Cybersecurity

Ransomware attacks have increased manifold over the years and so have the ransom demands. This year-over-year evolution of ransomware threats is primarily attributed to emerging tactics, techniques, and procedures adopted by attackers. Most common intrusion point According to a report from Group-IB, Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) was the common point…

June 11, 2020 Chris Henry, Virtual CIO/CISO Executive and Interim Advisor to Management Teams, Boards and Entrepreneurschris@dareinnovative.com / +1.647.923.8508 / www.dareinnovative.com Book me for a free 30 min chat Chris has worked over 25+ years in organizational growth, operations, digital, technology, cybersecurity and transformations for regional, national and global organizations…

This article is part of the monthly CSI5x5 series by the Cyber Statecraft Initiative, in which five featured experts answer five questions on a common theme, trend, or current event in the world of cyber. Interested in the CSI5x5 and want to see a particular topic, event, or question covered?…

The new Remote Work Report from Bitglass is out and according to researchers while 84% of businesses say they’ll continue supporting work-from-home options for their employees nearly half (41%) have not expanded secure access for their workers. This could put businesses at risk for data breaches and other attacks as…

While the federal government combats hostile foreign intelligence services seeking the country’s biggest secrets, hackers and fraudsters are keen on cashing in on the fear the novel coronavirus has created, targeting both individuals and businesses across Canada. The air duct folks are offering “special” air filters to protect from COVID-19,…

Cyber criminals will attempt to exploit any disaster and coronavirus is no exception.  Experts have reported increased threats of phishing, malware and ransomware, vulnerabilities have been found in well-known cloud based services and security flaws in the home office present an increased risk when working remotely.  Disgruntled workers also pose…

May 13, 2020 – Arizona-based Magellan Health is notifying an undisclosed number of its current employees that their data was compromised after threat actors first exfiltrated sensitive data, before deploying a ransomware attack in April. On April 11, the Fortune 500 company discovered it had fallen victim to a ransomware attack.…

This post is my take on two thoughts shared in conversations I’ve had at conferences.  The first revolves around making security better by focusing on old-fashioned work (the so-called ‘boring stuff’) rather than chasing after the blinking lights. The other is about the economics of cyber crime.  What stuck out to me…

Chief Information Security Officers (“CISO”) grapple with significant risks and pressure on a day-to-day basis. This pressure is greatly increased during times of crisis, which historically equate to data breaches. When a breach happens, the CISO becomes the commander-in-chief of an army dedicated to identifying, containing and remediating the breach.…

Introduction In this age of digital transformation, the biggest challenge Organizations face comes from cyber-threats. As we are making a shift towards the cloud, our organisational data is getting vulnerable to the constant cyber-threats. The cyber-attacks aren’t limited to large organizations as they were a couple of years ago. Nowadays…