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A politically inclined attack or just a ‘simple’ lack of security awareness? Whatever the case, the cyber-attack that hit Marriott was huge. This was the joint second largest data breach to take place, after Yahoo in 2013 and Equifax in 2017. A cyber attacker stole personal information including names, emails,…
We are all talking about the future of jobs. But the question that we should perhaps ask, the most essential one, is: How should those jobs look like (or what should those jobs be)? With the evolution of the nature of the job market, we are facing new realities and…
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and few minutes of cyber-incident to ruin it. – Stéphane Nappo Global CISO at Société Générale International Banking 2017 has reminded us once again that security threats are getting more sophisticated, unexpected, and attackers are working harder to discover new vulnerabilities. From…
The increasing nature of cybercrime Application services in the cyberspace have gained a huge importance in our lives expanding beyond the business-to-consumers and consumer-to-consumer models to a form of many-to-many interactions and transactions, called the Internet of Everything (IoE), predicting that by 2020 there will be more than 200 billion…
In 2016, data breaches remain one of the most significant challenges facing law firms and government agencies. Cybercriminals target law firms and government agencies due to the value of the intellectual property and sensitive information that they maintain. Since 2013, for the industries being tracked, approximately five (5) billion data…
Today, many people are facing the risk of losing information and sensitive data. For criminals/hackers, social engineering is one of the most prolific and effective means to induce people to carry out specific actions or to divulge information that can be useful for attackers. This article will discuss the basics…
