Stefan Maraj had an accounting degree in his sights but was sidetracked by the challenge of cybersecurity. He now knows more about end-to-end encryption than the Revenue Recognition Principle. As a cybersecurity consultant and Staff Writer for the United States Cybersecurity Magazine, Stefan provides insight into hacker brains to ferret out exactly what kind of computer malfeasance they’ve been up to and how to stop it.
Sometimes, advances in cybersecurity come from the unlikeliest of places. Steganography – hiding data, information, or files within other types of media – has often been regarded as a niche interest for security geeks and was not thought to pose much of a threat. That could have changed this month, with security researcher David Buchanan’s … Read more
High school students in Buffalo, New York, have had a rough year. Like many other students throughout the U.S., the pandemic forced them to tackle virtual learning. Then,on Monday, March 15, 2021, Buffalo schools were set to open; however, the return to school was cancelled. The reason? A ransomware attack on the Buffalo School System. … Read more
Early in March, 2021, we saw an “unusually aggressive” attack on companies in the U.S. The attack, first reported by Brian Krebs on March 5, 2021, led to hackers gaining access to at least 30,000 email accounts belonging to employees at many organizations across the country. In response, the New Administration moved to launch a … Read more
2020 was a mixed year as far as the cybersecurity community was concerned. On one hand, the raw figures are hard to argue with – a new Cloud Security Report 2021 from Wandera found 52% of organizations dealt with a malware incident in 2020, up from 37% in 2019. Cyber threats are growing across the … Read more
