The idea of biometric identification replacing passwords as the standard method of identifying users has moved from a future technology in movies to common usage in our daily lives. Once Apple introduced fingerprint sensing in the iPhone 5S, biometric sensing entered the mainstream and is now

While there is no question in anyone’s mind that companies must provide increased amount of security training to their employees, it is not always obvious what is the best way to do that. In this interview, Kurt Wescoe, the Chief Architect at Wombat Security Technologies, explains his company’s

It is no secret that the use of open source software components is growing at a very rapid pace. This is true for both young startup companies as well as established enterprise developers. The developers that incorporate these open source components need to somehow stay on top of the many licensing

BeyondTrust is convinced that the greatest cause of enterprise data breaches is the fact that users abuse the privileged level of access permission given to them, i.e. admin or root access. Sometimes this abuse is malicious and sometimes it is accidental – but it is always a bad thing. The

The story of BankVault is a story of pivots. What started as a supercomputing project to create self-evolving IT infrastructure, went through a pivot that resulted in a new type of cyber technology.  It initially targeted SMB’s (Small and Medium Businesses) to stop bank account takeovers by cyber

Lior Samuelson has been around technology and businesses for many years, but he is particularly passionate about making the Internet a safer place for users – especially those who seek better security and those on the move with their mobile devices.  Lior is the CEO and Chairman of Cyren, a leading

As Ameesh Divatia, the co-Founder and CEO of Baffle, likes to say, we need to accept that data breaches are a fact of computing life today. However, his company’s goal is to make these breaches irrelevant by efficiently encrypting data wherever it may be, so that even if there is a security breach,

When a user visits your company’s website to make a purchase or to apply for an account, how do you know that they are in fact who they claim to be? Are they using a stolen identity or spoofing an existing one? Just about every business today needs to ask these questions, in order to avoid monetary

Wouldn’t it be great if instead of reacting to security attacks we could actually proactively hunt them down and disrupt them before they do any damage? According to Mark Terenzoni, CEO of Sqrrl - a threat hunting company - this is something that is not only possible today, but is actually

Did you know that the revenues of the online computer gaming industry are larger than that of the Hollywood and music industries combined? With that much money at stake, it is not the least bit surprising that online games are the targets of many, many sophisticated attacks and attempts at

The vast majority of our confidential information today is stored in emails and in documents. That is why GigaTrust is dedicated to making it both easy and safe to share these documents. Their GigaCloud collaboration platform not only encrypts emails/documents at rest and in transit, but also

Let’s be honest – how many of us think about security risks as we race into a coffee shop to check our email or the latest sports scores? Unfortunately, there are a lot of bad guys out there who know the answer to that question. They are waiting to take advantage of the situation and attack our

Online privacy was dealt a major blow at the end of March 2018 when the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data (CLOUD) Act was added in the near the end of a 2,232 page budget bill. The CLOUD Act was never voted on by the US Congress or even reviewed. Instead it was slipped into page 2,201 of a

There’s no denying the fact we live in turbulent times. The surge in terrorism and cyberattacks, among other reasons, has led border authorities around the world to keep much tighter control over ports of entry. While border control is necessary, it’s definitely a nuisance. Even more so, it’s

We often fail to realize the importance of keeping ourselves hidden on the Internet. In an era when so many activities, from communications to payments, take place online, security is increasingly important. Maintaining your privacy on the World Wide Web can be tedious, so we’ve drawn up a

There's little doubt that the internet has transformed the modern world as we know it, and mostly in a positive way. From the ability to access information from anywhere we like, to instantaneous global communication, the worldwide web has helped to shape a more connected world where ideas, culture

Telegram, the semi-encrypted messaging and chat app seen as a rival to Whatsapp, has always received a lot of negative attention as a safe harbor and essential tool for extremist hate groups, conspiracy theorists, child pornographers, and so on. Now, it appears cybercriminals are also flocking

When was the last time you thought about your WiFi router? Let me guess: When your internet connection got sketchy, and you made your magic move - disconnecting the power cord, waiting 10 seconds, and then reconnecting. Poof! You were able to reboot it and were up and running again, after a sigh of

Example 1 – Reported Data Breach NordVPN announced that it had experienced a data hack on one of it's rented servers from a data center in Finland in March 2018. But NordVPN isn't the only provider to be affected. Both Avast and TorGuard have also been impacted by the breach. Avast addressed a

Man, I thought you died or something. This is what Marvin, a long-time online buddy of mine, said when I logged into my favorite gaming platform after a long absence. After laughing it off and catching up with him, I paused for a second – what if I had actually died? I realized something: I

In 2018, we tested 3 popular VPNs: Hotspot Shield, PureVPN, and Zenmate with accredited researchers to find if the VPNs could leak data. While we hoped to find zero leaks, we regretfully found that all of them leak sensitive data. On the positive side, after we contacted the VPN vendors, we