The Internet of Things refers to a class of smart devices that are typically used to automate things. This can be anything from a smart TV or smart door lock to an automated oil refinery and everything in between.
Unfortunately, the security of many of these devices is to be really kind, lacking. The hackers know this and are using that fact for different types of attacks.
Learn more below.
800-171 is the government’s chosen cybersecurity standard for protecting controlled unclassified information (CUI) and is the standard is required by a number of government departments and by private industry as a matter of contract for protecting sensitive unclassified information. Learn more about this new version of the standard here.
If you have tried to get cyber risk insurance recently, you know that it is a whole new world. After years of collecting premiums, insurance companies have had to write checks. A lot of checks. They don’t like that so much. As a result, premiums have gone up, coverage has gone down, underwriting has become…
The FBI says that 19,000 people reported losing over $700 million to romance scams last year. Learn more about these scams by watching or listening. Links mentioned in the video are: FBI National Cybersecurity Alliance Pig Butchering Scams
Here are two videos; the first one shows you how to create an SPRS account; the second shows how to enter a new score. NOTE: You will see that I got an error on the PIEE administrator role in the first setup. That may be due to the fact that I already have an account…
The breaches of both MGM and Caesars were not high tech; they were pure social engineering attacks. That means that you can harden your company and your information likely for very little money. While this is early in the game, there are some easy lessons to learn here. Here are some key takeaways from the…
Some users of the sports betting site Draft Kings discovered that they were locked out of their betting account and, more importantly, their bank accounts were drained. Learn how this happened and what you can do to minimize this risk. Note that this is attack is not limited to Draft Kings or sports book sites….
