In the past decade we have seen cybersecurity companies releasing new products under the category of “deception technology.” For industry veterans, these solutions sound a lot like honeyp
Something unexpected is happening to ransomware statistics: for the first time since anyone can remember, the volume of attacks seems to be dropping quarter-over-quarter. The evidence f
Colleges and universities service a diverse group of information technology customers. Those customers generally fall into three distinct groups composed of faculty, staff, and students. Beca
Attackers have increased their attacks against Linux-based devices over the past year, taking advantage of several key factors. From general complacency to the hyperconnectivity of the public
There has been a lot of media attention concerning the recent Microsoft Exchange server vulnerabilities that cybercriminals are exploiting to execute their malicious ransomware attacks. As a
The FBI released a FLASH alert in April 2022 concerning BlackCat Ransomware. Between November 2021 and March 2022, the ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) variant encrypted the networks of at leas
The U.S. Justice Department has notched up a small but potentially significant victory against ransomware after announcing the recovery of a $500,000 cryptocurrency payment extorted from tw
This blog post started as a Twitter thread, in case you were wondering if anything good ever came from Twitter. Ransomware attacks are complex and involve a lot of different aspects of securi
Don’t open attachments from strangers: it’s been standard anti-phishing advice long enough to become a cliché. So of course, purveyors of malware do their best to imitate someone you kno
