In what may come as one of the most (and yet least) surprising revelations on the US’ presidential election last year, it seems that an arm of the Russian military intelligence used spear-phishing campaigns and malware to attempt to manipulate parts of the American electoral system. There’s no evidence that the attack directly influenced the…

The breach that was the fly in the ointment of the Yahoo-Verizon deal is one of many now surfacing as security of acquired firms starts to become a point of negotiation. The mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market for software broke a lot of records last year, as investors took advantage of the convergence of cheap…

Because the Internet of Things is an unnatural disaster. Cybersecurity insurance has been gaining prominence over the past couple years across a variety of sectors. Now it’s poised to be the next big thing for consumers. For a barometer, look no further than American International Group Inc.’s newest consumer product called Family CyberEdge. According to…

My wife and I just finished binge-watching the second season of “Mr. Robot,” the hit cable drama about a hacker with issues. We loved the writing, acting and sinewy, layered plot line that embraces most of the dark side of our cyber age. As you can imagine, getting hooked on Mr. Robot hasn’t made us…

The global cybersecurity sector is facing a major shortfall of workers, according to research by International Information System Security Certification Consortium (ISC)², a non-profit organization which specializes in information security education and certifications. (ISC)² said that by 2022 there will be 1.8 million vacancies in the industry that will need to be filled. The General…

After nearly 20 years of trying and billions of dollars in investment, why are organizations are still struggling with cybersecurity? In fact, the problem seems to be getting worse, not better. Answering this question requires moving beyond a purely technical examination of cybersecurity. It’s true that the technical challenges are very real; we don’t know…

State and local governments can play a critical role. You probably heard all about the devastating ransomware attack WannaCry. Starting May 12, it ripped through the globe, infecting more than 300,000 computers worldwide. What you probably didn’t hear was that the first reported appearance of the worm in the U.S. was on government computers in…

Every business owner should be aware of the substantial issues caused by the latest malware attack which has played out over the past month or so. This attack exploited a newly leaked toolkit from the National Security Agency. “WannaCry,” as it is called, took advantage of a well-known vulnerability – one that had a patch…

Cybersecurity Ventures has reviewed and synthesized dozens of employment figures from the media, analyst, job boards, vendors, governments, and organizations globally, towards predicting the number of cybersecurity job openings ove the next 5 years. The cybersecurity job forecasts have been unable to keep pace with the dramatic rise in cybercrime, which is predicted to cost…

Criminals are now relying more on manipulating human behaviour to inflict cyberattacks, rather than actually hacking into software, according to research results released Tuesday. Cybersecurity firm Proofpoint’s research has shown business email compromise (BEC) attacks, where company employees are tricked into making fraudulent payments to the attackers, has spiked from 1% of malware emails in…