12/31/19 Two decades ago to the day, I sat right here in my home study and thought about how my career as a cyber incident responder was surely about to blast off. Though I had only been licensed to practice law for under two months, I just knew this subject matter was it — my …
Monthly Archives: December 2019
Ransomware + Publicize Victim Companies + Expose Stolen Data = Bad Cyber Extortion Trifecta
Cybercriminals are using a bad cyber extortion trifecta of (1) using ransomware to encrypt victim companies’ data, (2) publicizing the names of those companies that don’t pay up, and (3) then exposing the data they stole from the companies. This is bad stuff and companies had better be ready to protect themselves. Read more: Ransomware …
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Why is the FBI Warning About Smart TVs?
Why is the FBI warning about smart TV cybersecurity? Because a smart TV is a computer — it is just built into a really large monitor — and it should be secured like a computer because hackers can hack it just like any other computer. (See FBI Warning)Listen to Shawn Tuma discuss this issue on …
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