Cybersecurity Insights and Trends

CyberSecurity   by Doug McCord

Workday was breached by hackers in early August.    We dig into the details below, but the short form is this: intruders accessed their “third-party CRM platform” and stole “primarily commonly available” business contact information before the connection was cut...

CyberSecurity   by Doug McCord

From last week’s cybersecurity news: The breach of the US federal judiciary’s electronic case filing system discovered on July 4 is still a problem, and a mysterious one. Though initial reports blamed Russia, it’s still not entirely clear who...

Artificial Intelligence   by Doug McCord

The Wall Street Journal reported last week that cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks was lined up to acquire another cybersecurity firm, CyberArk, and Bloomberg pegged the cost at $25 billion.   It’s a move, like many we’re seeing in cybersecurity...

CyberSecurity   by Doug McCord

We’re back for our bi-monthly cybersecurity roundup, and this time out we open on business e-mail compromises, or BEC.   As profiled in reporting by cybersecurity journalist and investigator Brian Krebs, consider the example of an unnamed transportation executive who...

CyberSecurity   by Doug McCord

By now everyone who reads this has experienced the real-world impacts of cybercrime.    If you’re lucky, maybe it’s just been a few notifications that your personal data has been breached.   Maybe it’s led to longer lines, unexpected...