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Episode 55: Cyber attacks as part of military responses
Cyber warfare is at the heart of a potential U.S. response to incidents in the Middle East, according to published reports. While attacks and responses to attacks have traditionally been held on the battlefield, that battlefield is increasingly moving to the cyber...
Episode 54: Shocking hacker creativity and how your mood impacts your security
One thing you should never underestimate? The astounding creativity of cybercriminals. As security services and our overall cybersecurity posture continue to improve, the bad guys need to come up with more and more innovative ways to get access to the data they want. ...
Episode 53: An entire country gets hacked
Sometimes you read something and just can’t believe it. Sometimes the numbers involved in cyber breaches are just overwhelming. And then there’s this one. The entire country of Ecuador got hacked. Not it’s biggest bank. Not its largest company. Nope. A database that...
Episode 52: How state government is helping Utah cities protect themselves from hackers
Cybercriminals have found small cities and towns to be easy targets for ransomware. In fact, 45 percent of attacks on municipalities have been aimed at cities with populations under 50,000 and a quarter of all attacks on those smaller than 10,000 residents. One...
Episode 51: Ransomware attacks double, cities frequent, soft targets
One topic has dominated our podcast the past few weeks, and for good reason. Ransomware attacks have more than doubled this year and the majority of them have been targeted at state and local government. According to a study by Barracuda Networks, 55 ransomware...
Episode 50: What we learned from the two biggest hacker conventions
Every year, two of the biggest cybersecurity conventions in the world are held simultaneously in Las Vegas. Professionals dedicated to protecting companies and consumers rub shoulders with hackers. To get the inside scoop, we sent two members of our rotating panel of...