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The former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operations officer, who post-employment served as a proxy-penetration of the CIA for the Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS), has pleaded guilty to a single count of “conspiracy to deliver national de… Continue reading China’s CIA Penetration, Jerry Lee, Pleads Guilty
GDPR will celebrate its first anniversary later this month. The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) will go into effect Jan. 1, 2020. Protecting consumer data is going to be a priority for every organization, large or small—if not now, then very so… Continue reading Privacy: Employees Often the Weakest Link
A new report is out claiming that Russian bad actors are increasingly pouring misinformation through social media channels with a clear goal to influence the upcoming European Parliamentary elections. Bad actors are reportedly amplifying their efforts … Continue reading Report: Russia is using social media to influence European Parliamentary elections
I don’t have a lot of good news for you. The truth is there’s nothing we can do to protect our data from being stolen by cybercriminals and others. Ten years ago, I could have given you all sorts of advice about using encryption, not sending informatio… Continue reading Protecting Yourself from Identity Theft
Law enforcement agencies are increasingly requesting that courts allow them to compel suspects to unlock electronic devices with their biometrics. As of yet, though, courts confronted with the question have come up with no unified answer whether … Continue reading Courts Can’t Put Their Finger on How to Handle Compelled Unlocking of Devices with Biometrics
Selling your old hard drive on eBay may sound like a good way to squeeze a few extra bucks from unused hardware, but not if you don’t erase the data properly. A combined team of data recovery experts from Blanco and Ontrack have conducted tests o… Continue reading 42% of used drives sold on eBay hold sensitive data, researchers find
Crying out from near the top of the FBI’s cybercrime report last week was a heartbreaking statistic. The second-costliest category of crime, behind only compromised business email, was confidence and romance fraud, with a 2018 cost of $363 millio… Continue reading Romance Fraud is a Top Cybercrime, the FBI Says
The week of April 15 saw the unsealing of the indictment of Xiaoquing Zheng and his co-conspirator Zhaoxi Zhang on multiple counts of economic espionage associated with the theft of the intellectual property of General Electric. Zheng previously had b… Continue reading Economic Espionage: Zheng and Zhang Fleece General Electric
By this point, we know that state-sponsored cyber attacks are a thing. Time and again, we see headlines to this effect, whether it’s election hacking, IP theft, or mega-breaches. For your average consumer, it’s troubling. But for executive… Continue reading Think Cybersecurity Insurance Will Save You? Think Again.
Some of the most popular social media platforms are being exploited by cybercriminals to openly sell their tools and expertise This exploitation means that the lines between clear web platforms and their dark web equivalents have become blurred We use … Continue reading Social Media Platforms Bring the Dark Web Closer Than You Think