The Current State of Connected Cars: Can we be Secure?

As certain as the changing of the seasons, the drive toward autonomous cars is gaining pace. Changes in the car industry clearly demonstrate that the way we use our vehicles is evolving. In an increasingly connected world, our cars are becoming an impo… Continue reading The Current State of Connected Cars: Can we be Secure?

Security Concerns and Risks Related To Bitcoin

Bitcoin is so far the most successful cryptocurrency. Nevertheless, Bitcoin, just like other cryptocurrencies, has seen prices drop dramatically for the past few months. Price volatility remains one of the most significant challenges facing all cryptoc… Continue reading Security Concerns and Risks Related To Bitcoin

Insider Enterprise Threats: Focusing on the Technology

This article is part 2 of 3 in the “Insider Enterprise Threats” series, outlining effective policies and practices for combating insider cyber security threats to the modern enterprise. In the first part of this series, we examined the seri… Continue reading Insider Enterprise Threats: Focusing on the Technology

Data Integrity: The Next Big Challenge

Many of us in the cybersecurity world have followed this general mantra: protect the data, protect the data, protect the data. It’s a good mantra to follow, and ultimately that is what we are all trying to do. But there are different ways to prot… Continue reading Data Integrity: The Next Big Challenge

Why Cyber Security is the New Health and Safety

Many people view the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 as unnecessary and burdensome, but its introduction has had a dramatic impact on reducing accidents in the workplace, particularly within industrial settings. Today, it controls the safety of equi… Continue reading Why Cyber Security is the New Health and Safety

Business Email Compromise: The Secret Billion Dollar Threat

BEC, or Business Email Compromise, is a contemporary twist on a staple scam. Often in the shadow of the more extravagant, media-friendly super-hacks or ransomware compromises, Business Email Compromise is leading the line on both the number of attack v… Continue reading Business Email Compromise: The Secret Billion Dollar Threat

A Guide to PCI DSS Merchant Levels and Penetration Testing

In order to distinguish the sizes of merchant companies and appropriately determine the level of testing required, the founding credit card companies created four different brackets ranging from Tier 1 to 4. Each tier is based on the number of transact… Continue reading A Guide to PCI DSS Merchant Levels and Penetration Testing

All Grown Up: BSides Charm Turns 4 and is Better Than Ever!

BSides Charm has grown up fast! This Maryland-based Security BSides event turns four this year and has become one of the more competitive cons for proposal acceptance and ticket sales. Most of the 400 tickets sold in their first round of sales on Febru… Continue reading All Grown Up: BSides Charm Turns 4 and is Better Than Ever!

Fileless Malware: What It Is and How to Stop It

What would you say if I told you that now a hacker doesn’t even have to trick you into installing malicious files on your computer in order to steal sensitive data? Let’s take a look at how this form of (non-) malware works and, more import… Continue reading Fileless Malware: What It Is and How to Stop It