Empty grocery store shelves and grounded planes tend to signal a crisis, whether it’s an extreme weather event, public health crisis, or geopolitical emergency. But these scenes of chaos in recent weeks in the United Kingdom, United States, and Canada… Read More "A Group of Young Cybercriminals Poses the ‘Most Imminent Threat’ of Cyberattacks Right Now"
With demonstrations ramping up against the Trump administration, this week was all about protests. With President Donald Trump taking the historic step to deploy US Marines and the National Guard to Los Angeles, we dove into the “long-term dangers” of… Read More "RFK Jr. Orders HHS to Give Undocumented Migrants’ Medicaid Data to DHS"
For years, the North Korean government has found a burgeoning source of sanctions-evading revenue by tasking its citizens with secretly applying for remote tech jobs in the West. A newly revealed takedown operation by American law enforcement makes clear just… Read More "Identities of More Than 80 Americans Stolen for North Korean IT Worker Scams"
WIRED published a shocking investigation this week based on records, including audio recordings, of hundreds of emergency calls from United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers. The calls—which include reports of incidents of staff sexual assaults, suicide attempts,… Read More "ICE Rolls Facial Recognition Tools Out to Officers’ Phones"
Alimardani says that it appears mobile data services are patchy, and for many people virtual private networks, which can be used to avoid censorship, have stopped working. This means it has been difficult to reach people in the country and… Read More "Iran’s Internet Blackout Adds New Dangers for Civilians Amid Israeli Bombings"
The Israel-linked hacker group known as Predatory Sparrow has carried out some of the most disruptive and destructive cyberattacks in history, twice disabling thousands of gas station payment systems across Iran and once even setting a steel mill in the… Read More "Israel-Tied Predatory Sparrow Hackers Are Waging Cyberwar on Iran’s Financial System"
Any candidate preparing for cybersecurity or IT security exams will find that knowing about security program operations is important. This area discusses the how of implementation in this regard – where appropriate protective controls and processes are designed, implemented, monitored,… Read More "Overview of Security Program Operations"
Understanding Security Program Management is the essence for those who prepare for cybersecurity or IT security examinations. This discipline would involve a holistic means of managing an organization’s security efforts in that all aspects of risk management, governance, and compliance… Read More "What is Security Program Management?"
An organization is making the best possible efforts to not lose its data and fulfill all the regulations by developing a robust Information Security Program. As I delve more into the cybersecurity field, I found that becoming aware of what… Read More "Information Security Program for Cybersecurity Professionals"
Operational Risk Management must be inquired about by any cybersecurity or IT security examination candidate. In the discipline, it is realized through the identification, assessment, and mitigation of risks that occur due to the normal performance of business operations. I… Read More "Operational Risk Management: Insights for Cybersecurity Professionals"
