Monthly Digest
30 Industry Leaders Meet at White House & Announce Cybersecurity Initiatives
IBM reports that data breaches targeting the public sector grew 78.7% in 2020-2021. President Biden met recently with private sector industry leaders in Tech, Education, Energy, Finance and Insurance private... The post ...
How Safe is Your Vote?
With Election Day Fast Approaching in the USA, Many Are Concerned About Cybersecurity at the Polls It’s almost that time again. Election Day is just a few weeks away for... The post ...
How Does HTTPS Work?
We all know that HTTPS = secure. But do you know how HTTPS works under the hood? Let’s take a look at how HTTPS works to make the internet safer... The post ...
What to Take Away from Iran’s Global Malware Campaign
The FBI recently disclosed that Iran’s intelligence agency has been using nation-state actors & a front company to carry out a years-long global malware campaign — here’s what was involved... The post ...
Say Goodbye to 2-Year Certificates and Hello to Multi-Year SSL Plans
As of September 1st, 2-year certificates have been replaced by multi-year SSL plans offering similar benefits September 1, 2020 marked the dawn of a new era for SSL certificates. Multi-year... The post ...
Raccoon Attack: Researchers Find A Vulnerability in TLS 1.2
Bad news: there’s a vulnerability in TLS 1.2. Good news: researchers say it’s “very hard to exploit” and major vendors have already released security patches for it. A team of... The post ...
SQL Injection Attack: What It Is & How to Protect Your Business
Web-applications attacks, including SQL injection attacks, more than doubled in 2019, according to data from SonicWall Taking into account the trends for more and more businesses going online, the number... The post ...
Microsoft Announces a New Email Filtering Option Based on DMARC Score
Research from Valimail indicates that domains lacking DMARC enforcement are nearly 4X more likely to get spoofed — how Microsoft’s new feature could help differentiate junk from legitimate emails Hey... The post ...
SSL Certificate Validity Will Be Limited to One Year by Apple’s Safari Browser
Starting Sept. 1, Safari will no longer trust SSL/TLS certificates with validity periods longer than 398 days Starting Sept. 1, Apple’s Safari browser will no longer trust SSL/TLS leaf certificates... The post ...
The Ultimate Hacker Movies List for December 2020
Your guide to the 40 best hacker movies and movies about cyber crime or cyber security from the past 5 decades “Shall we play a game?” When I think of... The post ...