Gone are the days when one had to be a computer genius to commit a cyber crime. Now there are programs that can assist non-tech savvy criminals. Article Excerpt: Combating cybercrime will become an uphill struggle, with the tools needed to commit technological crimes...
If you use an Android device and use the Backup & Restore feature, you might be unwittingly giving Google access to your Wi-Fi passwords. Article Excerpt: The “Back up my data” option in Android is very convenient. However it means sending a lot of...
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) typically perceive their cyber liability as less than that of huge publicly traded corporations. After all, there is a continual stream of news accounts these days about hackers breaking into a big company’s network, stealing...
On October 11, 2012, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta warned that the US is facing a danger which “could be as destructive as the terrorist attack on 9/11” and advocated measures to beef up our cyber security capabilities. Panetta conceded that most people think...
As you may have heard by now, LinkedIn notified its users last week that it had been hacked. Out of about 150 million users, approximate 6 million had their passwords stolen and posted on a hacker web site. The breach of the social networking giant should come as no...
Most owners and managers are at least partially aware of the direct dangers their companies face from cyber crime, whether the crime is committed by an outsider or an employee. As a decision maker, though, there is another source of cyber risk that you need to...
