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The March Madness Cyber Threat

Adam Levin

Sensitive information including passwords and financial information can be exfiltrated and ransomware can be deployed to block access to critical data. It’s just as easy to access a brackets spreadsheet or document through Google Docs or Microsoft Office as it is to send an email attachment, and it poses less of a cyber risk.

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Juice Jacking: The Latest Cyber Threat to Your Personal Information and Devices

Identity IQ

Juice Jacking: The Latest Cyber Threat to Your Personal Information and Devices IdentityIQ Juice jacking, a new cybercrime trend, is targeting people who charge their phones or tablets at public charging stations. Bottom Line Juice jacking can put your personal information and smart devices at risk.

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The Aviation and Aerospace Sectors Face Skyrocketing Cyber Threats

Security Affairs

Resecurity reported about the increasing wave of cyber incidents targeting the aerospace and aviation sectors. The experts emphasized the importance of rigorous cybersecurity risk assessments for airports and proactive threat intelligence in the context of the activity of major ransomware groups and advanced threat actors.

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News alert: Security Risk Advisors offers free workshop to help select optimal OT security tools

The Last Watchdog

May 8, 2024, CyberNewsWire — Security Risk Advisors (SRA) announces the launch of their OT/XIoT Detection Selection Workshop, a complimentary offering designed to assist organizations in selecting the most suitable operational technology (OT) and Extended Internet of Things (XIoT) security tools for their unique environments.

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SHARED INTEL Q&A: My thoughts and opinions about cyber threats — as discussed with OneRep

The Last Watchdog

OneRep provides a consumer service that scrubs your personal information from Google and dozens of privacy-breaching websites. I began to research and write about the drivers behind what was happening to businesses and to individual consumers using Windows, both the evolving threats and the emerging business/home network defenses.

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Resecurity Released a 2024 Cyber Threat Landscape Forecast

Security Affairs

Cybersecurity company Resecurity has published the 2024 Cyber Threat Landscape Forecast. Resecurity, a Los Angeles-based cybersecurity company protecting Fortune 100 and government agencies worldwide, has compiled a comprehensive forecast outlining the imminent threats and novel security challenges anticipated in the upcoming year.

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GUEST ESSAY: The three horsemen of cyber risks: misinformation, disinformation and fake news

The Last Watchdog

Such a transformation however, comes with its own set of risks. Misleading information has emerged as one of the leading cyber risks in our society, affecting political leaders, nations, and people’s lives, with the COVID-19 pandemic having only made it worse. So, how do organizations prepare against such threats?