Ransomware Attack Hits 22 Texas Towns, Authorities Say

by Sam | Aug 26, 2019 | Cyber Security, Government, Hacking, Ransomware

Ransomware Attacks Hits 22 Texas Towns, Authorities Say HOUSTON — Computer systems in 22 small Texas towns have been hacked, seized and held for ransom in a widespread, coordinated cyberattack that has sent state emergency-management officials scrambling and prompted...

Beyond Prevention: Detecting & Responding to Cyberthreats

by Sam | Aug 6, 2019

No network is 100% secure. Preventive controls are no longer sufficient against the increasing sophistication and frequency of cyber attacks.Join Ash Marcos, Practice Lead Engineer, Cyber Security of Maureen Data Systems (MDS) and Mike Hamilton, CISO, of CI Security,...

Malware infects a second critical infrastructure site

by Sam | Apr 12, 2019 | Cyber Security, Did You Know?, Malware

Mysterious safety-tampering malware infects a second critical infrastructure site Sixteen months ago, researchers reported an unsettling escalation in hacks targeting power plants, gas refineries, and other types of critical infrastructure. Attackers who may have been...

How the EverCrypt Library Created Hacker-Proof Cryptography

by Sam | Apr 8, 2019 | Cyber Security, Did You Know?, New Technology

Cryptography That Can't Be Hacked Programmers are human, but mathematics is immortal. By making programming more mathematical, a community of computer scientists is hoping to eliminate the coding bugs that can open doors to hackers, spill digital secrets and generally...

Human Error, We Meet Again – Cyber security Basics

by Sam | Apr 8, 2019 | Cyber Security, Data, Did You Know?

Human Error, We Meet Again Are Employees the Weakest Link in the Fight Against Cyber Vulnerabilities? For all the hundreds of firewall rules and network protocols that your security staff may put in place to better safeguard your network, sometimes there’s simply no...