Selecting a Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP) Do You Need a TIP? Many organizations struggle with managing threat intelligence. There is too much data noise, reliance on manual processes that make it harder to correlate relevant intelligence, and difficulties in producing and distributing actionable reports to the right people. Organizations turn to a Threat Intelligence Platform or TIP to help alleviate some of these problems. A TIP is like a nerve center that pulls raw data…

Android mobile phones are undertaking significant data sharing without offering opt-outs for users, according to a new report by researchers at Trinity College Dublin and the University of Edinburgh. The authors said the scale of data transmission taking place is far beyond what is to be expected, raising major privacy concerns. For the study, the team analyzed six variants of the Android OS to determine the amount of data they are sending to developers and third parties…

When you’re online, the world is at your fingertips. You can do amazing things like stream the latest movies while they’re still in theaters! Or you can enjoy the convenience of online shopping and avoiding the DMV by renewing your driver’s license remotely.  This is possible because we’re able to communicate with these organizations through many different channels and we trust them. Unfortunately, many bad actors have taken advantage of this trust and the ease of communication to up their game when it comes to social engineering.   What is social engineering? One…

When you’re online, the world is at your fingertips. You can do amazing things like stream the latest movies while they’re still in theaters! Or you can enjoy the convenience of online shopping and avoiding the DMV by renewing your driver’s license remotely.  This is possible because we’re able to communicate with these organizations through many different channels and we trust them. Unfortunately, many bad actors have taken advantage of this trust and the ease of communication to up their game when it comes to social engineering.   What is social engineering? One…

Over the second quarter of the year, 73% of ransomware detections were related to the REvil/Sodinokibi family, while Darkside attacks expanded to more industries, McAfee says. Image: Shutterstock/MicroOne Ransomware has turned into one of the most devastating cyberthreats as criminal gangs launch destructive attacks against specific industries and organizations. Attackers also have upped their game through multiple strategies, such as the double-extortion tactic in which they vow to publicly release the stolen data unless the…

Ada Lovelace Day is October 12th, celebrating women in STEM, which includes cybersecurity! Every year, the holiday does end up being a history of computing, as Ada was composing what we’d now consider the software for a theoretical first computer that had not been built. But that was in the 1840s. What are women doing today? Have you heard of Window? “One single vulnerability is all an attacker needs.” – Window Snyder; Chief Security Officer, Fastly (now…