Marc Andreessen had it right – software has eaten the world. As a result, the world can be hacked. Just look at the past few months. The SolarWinds caper – the “largest and most sophisticated attack the world has ever seen” according to Microsoft president Brad Smith – gave its Russian perps months of free reign across untold US government agencies and private companies. But stupid also works: Last month in Florida, a water treatment…

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has joined forces with nearly 40 US states to crack a major charity fraud operation that scammed victims out of more than $110m. The regulator teamed up with 46 agencies from 38 states and Washington DC, most of them state attorneys general, to shut down the work of Associated Community Services (ACS), sister companies Central Processing Services and Community Services Appeal, and two other fund-raising spin-offs run by ACS managers,…

Companies are looking to grab any technology-driven advantage they can as they adapt to new ways of working, managing employees, and serving customers. They are making bigger moves toward the cloud, e-commerce, digital supply chains, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), data analytics, and other areas that can deliver efficiency and innovation. At the same time, enterprises are trying to manage risk — and the same digital initiatives that create new opportunities can also…

Organisations have had to overcome countless challenges during the pandemic, but one that has continued to cause headaches is IT security for home workers. A remote workforce comes with myriad dangers, with employees relying on their home networks – and sometimes their own devices – and without the assurance of a member of your IT team on hand if anything goes wrong. But unlike many COVID-19 risks, these issues won’t go away when life eventually…

We see the word “cyber” everywhere today. It’s included in all the hashtags, events names and even in hand sanitizer available for purchase at Toys ‘R Us: Cyber Clean (72% ethanol alcohol, with aloe.) With the market booming and the buzzword exploding, many of us still don’t understand what this vague word means. We’re simply toeing the line, either reluctantly when our IT department sends out a reminder to complete our annual security training or…