Lauren Abshire is the Director of Content Strategy at the United States Cybersecurity Magazine. Lauren is an avid writer, researcher and reader.
Cybersecurity is more than a person behind a screen or hackers in hoodies. Cybersecurity is one of the fastest growing career fields and for good reason: cybersecurity is a universal need. Cybersecurity encompasses everything relating … Read more
On a popular hacker forum, data scraped from over 500 million LinkedIn accounts has been found for sale. 2 million of these records were reportedly leaked to prove their legitimacy which a user could then … Read more
White Hat, Black Hat, Gray Hat, Hacktivists, we hear all of these names, but what is hacking and who are they? What are the different types of hackers? Why hack? The media has used this … Read more
On March 29, 2021, the Clop ransomware hacker group began leaking screenshots of sensitive data that was stolen (allegedly) from two U.S. Universities online. The leaked screenshots include federal tax documents, tax summary documents, passports, … Read more
On Wednesday, March 10, 2021, Intezer Researchers revealed a new malware targeting Linux endpoints and servers. Researchers dubbed this “undocumented backdoor” as REDXOR for its “network data encoding scheme based on XOR.” Researchers believe REDXOR … Read more
On March 2, 2021, Microsoft reported that a Chinese based, state-sponsored sophisticated attack group which they are calling “Hafnium” hacked the Exchange Server using previously unknown exploits. Microsoft states that Hafnium is a highly skilled … Read more
Whether you have a business social media account or a personal social media account, your information is valuable. It is of paramount importance to strengthen your social media account security. It does not matter if … Read more
On February 5, 2021, a hacker took remote control of one of Oldsmar Water Plant’s operator machine. The hacker then increased the sodium (lye) by 100 factors. The FBI was called in after this attempted … Read more
Virtual Private Networks (VPN) has provided remote workers with privacy while they are connected to a public connection for many years. While zero-trust is newer, it has proven to be quite effective. Especially in an … Read more
On February 8, 2021, Sheriff Bob Gualtieri of Pinellas County, Florida gave a press conference surrounding the unlawful intrusion (hack) into the City of Oldsmar’s water plant treatment system (which had taken place on February … Read more
