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Best Practices for Securing Educational Resources in the Age of Distance Learning

According to Microsoft’s Global Threat Activity Tracker, more than 4.7 million malicious software (or “malware”) incidents were detected in the education industry worldwide in June 2020 – which accounted for more than 60 percent of all the corporate and institutional malware incidents reported during the month, the most affected industry by far. More than 20 universities and charities across the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada reported that they were compromised by a cyberattack.

Oct 5, 2020Read more →
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The Better Alternative to Single-Factor Authentication

When hackers breach a database, they take advantage of weak or stolen passwords 81% of the time. This is what led Troy Hunt to publish a new version Pwned Passwords where people can verify if the password they typed in has been leaked in a previous data breach. The intention is there: businesses are not supposed to let their customers (or employees) use compromised passwords, especially those written in plain text. This begs the question: are passwords enough to secure companies when an actual breach happens?

Jul 19, 2019Read more →
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Fighting Phishing in the Financial Sector

As Russia welcomed the warmth of spring last March 2018, dozens of banks experienced a phishing attack from a hacker group called Silence. The sender of the email was disguised as FinCERT, Russian Central Bank’s security arm. The emails had attachments that claimed to help standardize digital communication across all banks. In reality, the files contained Silence’ downloader to exfiltrate important data.

Apr 22, 2019Read more →
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Security and Privacy Issues of Connected Medical Devices

The healthcare sector is developing more technologically advanced devices aimed at making healthcare more accurate and safer. While the goal is to accelerate the body’s capacity to heal, computer-hacking threats to these devices that millions of people depend on pose serious issues. It is also not a surprise why hackers are extremely interested in health record data; while social security number is worth 10 cents on the dark web, and credit card 25 cents, medical health record data could be worth hundreds or even thousands of dollars. This means trouble not only for healthcare providers but also the patients they help.

Mar 22, 2019Read more →
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The Risks of Using Cloud Services

When J. C. R. “Lick” Licklider developed ARPAnet in 1962, he had the vision of creating a device that could receive and send data simultaneously amongst a large group of people. He called this idea the “Intergalactic Computer Network”. It carried the necessary principles that would find today’s Internet and, later, cloud computing and storage. In 2018, the Internet had 3.2 billion users. As a result, large amounts of data production and sharing created the demand for quicker, more collaborative storage solutions as an alternative to physical drives.

Mar 4, 2019Read more →
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An Imminent Connection: 5G and Its Cybersecurity Implications

Over the past few years, businesses have increasingly shifted towards digital customer communication and records. As efficiency and connectivity of this digitization of business has increased, so have the likelihood and potential damage of cyberattacks. As our society nears yet another informational shift towards 5th generation (5G) wireless networks, these already prevalent dangers to corporate data security will intensify.

Nov 27, 2018Read more →
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