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Mar 24, 2022

White House: 8 Things You Can Do to Boost Your Security Against Russian Cyberattacks

ZDNet reported on March 22nd that the White House is urging all organizations to enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) in preparation

Mar 23, 2022

Why Isn’t Baker McKenzie Closing its Offices in Russia and Pulling Out of Russia?

The Coalition for Ukraine has been tracking businesses pulling out of Russia. Most law firms have closed their offices in

Mar 22, 2022

Deepfake Video of Zelensky Surrendering Quickly Debunked

There are some good deepfake videos, to be sure. But this wasn’t one of them. The Verge reported on March

Mar 17, 2022

Phishing Attacks on Smartphones Escalate Sharply

ZDNet reported on March 15 that phishing attacks targeting smartphones have increased markedly. It used to be that many phishing

Mar 16, 2022

Why are There So Few Women in Cybersecurity?

I have asked myself that question many times. Our friend Sherri Davidoff, the founder and CEO of LMG Security, obviously

Mar 15, 2022

Biden Orders Study of Cryptocurrency Risks and a Possible Digital Dollar

On March 11, CBS News reported that President Biden signed an Executive Order on March 10 directing the U.S. Department

Mar 10, 2022

Google Buying Cybersecurity Company Mandiant for a Whopping $5.4 Billion

The Verge reported on March 8 that Google is buying cybersecurity company Mandiant in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately

Mar 09, 2022

Return to Office Policies for Google, Apple and Twitter Released

On March 4, CNET reported that Apple, Google and Twitter are preparing for employees to return to offices after almost

Mar 08, 2022

NSA Releases Network Security Information Governance

CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) announced on March 3 that the National Security Agency (NSA) has released a new

Mar 03, 2022

Critical U.S. Infrastructure Entities Must Report “Substantial Cyber Incidents” Within 72 Hours

The Washington Post reported (thanks for the gift article WAPO) on March 2 that that the Senate passed on March

Mar 02, 2022

Ukraine Builds an ‘IT Army’ to Defend its Networks and Hack Russian Targets

ZDNet reported on March 1 that the Ukraine is building what it calls an “IT army” to defend against cyberattacks

Mar 01, 2022

Hacking Groups Take Sides: Russia or Ukraine?

The Record reported on February 25 that ransomware gangs and other hacking groups have picked sides in the Russia/Ukraine battle