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Jul 28, 2021

Microsoft Predicts 40 Percent of Employees Might Quit Their Jobs

Law firms, like every other vertical, are reading tea leaves to figure out whether to mandate full-time return to work,

Jul 22, 2021

Law Firm Campbell, Conroy & O’Neil Discloses Data Breach

Dark Reading reported on July 19 that Campbell Conroy & O’Neil (Campbell), a law firm representing hundreds of major organizations, confirmed

Jul 21, 2021

The U.S. Government’s One-Stop Shop to Stop Ransomware

John and I are big fans of CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency), a division of Homeland Security. CISA has

Jul 20, 2021

The Pegasus Project: Israel Spyware Used to Hack Phones of Journalists and Activists Globally

News of the existence of the Pegasus Project has spread like wildfire. As the Washington Post reported, military-grade spyware leased by

Jul 08, 2021

Yikes: One in Four Employees Has Access to Accounts from Past Jobs

TechRepublic reported July 6 on some very interesting (and sobering) findings from a survey of over 1000 professionals by passwordless security company

Jul 07, 2021

Kaseya Ransomware Attack: $70 Million Ransom Demand, 1,500 Companies Impacted

ZDNet reported on July 6 that enterprise tech firm Kaseya has confirmed that approximately 1,500 businesses were impacted as a result of

Jul 01, 2021

The “Great Resignation” Gains Steam as Employers Call Employees Back to Work

It doesn’t matter what profession you are in – the impact of the “Great Resignation” is rippling across America. CNBC reported on

Jun 30, 2021

Four States Propose Laws to Limit or Ban Ransomware Payments

CSO Online reported on June 28 that four states have five pending pieces of legislation that would either ban paying a ransom

Jun 29, 2021

China Says Its AI Can Beat Human Pilots in Battle

Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology reported on June 24 that Chinese state media claimed that a Chinese AI system had

Jun 24, 2021

VPNs Attacks Up Almost 2000% in the Emerging Hybrid Workplace

Earlier this month, Nuspire released a report showing that in Q1 2021 there was a 1,916% increase in attacks against Fortinet’s SSL-VPN

Jun 23, 2021

Machine Learning and Cybersecurity: Hype and Reality

The Georgetown Center for Security and Emerging Technology has just released a report entitled Machine Learning and Cybersecurity: Hype and Reality which

Jun 22, 2021

Senate Unanimously Confirms First White House National Cyber Director

The Hill reported that the Senate unanimously confirmed, on June 17, former National Security Agency (NSA) Deputy Director Chris Inglis as the