Take It Personally: Ten Tips for Protecting Your Personally Identifiable Information (PII) Seems like we always have a connected device somewhere within arm’s reach, whether it’s a smartphone, laptop, tablet, a wearable, or some combination of them all. In a way, we bring the internet along with us nearly wherever we go. Yet there’s something else that follows us around as well—a growing body of personally identifiable information, also known as PII. What is PII?…

A man from Texas has been convicted of operating a website dedicated to publishing stories detailing the sexual abuse of children. Brewster County resident Thomas Alan Arthur was convicted by a federal jury on January 21 following a trial that lasted three days.  According to trial evidence, the 64-year-old started operating a website called Mr. Double in 1996. The website was devoted to publishing writings that described the sexual abuse of children, including the rape, torture, and…

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW), the global cybersecurity leader, today announced that Prisma® Cloud, Cortex® XDR™ and Cortex® Data Lake have been added to Palo Alto Networks Government Cloud Services, which has achieved Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Moderate Authorization. Its sponsoring agency is the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). With the latest FedRAMP authorization, Palo Alto Networks is helping agencies secure their networks, clouds…

A San Francisco law firm has launched an investigation into a data breach that took place at a subsidiary of Petco Health and Wellness Company. The breach, which occurred over a six-month period last year, resulted in the exposure of the payment card information of tens of thousands of customers of PupBox, Inc. PupBox, which appeared on the entrepreneurial-themed reality TV show Shark Tank, sells customized puppy subscription boxes containing toys, treats, chews, and accessories handpicked…

Professional services network Deloitte & Touche LLP today announced its acquisition of substantially all the assets of cybersecurity company Root9B, LLC (R9B). Founded in 2011 as a cybersecurity training company with a vision of delivering military-grade technology to the private sector, Root9B provides advanced cyber-threat-hunting services and solutions. The company also offers defense forensics and incident response, tech-enabled vulnerability assessment and penetration testing, and defensive security and hunt operator training.  R9B is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and maintains…

We’ll guide you through the process of using Homebrew package manager to install post-exploit security tools on macOS to further assess compromised system vulnerabilities found in your Apple equipment. Illustration: Lisa Hornung, Getty Images/iStockPhoto In this final article in the Homebrew series, we look at the availability of post-exploit tools you can use to further assess vulnerabilities in computing devices. You can use these to continue following the attack chain in an effort to establish…

Every new year brings new challenges surrounding risk management. Learn how to protect your company and its assets with these tips from an industry insider. Image: iStock/LeoWolfert While a new year doesn’t necessarily bring new threats precisely at the stroke of midnight on Jan. 1, risk management is a year-round endeavor to which  all businesses should devote resources. Risk management involves assessing potential threats to your business and implementing measures to block them in advance…