I subscribe to a newsletter from Gary Burnison, CEO of Korn Ferry. His messages address a wide variety of career and personal issues in a thoughtful and educational manner. A recent Special Edition message was titled Exceeding Potential. It specifically addressed how opportunities present themselves and how to view and leverage them. He closed his message with this statement: It’s true that leaders are in the “what,” “how,” and the “when” business. But, ultimately, we…

Misconfigurations remain one of the most common risks in the technology world. Simply telling organisations to “fix” this problem, however, is not as easy as it might first seem because there’s a myriad of technologies at play in modern infrastructure deployments. All of this results in a complicated mix of hardening approaches for each system. What is key, then, is to identify where hardening is required and then consider the methodology for each area. Even…

The telecommunications giant T-Mobile disclosed a data breach after some of its customers were apparently affected by SIM swap attacks. The telecommunications provider T-Mobile has disclosed a data breach after it became aware that some of its customers were allegedly victims of SIM swap attacks. Crooks conduct SIM swapping attacks to take control of victims’ phone numbers tricking the mobile operator employees into porting them to SIMs under the control of the fraudsters. Once hijacked…

United Airlines Inc. has agreed to pay $49m to resolve criminal charges and civil claims that it was defrauding the United States Postal Service. The world’s third largest airline entered into International Commercial Air (ICAIR) contracts to transport mail internationally on behalf of the postal service. Under the contracts, United was entitled to full payment only if accurate barcode scans were provided for deliveries and mail was delivered in a timely manner.  Between 2012 and 2015, United engaged…

This article looks into who the victims are when an organization comes under attack. By Nicole Allen, Marketing Executive, SaltDNA. Cyber-attacks occur every two and a half minutes, according to Government statistics, which is why ensuring that your company is protected and secure is critical. Threats can come in several different forms that vary depending on their severity. Hackers are deliberately trying to inflict damage in order to persuade employees to make one mistake which…