This week as part of National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM),…
Credit to Author: Rik Ferguson (VP, Security Research)| Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 13:00:36 +0000
Making predictions is a tricky business and in no area more so than in the area of rapidly developing technology. The pace of change continues to accelerate and the nature of innovation is such that entrepreneurs, as well as criminals are continually searching for “the next big thing” to either benefit or to blight our…
Credit to Author: Rik Ferguson (VP, Security Research)| Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 13:00:38 +0000
On 8 September, credit reporting agency Equifax confessed to a major data breach. It affects 143 million Americans – nearly half of the US population – and 100,000 Canadian consumers. Unfortunately, this means that the hackers may have access to highly sensitive personal and financial information, allowing them to carry out follow-on attacks and identity…
Credit to Author: Michael Miley| Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 13:00:30 +0000
On May 12 of 2017, the WannaCry ransomware struck across the globe, encrypting computers by exploiting a critical vulnerability in Windows, first discovered by the US National Security Agency. Among its first targets were the British National Health Service, Federal Express, and Telefonica, but soon banks, schools, hospitals, government agencies and other organizations were infected,…