You don’t need to break the bank to get the training required for an exciting new career, especially when you’ve got the right coupon code. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto/AlexandrBognat If switching to an exciting new career is a priority in 2022, then now is the time to start training for it, and the cybersecurity field would be a good choice. Fortunately, for a very limited time during our pre-Black Friday sale, you can use coupon code…

The newly appointed chief executive officer of Pegasus spyware maker NSO Group has relinquished his role following the company’s recent addition to the United States’ Department of Commerce blacklist.  Isaac Benbenisti was announced as the NSO Group’s new CEO on October 31 but had not yet taken the reins of his new leadership position when he handed in his notice. Before his appointment to the top, Benbenisti had served as one of the NSO Group’s co-presidents.  The resignation…

Two years ago, in November 2019, we refocused our company on the needs of developers. At the time, we recognized the growing adoption of microservices, the explosion in the number of tools, and the many opportunities to simplify these complexities. Little did we know that within months the world would face a global pandemic and economic recession, and that our company would quickly shift to 100% virtual, work-from-home operations. We also didn’t anticipate how the…

64% of survey respondents reported that their companies have concerns about security risks for supply chains. Image: Shutterstock/romania Cybersecurity risks in the enterprise show no signs of slowing down, as the sophistication, frequency, and consequences of cyberattacks continue to evolve and grow. Toss in the COVID-19 pandemic and supply chain disruptions, and it’s no wonder that enterprises are shifting their cybersecurity strategies. How successful are they? TechRepublic Premium ran a cybersecurity strategy survey to better…

Spyware is tricky. Some types notify users that they’re monitoring activity. Others function in stealth mode and use the information they collect for nefarious purposes. Spyware is a type of software that collects data about online users and reports it to a company or an individual. What just about everyone can agree on is that anonymous browsing is looking more and more appealing and is likely the way of the future.   Here’s more about the types of spyware, which types are legal, and how…

Spyware is tricky. Some types notify users that they’re monitoring activity. Others function in stealth mode and use the information they collect for nefarious purposes. Spyware is a type of software that collects data about online users and reports it to a company or an individual. What just about everyone can agree on is that anonymous browsing is looking more and more appealing and is likely the way of the future.   Here’s more about the types of spyware, which types are legal, and how…

Five key approaches organizations should take during ransomware negotiations with extorters to improve the outcome were outlined by Pepijn Hack, cybersecurity analyst of Fox-TT, part of NCC Group, in a session at Black Hat Europe 2021. Hack observed that when a successful ransomware attack occurs and payment demand issued, the attackers immediately have the upper hand in the negotiations that follow. This is firstly because they already have knowledge of their victim through research undertaken before the…

You have heard the popular myth that human beings only use a small percentage of their brain capacity. As a sci-fi enthusiast, I love this one. Dreaming up fantastic scenarios where regular folk using 10 percent of their brainpower tap into the other 90 percent. They use wonder pills or alien injections to become savants, gain telekinetic powers, read people’s minds, or otherwise master the paranormal realm. The mundane reality is a lot more exciting…

If you’re looking for an easy command-line tool to transfer files between systems on the same LAN, Jack Wallen believes croc is the tool for the job. Illustration: Lisa Hornung/TechRepublic When I want to transfer files between computers on the same network, most of the time, I use the scp command. But when I want something a bit simpler to use, I turn to a very handy command-line tool called croc. With this easy-to-use tool,…