
Cybersecurity Roundup for August–September 2024
“There appears to have been a data security incident that may have involved some of your personal information.” This is background-check provider National Public Data
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“There appears to have been a data security incident that may have involved some of your personal information.” This is background-check provider National Public Data

There’s a famous scene in the film Enter the Dragon (1973) where Bruce Lee’s character chases an enemy into a room of mirrors but cannot

Do cybercrime statistics ever shock you anymore? The stats from emerging cyber threats are truly mind-boggling: cybercrime is up 30% in Q2 2024 (year to

It’s the end of July, 2024: do you know where your passwords are? On July 4th a plaintext file containing nearly 10 billion passwords was

It’s the end of May, 2024, and across America, doctors and nurses are using handwritten notes to chart patient issues. They’re sending faxes, and delivering

My wife and I recently had the opportunity to give our kids a one-day whirlwind tour of the US capital. Driving south to meet up

In late January, a cybersecurity researcher with the help of Cybernews made a stunning find: 12 Terrabytes of carefully compiled, stolen personal information—in a database

By 2025, it’s estimated that half the world’s data—100 of 200 total zettabytes (each a trillion gigabytes)—will be in the cloud. With this

Cybercrime is dramatically on the rise. With more than 89% of US organizations experiencing cyberattacks every 12 months and more than 360 million people impacted

With 1 in 2 organizations suffering a successful cyberattack over the past three years, the global cost of cybercrime in 2024 could reach $14.57 trillion
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