MY TAKE: Putin’s weaponizing of ransomware shows why network security needs an overhaul - At 10 am PDT, next Wednesday, April 19th,  I’ll have the privilege of appearing as... https://www.lastwatchdog.com/my-take-putins-weaponizing-of-ransomware-shows-why-network-security-needs-an-overhaul/ #fortechnologists #imminentthreats #bestpractices #forconsumers #topstories #mytake

GUEST ESSAY: The common thread between China’s spy balloons and Congress banning Tik Tok - The decision by the House of Representatives to ban  TikTok  from federal devices ... https://www.lastwatchdog.com/guest-essay-the-common-thread-between-chinas-spy-balloons-and-congress-banning-tik-tok/ #fortechnologists #imminentthreats #guestblogpost #forconsumers #topstories #privacy

GUEST ESSAY: Here’s how and why ‘trust’ presents an existential threat to cybersecurity - Over the years, bad actors have started getting more creative with their methods o... https://www.lastwatchdog.com/guest-essay-heres-how-and-why-trust-presents-an-existential-threat-to-cybersecurity/ #fortechnologists #imminentthreats #guestblogpost #forconsumers #topstories #privacy

GUEST ESSAY: A breakout of how Google, Facebook, Instagram enable third-party snooping - More and more consumers are using apps every year.
In fact, Google Play users down... https://www.lastwatchdog.com/guest-essay-a-breakout-of-how-google-facebook-instagram-enable-third-party-snooping/ #imminentthreats #guestblogpost #forconsumers #topstories

GUEST ESSAY: Why Microsoft Exchange users ‘must have’ robust data recovery policies, practices - Cloud hosted email services have come into wide use as the go-to communication and... https://www.lastwatchdog.com/guest-essay-why-microsoft-exchange-users-must-have-robust-data-recovery-policies-practices/ #fortechnologists #imminentthreats #guestblogpost #topstories

SHARED INTEL: LogJ4 vulnerability presents a gaping attack vector companies must heed in 2022 - As we close out 2021, a gargantuan open-source vulnerability has reared its ugly h... https://www.lastwatchdog.com/shared-intel-logj4-vulnerability-presents-a-gaping-attack-vector-companies-must-heed-in-2022/ #imminentthreats #forconsumers #topstories

GUEST ESSAY: The shock waves of mental illness have begun exacerbating cybersecurity exposures - Mental health at work is undergoing a rapid transformation. Even before the COVID-... https://www.lastwatchdog.com/guest-essay-the-shock-waves-of-mental-illness-have-begun-exacerbating-cybersecurity-exposures/ #fortechnologists #imminentthreats #guestblogpost #forconsumers #topstories #privacy

MY TAKE: For better or worse, machine-to-machine code connections now form much of the castle wall - Managing permissions is proving to be a huge security blind spot for many companie... https://www.lastwatchdog.com/my-take-for-better-or-worse-machine-to-machine-code-connections-now-form-much-of-the-castle-wall/ #fortechnologists #imminentthreats #bestpractices #topstories #newtech

GUEST ESSAY: Here’s what every business should know — and do — about CaaS: crime-as-a-service - It doesn’t matter if you want to learn a new language or figure out how to fix you... https://www.lastwatchdog.com/guest-essay-heres-what-every-business-should-know-and-do-about-caas-crime-as-a-service/ #fortechnologists #imminentthreats #forconsumers #topstories #privacy

Black Hat insights: All-powerful developers begin steering to the promise land of automated security - Software developers have become the masters of the digital universe.
Related: Grap... https://www.lastwatchdog.com/black-hat-insights-all-powerful-developers-begin-steering-to-the-promise-land-of-automated-security/ #blackhatpodcasts #fortechnologists #imminentthreats #forconsumers #topstories #videos

SHARED INTEL: Ramifications of 86 cities storing citizens’ data in misconfigured AWS S3 buckets - The ethical hackers at WizCase recently disclosed another stunning example of sens... https://www.lastwatchdog.com/shared-intel-ramifications-of-86-cities-storing-citizens-data-in-misconfigured-aws-s3-buckets/ #fortechnologists #imminentthreats #forconsumers #topstories #privacy

ROUNDTABLE: Kaseya hack exacerbates worrisome supply-chain, ransomware exposures - It was bound to happen: a supply-chain compromise, ala SolarWinds, has been combin... https://www.lastwatchdog.com/roundtable-kaseya-hack-aims-ransomware-at-smbs-via-a-solarwinds-style-compromise/ #fortechnologists #imminentthreats #topstories #privacy #mytake

SHARED INTEL: ‘Credential stuffers’ leverage enduring flaws to prey on video game industry - The video game industry saw massive growth in 2020; nothing like a global pandemic... https://www.lastwatchdog.com/shared-intel-credential-stuffing-attacks-on-video-gaming-industry-highlight-enduring-flaws/ #fortechnologists #imminentthreats #forconsumers #topstories #privacy

SHARED INTEL: Akamai reports web attack traffic spiked 62 percent in 2020 — all sectors hit hard - Some instructive fresh intelligence about how cyber attacks continue to saturate t... https://www.lastwatchdog.com/shared-intel-akamai-reports-web-attack-traffic-spiked-62-percent-in-2020-all-sectors-hit-hard/ #fortechnologists #imminentthreats #topstories

ROUNDTABLE: Experts react to President Biden’s exec order in the aftermath of Colonial Pipeline hack - As wake up calls go, the Colonial Pipeline ransomware hack was piercing.
Related: ... https://www.lastwatchdog.com/roundtable-experts-react-to-president-bidens-exec-order-responding-to-colonial-pipeline-hack/ #fortechnologists #imminentthreats #forconsumers #topstories #privacy #mytake

RSAC insights: Sophos report dissects how improved tools, tactics stop ransomware attack - A new report from Sophos dissects how hackers spent two weeks roaming far-and-wide... https://www.lastwatchdog.com/rsac-insights-sophos-report-dissects-how-improved-tools-tactics-stop-ransomware-attack/ #fortechnologists #imminentthreats #stepsforward #rsapodcasts #topstories #privacy #mytake

SHARED INTEL: Report details how cyber criminals leverage HTTPS TLS to hide malware - Google was absolutely right to initiate a big public push a couple of years ago to... https://www.lastwatchdog.com/shared-intel-report-shows-cyber-criminals-are-using-https-tls-as-a-stealth-tool-to-hide-malware/ #fortechnologists #imminentthreats #topstories #privacy #mytake

ROUNDTABLE: Targeting the supply-chain: SolarWinds, then Mimecast and now UScellular - It’s only February, and 2021 already is rapidly shaping up to be the year of supply-chain hacks.
Rel... https://www.lastwatchdog.com/my-take-targeting-the-supply-chain-solarwinds-hacked-then-mimecast-and-now-us-cellular/ #fortechnologists #imminentthreats #topstories #privacy #mytake

MY TAKE: How Russia is leveraging insecure mobile apps to radicalize disaffected males - How did we get to this level of disinformation? How did we, the citizens of the United States of Ame... https://www.lastwatchdog.com/my-take-how-russia-is-leveraging-insecure-mobile-apps-to-radicalize-disaffected-males/ #fortechnologists #imminentthreats #forconsumers #topstories #privacy #mytake

MY TAKE: How ‘credential stuffing’ is being deployed to influence elections, steal Covid-19 relief - What do wildfires and credential stuffing have in common?Related: Automated attacks leverage big dat... https://www.lastwatchdog.com/my-take-how-credential-stuffing-is-being-deployed-to-influence-elections-steal-covid-19-relief/ #fortechnologists #imminentthreats #forconsumers #topstories #mytake