Cyber Security Articles & News

American View: The Spyware Who Loved Me

Social engineering awareness training is great, but it isn’t enough. Business Reporter's resident U.S. blogger Keil Hubert argues that dedicated cyber criminals are changing their tactics to take advantage of our companies’ weakest defensive element: the human resources department.

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Weekend Reading

Strange (and creepy) events captured on VHS, a hacker's advice on how to be safe from people like himself, and re-creating the Big Bang in a laboratory are among the books our editors are reading this weekend.

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The Hacker’s Guide to Cybersecurity: Top Tips from the Other Side of the Trench

When it comes to cybersecurity expertise, I’ll often quote industry professionals and security firms in order to help you stay on top of new trends, review best practices, and ensure that your strategy is sound. But it is also crucial to take a look from the other side of the court, to get a full perspective on today’s most pressing cybersecurity issues.

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Spring Programs Will Solve Mysteries

“Mystery” may be the keyword for the Library’s spring program schedule, ranging from the mystery of faith and science to solving mysteries with forensic science.

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Howard County’s Top 5 government stories of 2016

1. Howard County moves to vote centers

In March, Howard County officials approved the final plan to bring vote centers to the county. The Howard County Election Board, County Council and County Commissioners agreed to implement 15 vote center locations – a decision that played a major role in the 2016 primary and general elections.

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Reformed hacker offers insight into cyber crime

With law firms notably one of the largest targets for cyber security attacks, a former hacker turned security expert has revealed how smaller players, including SME law firms, can properly protect themselves from inevitable threats.

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Best Books of 2016

Our editors’ picks for the best books of 2016, and some they’re eagerly anticipating.

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KnowBe4 Announces Free Phish Alert for G Suite

New functionality offered at no-charge to fight rising threats of phishing and ransomware and shore up the “weakest link in security: users

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The Dangers Of Using Bluetooth In Rental Cars

I’m an early adopter. Have you ever used Ello or the now defunct UrbanSpoon? I was there from the get-go on both of those. When it comes to anything technology related I like getting on board first. While this can be expensive, it does make for interesting conversations around the home office. Especially when one of these technologies fizzled out, remember MySpace.

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WATCH: Hacker: Two-step verification would have avoided Russian hack

Once the world’s most wanted criminal hacker now computer security consultant Kevin Mitnick breakdown how Russia hacked into the US. Election. 

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