Social engineering is any activity in which cybercriminals trick or manipulate victims into willingly revealing sensitive information. It’s a particularly diabolical exploit of human weakness. Human beings have a charming, and frequently catastrophic, tendency to...

In July, the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) — in cooperation with its UK and Australian counterparts and the FBI — released its latest report on the most routinely exploited cyber vulnerabilities. Of the common vulnerabilities and...

A data breach is an organization’s worst nightmare. The financial consequences are hard-hitting and difficult to recover from, damage to a company’s reputation is potentially devastating, and legal action may result from clients whose sensitive data was compromised by...

Every day seems to bring news of another high-profile hack. Cyberattacks are occurring more frequently for one simple, if ominous, reason. They’re getting smarter. Recent attacks have proven more efficient, more streamlined, and more aggressive — making it difficult...

If there is one thing everyone knows about cybersecurity, it’s this: The cloud is secure. But as with everything in technology, what everyone knows is changing yet again. Bad actors — both rogue and state-sponsored — have aimed their recent attacks at what has...