Cybersecurity (302)
Most Americans Don’t Feel Secure Online: Poll
- Thursday, 23 September 2021
- Cybersecurity
- Written by Security Tech Brief
A poll has found that a majority of Americans distrust the security of their information online. So reports the Associated Press.
Read more...Cybersecurity Business Is Booming, But So Are Data Breaches
- Friday, 10 September 2021
- Cybersecurity
- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
The cybersecurity industry is riding high at a time when a rash of data breaches highlights the limits to efforts at protecting sensitive information, multiple recent reports note.
Read more...Tech CEOs Unveil Cybersecurity Pledges in White House Meeting
- Thursday, 02 September 2021
- Cybersecurity
- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
Top brass at Amazon, Microsoft, Apple and Google parent Alphabet have vowed to help shore up U.S. cybersecurity following a White House meeting with President Joe Biden. So reports The Verge.
Read more...What’s Behind a New Record High for Data Breach Costs?
- Saturday, 07 August 2021
- Cybersecurity
- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
Between May 2020 and March 2021, the average data breach cost companies $4.24 million, according to a new study by enterprise tech giant IBM and cybersecurity research group the Ponemon Institute.
Read more...U.S.-China Flap Presents New Front in Cyber Conflict
- Wednesday, 21 July 2021
- Cybersecurity
- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
After a string of major cyberattacks in recent months linked to Russian hackers, an exchange of sharp words between the U.S. and its allies and China has redirected focus to Beijing.
Read more...Big Hacks Spur Warnings of 'Cyber Pearl Harbor'
- Thursday, 24 June 2021
- Cybersecurity
- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
The recent slew of massive cyberattacks has prompted experts to caution that a potential future hacking of certain infrastructure might result in real-life military conflict.
Read more...Biden Tells Putin Infrastructure 'Off Limits' to Cyberattacks
- Saturday, 19 June 2021
- Cybersecurity
- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
President Joe Biden has said that he used his first in-person meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to warn that critical infrastructure should not be targeted in cyberattacks. So reports MarketWatch.
Read more...More Cybersecurity Regulations Needed: Experts
- Friday, 18 June 2021
- Cybersecurity
- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
The surging wave of cyberattacks in the first six months of 2021 has led to calls for new private-sector cybersecurity rules.
Read more...Ransomware Brings Cybersecurity to Centerstage
- Saturday, 12 June 2021
- Cybersecurity
- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
Recent high-profile disruptions of a major meatpacking company and the largest U.S. fuel pipeline have thrust ransomware to the forefront of national discussion.
Read more...U.S. Seizes Millions In Ransom Paid By Colonial Pipeline
- Saturday, 12 June 2021
- Cybersecurity
- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
The Colonial Pipeline ransomware saga has taken another turn as the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it recovered 63.7 Bitcoins paid to hacking group DarkSide. Those coins are valued at close to $2.3 million.
Read more...Most Read
-
-
Jan 30 2020
-
Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
A final tally of U.S. data breaches for last year…
-
-
-
Jan 25 2019
-
Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
About 20,000 financial advisers who are clients of BlackRock had…
-
-
-
May 27 2019
-
Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
The Chinese government is conducting cybersecurity investigations of foreign companies…
-
-
-
Jun 01 2019
-
Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
Redtail Technology’s handling of an investor data leak possibly violated…
-