The Fragility of a GPS Centric World and the Importance of eLORAN
By Dan Dickey, President, Continental Electronics Corporation Both the importance of GPS systems and their vulnerability to a cyber incident or attack are well understood. What is less understood is…
Cyber Insurance: What Executives Need to Know Before Obtaining Coverage
By Amanda Surovec, Director of Security Engagement and Claims, Resilience Cyber Insurance Solutions, and Shawn Melito, Chief Revenue Officer, BreachQuest Introduction In the last six months, cyber attacks increased by…
How Criminals Have Migrated Through Identity Theft and Privacy into Cyber Attacks
By P. William Zivanchev, Executive Director, Institute of Consumer Financial Education Introduction At first glance, readers may wonder why an article on identity theft appears in Cyber Defense Magazine, and…
Protecting Critical Infrastructure Against Cyberattacks
Understanding how attackers get in is the critical first step to mounting an effective defense. By Sean Deuby | Director of Services, Semperis Cyberattacks in any industry cause multiple forms…
Prominent Carding Marketplace UniCC announced it’s shutting down
One of the biggest underground carding marketplaces, UniCC, announced it’s shutting down its operations. UniCC, one of the biggest underground carding marketplaces announced it is shutting down. The site was…
How to Avoid Spam Texts and Protect Personal Information in the Digital Age
With Spam Texts on the Rise Consumers Must do their Due Diligence By Reinhard Seidel, Director Products at Clickatell How to Avoid Spam Texts and Protect Personal Information in the…
How To Thwart Fraud with Phone Numbers
By Guillaume Bourcy, Vice President, Data & Identity Solutions, TeleSign During the peak of the global pandemic, online shopping and cybercriminal activity hit unprecedented figures, hitting merchants’ bottom lines hard….
“Owning Your Identity” Through Biometric and Passwordless Innovations
By Bob Eckel, CEO, Aware Consumers around the world have become increasingly comfortable engaging with businesses digitally. Between 2020 and 2021, driven in part by the pandemic, the proportion of…
PYSA ransomware gang is the most active group in November
PYSA and Lockbit were the most active ransomware gangs in the threat landscape in November 2021, researchers from NCC Group report. Security researchers from NCC Group reported an increase in…
FBI training document shows lawful access to multiple encrypted messaging apps
Which are the most secure encrypted messaging apps? An FBI document shows what data can be obtained from them. The Record shared an FBI training document that reveals the surveillance…
The rise of millionaire zero-day exploit markets
Researchers detailed the multi-millionaire market of zero-day exploits, a parallel economy that is fueling the threat landscape. Zero-day exploits are essential weapons in the arsenal of nation-state actors and cybercrime…
Attackers deploy Linux backdoor on e-stores compromised with software skimmer
Researchers discovered threat actors installing a Linux backdoor on compromised e-commerce servers after deploying a credit card skimmer into e-stores. Security researchers from Sansec Threat Research Team discovered a Linux…