Ethical Hackers as Educators

Ethical hackers are especially well-positioned to use their knowledge of attack techniques to educate people, according to Zoë Rose, a white-hat hacker based in the UK. On the CyberWire’s ...

July 25, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

OSINT – a Hacker’s First Asset in Targeted Attacks

Before a cybercriminal wants to engage in a targeted attack against a particular organization or individual, they’d like to know a few things first. That’s where OSINT comes into play.

July 22, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Hackers Exfiltrate 7.5TB From Russian FSB Contractor

'Biggest ever breach' exposes project to de-anonymize Tor traffic. IF YOU'RE A CONTRACTOR to a government intelligence service, then getting hacked is a really bad look. Especially if the ...

July 5, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

"YouTube mystery ban on hacking videos has content creators puzzled"

That was the title of the always entertaining The Register's post about YouTube, under fire since inception for building a business on other people's copyrights and in recent years for ...

June 4, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Biometrics Can’t Replace Passwords: A Cybercriminal's Dream

In the quest to create a more secure environment, new ways to authenticate that replace the password are being sought. But it’s looking like passwords are here to stay.

May 28, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

UK Says It Warned 16 Nato Allies Of Russian Hacking Activities

The UK has shared information on Russian hacking attacks with 16 NATO allies over the last 18 months, a British government official said today. "I can disclose that in the last 18 months, ...

February 24, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Cyber Espionage Warning: The Most Advanced Hacking Groups Are Getting More Ambitious

Once attackers might have needed the latest zero-days to gain access to corporate networks, but now it's spear-phishing emails using social engineering tactics that are most likely to ...

December 27, 2018 Roger Grimes

You Must Know What You're Clicking On Even With MFA

By Roger Grimes, KnowBe4's Data-driven Defense Evangelist. I’ve been in computer security for over 30-years and I’ve been giving presentations nearly as long. And in that time, no talk ...

July 26, 2018 Roger Grimes

Yes, Google's Security Key Is Hackable

Here is an article by Roger Grimes, Data-Driven Defense Evangelist at KnowBe4 Ever since Google told the world that none of its 85,000 employees had been successfully hacked since they ...

July 16, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

Another Hacking Scandal? Russians could be behind 'cyber caliphate'

The US Senate is asking the Justice Department to look into the possibility that an Islamic extremist hacking group was actually the work of the Russian government.

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