This year has witnessed the embarrassing disclosure of 119,000 documents left on an unprotected server by Fedex Corp., a similar compromise of 37 million customer records by Panera Bread Co., the theft of up to 5 million records of Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord & Taylor customers, ransomware attacks at Boeing Co. and the City of Atlanta, and Facebook Inc.’s admission that 87 million customer accounts […]
Month: April 2018
Disincentivizing Ransomware Attacks
Ransomware, malicious software designed to prevent access to resources until a ransom is paid, has grown in prominence over the past few years, and shows no signs of slowing down. Well-known ransomware examples include CryptoLocker, WannaCry, and SamSam, are all highly successful from an attacker’s point of view. These successes have further incentivized the perpetrators […]
Four Quick Questions with Cybersecurity Expert Ron Gula
We sat down with Ron Gula, the president of Gula Tech Adventures, to ask some pressing questions about cybersecurity. Ron is also the Co-founder of Tenable Network Security, a world leader in vulnerability management, Co-founder of Network Security Wizards, which produced the Dragon intrusion detection system, and is knowledgeable in many aspects of cyber security […]
Cryptonite and MDISS Partner to Reveal Cybersecurity Solutions in the “Health Care Cybersecurity Best Practices” Report
Moving Target Defense Start-Up and Medical Device Innovation, Safety and Security Consortium Join Forces to Promote Solutions to Health Care Vulnerabilities and Systemic Issues ROCKVILLE, Md. & SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cryptonite, a leader in moving target cyber defense, and MDISS, the Medical Device Innovation, Safety and Security Consortium, released today the joint “Health Care Cybersecurity Best Practices” […]