The internet is essential to modern living, but it doesn’t come without some serious drawbacks. “There are a lot of evil people out there,” says Eric Cole, a cybersecurity expert and author of the book “Online Danger: How to Protect Yourself...
Businesses can’t just buy a bunch of security products, and think that they’re protected from cyberattacks. Security involves more than that including strategy, education, and training. TechRepublic talked with Secure Anchor CEO Eric Cole to discuss how employers can...
With so many people working from home right now, the chance for data breach has increased for businesses. For example, there have been Zoom calls getting hacked, transcribed and posted without the hosts knowledge or even crazier stories of intruders popping into Zoom...
Don’t trust everything you hear. In an example of the problem, a pharmaceutical company CFO, who demanded anonymity, approved a wire transfer of $200,000 in February after listening to a voicemail in which his CEO told him that there was a verbal contract that needed...
The successful hack of America’s largest gas pipeline has exposed gaping holes in U.S. cyber defenses, experts say. The weaknesses have been known for years: Eighty-five percent of American critical infrastructure is owned by private companies, and few...
There was a sense of relief for Cassie Lee when she was able to get to the front of a line at a gas pump on Tuesday. People came out in droves to refuel their cars after a ransomware attack shut down the Colonial Pipeline. That relief was short-lived, though. Lee’s...
