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IoT tech will help reduce emissions, satellite internet will challenge 5G, the chip shortage will continue and more will happen in 2022 as pandemic recovery continues to move slowly forward. Image: Shutterstock/Sichon Forrester has released a set of five predictions for the IoT, edge computing and networking markets in 2022 that are based on “specific, observable changes” to those industries.  Several of the predictions it makes are ones that have the potential to shape not…

The U.S. Department of Justice charged a British man for his alleged role in stealing $784,000 worth of cryptocurrency using SIM swap attacks. According to the unsealed indictment, Joseph James O’Connor – also known as “PlugWalkJoe” – conspired with others to steal approximately $784,000 worth of cryptocurrency from a Manhattan-based cryptocurrency company. It’s alleged that O’Connor, who is in his early twenties, perpetrated a scheme with unnamed co-conspirators to hijack control of three phone numbers…

Tenable®, Inc., the Cyber Exposure company, today announced that it has been named a Leader in Forrester’s report, “The Forrester Wave™: Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Security Solutions, Q4, 2021.”  In its first-ever ICS Security Solutions Wave, Forrester evaluated vendors’ capabilities across 27 different criteria and categorized them as Leaders, Strong Performers, Contenders and Challengers. As one of only three leaders, Tenable received the highest possible scores (5.0) in seven criteria, including ICS Protocol Support, Vulnerability…

Cybersecurity company Proofpoint released a new report on Thursday highlighting an increase in call center-based cyberattacks, noting a variety of scams perpetrated by threat actors stealing almost $50,000 per attack in some instances.  Proofpoint researchers Selena Larson, Sam Scholten and Timothy Kromphardt, said the company sees thousands of telephone-based cyberattacks each day, with most falling into two different categories. Some use fake call centers to steal a victim’s money, and others use call centers to…

As hacks become more common, organizations have no room for cybersecurity mistakes. By Ivan Paynter, National Cybersecurity Specialist at ScanSource   Ransomware cost Americans an estimated $1.4 billion last year, and beyond high-profile hacks like the Kaseya and Colonial Pipeline breaches, cyber threats are more common than ever. As a result, businesses of all sizes are scrambling to learn more about cyber security and ensure that they have the proper measures in place to protect their operations. These are the top three considerations organizations must take into account when implementing or…