This is actually a difficult thing to protect against, because every organization’s IT infrastructure has at least one person with completely unfettered access, who we trust to keep it running smoothly and who would need a very high level of permissions to do so. On the other hand, had Columbia had a policy in place…
The Pew Research Center conducted a survey to discover what Americans know about personal cybersecurity. The results are troubling. Most people know very little which makes them vulnerable when they go online. This has a lot to do with why ransomware and hacking seems to be on the rise. It works, and it works because far…
Since we are all in a tizzy about fake news, and Russian hacking, here’s one for you. I’ve seen this headline shared all over the place for the last couple of days: Russian operation hacked a Vermont utility This sounds awful. Clearly the Russians are trying to hack the power grid, and disrupt life in…
Law enforcement and securities officials have been warning that they expect to see more insider trading cases involving hackers getting into files belonging to law firms. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara warned that law firms need to step up security measures. “This case of cyber-meets-securities fraud should serve as a wake-up call for law firms around…
This is an interesting story, because it demonstrates just how much information smart home devices may have, and how various government interests are going to try and access, and interpret, that data. It also raises some interesting questions about how that data could be hacked by non-official parties. Are we really going to believe that…
Correa is not necessarily a master hacker, but got access thanks to a combination of lax protocol and a little bit of luck. Astros GM Jeff Luhnow used to work for the Cardinals before taking the Houston job in 2011. Correa happened to know his old boss’ password from his time with the Cardinals, which Lunhow failed to…