I’m going to answer this question with a question: Did you know there are at least five high-profile cyber battles that have already happened that you can study? Stuxnet –…
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“Share prices of breached companies hit a low point approximately 14 market days following a breach. Share prices fall 2.89% on average, and underperform the NASDAQ by -4.6%,” according to…
For routine uses, I recommend “Darik’s Boot and Nuke” (DBAN) using the “DoD Short” method. Darik’s Boot and Nuke – Wikipedia But, if you have any personal information that you…
I’m not sure about Dashlane, but I can help you figure it out. Password managers are under constant attack. You want a team of skilled and motivated people quickly responding…
The motivations for releasing malicious code onto the public Internet fall into four broad categories: Political ambitions of a nation/state: Good examples are NotPetya and Shamoon, both of which are designed to destroy…
As the Shamoon and NotPetya disk wiper malware have shown, an infected computer in a business context can be so compromised that it’s effectively destroyed. In many documented cases, organizations…
One of the first mobile apps from a third-party to launch on the iPhone was Fandango, a service that allows you to buy movie tickets from your phone. Simple, useful,…
In my last post, we discussed how the FTC used its powers in commerce to protect customers from cybersecurity threats. We specifically looked at the case FTC versus Wyndham Worldwide…
In this series of blog posts, I’ll be looking at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges against companies in the area of cybersecurity practices that put consumers at risk. The…
While cyber-attacks cannot kill tens or hundreds of millions of people in a single action, they are more dangerous in other ways. One particular way would be to silently undermine…