Daylight Saving Time Without A Little Security Will Leave You In The Dark
Brisk air, falling leaves, the scent of pumpkin spice latte. For most people in the U.S., it’s that time of year again—time to fall back an hour and gain a little extra sleep. According to the safety gurus, it’s also time to change the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. It’s unclear when
[ Read More ]Real-Time Cyber War: It Fuels Terror But Does It Fulfill A Need?
The ability to watch global cyber attacks as they are about to happen? Sounds too good to be true, right? Nowhere else in the world can you locate a battlefield that is active 24/7 —and yet, if you turn on your PC, it’s possible to watch real-time cyberwar night or day. Right before your eyes,
[ Read More ]Online Shoppers, You Better Watch Out For These Scary Security Risks
One thing is for sure—online shopping sure is convenient. All tucked into bed, armed with a credit card and wearing your comfy pajamas is certainly a far cry from driving or taking the bus to a public brick-and-mortar shop where you will likely encounter a million obstacles and possibly not even find the size, color,
[ Read More ]This Is Why The Cyber Kill Chain Is The Best Way To Beat A Hacker
The main question behind all cyberattacks, regardless of their scope and size, is always the same: how did the hacker target and attack the organization? Lockheed Martin, an American aerospace company focusing on defense, security, and technology, has tried to address this ongoing query through the creation of a “Cyber Kill Chain”—an approach that essentially
[ Read More ]Will Machine Learning Win The Battle Of The Bots?
Pat Benatar once said “Love is a battlefield.” That may or may not be true, but one thing is for sure— the digital landscapes of corporations and governments around the world are certainly the new battlefield. Cyber-warfare has been a thing for at least a few decades, but today, instead of people fighting with guns
[ Read More ]You Need To Know The Simple Truth About Web Hosts And Malware
A great deal of the malware going around these days is spread through the web. And yet, many web hosting companies don’t recognize that their hosted pages have been infected by malware or that one of their web hosting customers is deliberately distributing bad code. Reporting these types of malware-based incidents should be easy, so
[ Read More ]Bitcoin’s Remarkable History Will Make You Think About Money In A New Way
Money sits at the core of our civilization. Without it, there would be no business, no profit, no income, no livelihood—at least, not in the modern world we have constructed for ourselves. By definition, money is anything commonly accepted by people for the exchange of goods and services, but we all know it’s a lot
[ Read More ]Why The WiFi Not? Better Watch Out For Those Risky Hotspots
Because making our daily transactions on the go has become such an easy thing, we often don’t think twice about where we are when we hit submit. Hunched over a laptop at a coffee shop, or scrolling on a smartphone while standing in line, it’s easy to focus on your familiar glowing screen and forget
[ Read More ]THIS IS A TEST Of The National Wireless Emergency Alert System, OK?
Last Wednesday, on October 3 at 2:18 PM ETC, millions of U.S. cell phone users received a text message that caught them by surprise, setting off waves of concern and myriad questions—was it an Amber Alert? A national crisis warning? No. It appeared to be a harmless alert from the White House: THIS IS A TEST of the
[ Read More ]This Is How The Dark Side Of Innovation Can Plague Your Business
Time is not a luxury available in any business market. And while no business wants to—or can afford to—undervalue the importance of cybersecurity, it is sometimes overlooked in the push to host an online application or a some new feature for customers. There was a time when security was only added on as an afterthought.
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