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These are turbulent times. More than 40 million people left their jobs last year. And they did not sail off into the sunset and disappear from the workforce. They got better jobs. Nowhere is this truer than in technology, where keeping a tech team staffed has become a serious challenge. Unemployment in technology is at 1.3%, one third the already low levels of other industries. Recruiting and retention are not only on your mind, but…

A vulnerability dubbed “Follina” could allow attackers to gain full system control of affected systems. Learn more about it and how to protect yourself from it, Image: Adobe Stock CVE-2022-30190, also known as “Follina”, is a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability that affects Microsoft Office, reported on May 27, 2022. How can Follina vulnerability be exploited by attackers? Must-read security coverage The way it goes is as follows: A Microsoft Office .DOC file crafted by…

Chaos reigns in the cyber insurance market. Brokers and cyber insurance carriers — the companies that actually offer the policies — are tightening requirements on what applicants need to do to obtain policies due to losses the insurers have suffered from ransomware coverage. During the past year, premiums grew 18% in the first quarter of 2021 and were up 34% in the fourth quarter of 2021, according to Jess Burn, senior analyst at Forrester. ….

The growing number of internet crimes targeting senior adults is mind-blowing.  In 2021, more than 92,000 people over the age of 60 reported losses of $1.7 billion, according to IC3, the FBI’s Internet Crime division. That number reflects a 74 percent increase in losses from 2020.   These numbers tell us a few things. They tell us that scamming the elderly is a multi-billion-dollar business for cybercriminals. It also tells us that regardless of how shoddy…

Artificial intelligence, machine learning (a subset of AI), and predictive analytics top the list of hot, planned technology investments for banks in 2022, due to their ability to aid strategic business decision-making, help build applications that can serve customers in a personalized manner, and drive revenue growth, according to market research firm Forrester. Hot technologies for banks also include 5G, natural language processing (NLP), microservices architecture, and computer vision, according to Forrester’s recent Top Emerging…

How to close the weakest link in your cyber defenses By Camellia Chan, CEO, and Founder of X-PHY a Flexxon brand Every cyber security professional knows that human error is the common factor behind the majority of successful cyber breaches. Software patches that are not updated, thoughtless clicking on phishing emails, tweaks to software configurations, or ‘personalized’ re-settings of anti-virus software are all too often the innocuous start of a cascading, expensive, and reputation-damaging security…