Industry Spotlight

MiCODUS Car Trackers are SUPER Vulnerable and Dangerous
Richi Jennings | | $20 no-name Chinese IoT GPS tracker has a hardcoded master password? This is my shocked face., iot, MiCODUS, MV720, SB Blogwatch, trackers
An add-on vehicle tracker is incredibly insecure—to the point it’s dangerous to use. The MV720 and other products sold by MiCODUS are full of easily exploited bugs ...
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How AI Secures the Future of Digital Payments
Artificial intelligence is increasingly a part of every aspect of our lives, including digital and online payments. With its infinite capacity to learn, adapt and process volumes of data much faster than ...
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HIPAA FAIL: ~33% of Hospital Websites Send PII to Facebook
Richi Jennings | | ad tracking, And people think they can avoid Facebook by deleting their account or not registering in the first place, facebook, healthcare, HIPAA, Meta, Privacy, SB Blogwatch
A study shows many U.S. hospitals are leaking personal information to Facebook. Experts say it’s a HIPAA violation ...
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Cars in the Crosshairs: Automakers, Regulators Take on Cybersecurity
If I were to ask you to imagine someone hacking a car, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Let me guess: You’re picturing someone wearing a black hoodie and a ...
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Establishing a Root of Trust in Embedded Linux and IoT
With IoT, 5G and embedded devices becoming a larger part of everyone’s daily lives, security—and more importantly, trust in our technology—is on everyone’s minds. Embedded devices don’t have a good security track ...
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Attorney-Client Privilege and Email Privacy
Mark Rasch | | attorney-client privilege, Cyberlaw, Data Privacy, Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA)/Stored Communications Act (SCA), email security
A recent case involving the former president of the United States and his attorney illustrates the possible harm which can occur when you communicate with your lawyer using anything other than a ...
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How MSPs can Fill the Cybersecurity Skills Gap
Next year will continue a five-year skills gap trend for businesses confronting the growing complexity of cybersecurity threats. A report by Enterprise Strategy Group noted that 95% of cybersecurity employees interviewed say ...
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Cyberinsurance Tips for Health Care
The last 18 months have seen an unprecedented digital transformation in many verticals. The health care sector is no exception, with a dramatic increase in the use of telehealth for the delivery ...
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From Drone to Counter-Drone: The Shifting Role of Cybersecurity
Cybertechnology has always been an issue in the drone industry, but its reach is expanding and evolving in multiple dimensions. Traditional cybersecurity concerns in the drone world referred either to the vulnerability ...
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Small Business Best Practices for Email Security
It goes without saying that the past two years have been difficult. Cybersecurity teams have had to create systems that support working remotely as well as preventing interruption to the business. At ...
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