Today’s Most Interesting Security News

Cyber attacks are an unfortunate result of the continual evolution of modern technology throughout the digital age — and it’s something that has become very costly for business owners. By now, you would have thought every company owner would ensure their site is as secure as possible, but a recent […]

Survey Shows Businesses Aren’t Fully Prepared for Cyber Attacks

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Guidepost Solutions has always provided much more than just security & technology consulting services, but did you know they also provide cybersecurity-related services?  They have, for years, enjoyed a reputation as a world-class provider of global investigations, compliance, monitoring, and security and technology consulting solutions for clients in a wide range […]

Physical Security Consulting Firm Provides Cybersecurity Threat Mitigation Services

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By: Sean Goertz To say there’s a lot of hype around the commercial potential of drones is a bit of an understatement. Between the headlines talking about the billions of dollars that the technology represents along with talk about how UAVs can make a measurable difference when it comes to making a given […]

Professional Drone Operators Should be Using Professional Equipment

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by: Steven Bowcut, CPP, PSP Election officials worry about cybersecurity threats that may affect the midterm elections – but is that the real threat? Last December a bipartisan group of six senators introduced the Secure Elections Act.  This bill intends to streamline cybersecurity information sharing in an effort to help […]

Cybersecurity Threats and the Midterm Elections

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By: Graham Joseph Penrose Guest Contributor   Facebook was ordered on the 16th February 2018, in an 84 page judgment by a Belgian court, to stop collecting certain data on users or face daily fines of €250,000, with an upper cumulative limit of €100 million. In summary Facebook must stop placing cookies on users’ computers unless: It has informed […]

Belgium Privacy Watchdog Takes 100 Million Exceptions to Facebook’s Illegal ...

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New Kaspersky Labs research notes that the financial impact of a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack continues to rise, and is now more than $120K for SMBs and more than $2M for enterprise organizations. A Corero Network Security executive notes that these costs can climb far higher, based on recent research and given […]

Enterprise costs of DDoS attacks exceed $2Mil – Corero Expert ...

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The BBC is reporting today that “Pakistani police have arrested four people accused of stealing spinal fluid from women.  The suspects told women they had to provide blood samples to qualify for financial assistance from the Punjab government.”  They maintain that “The gang is thought to have stolen spinal fluid […]

BBC: Pakistan gang ‘stole spinal fluid from women’

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The US Secret Service is warning financial institutions that jackpotting attacks – where ATMs fraudulently dispense cash – are now a risk in the U.S. Jackpotting, or Logical Attacks, are not new to ATMs in the U.S.  In May 2016 NCR, whose systems enable 700 million financial transactions a day, […]

ATM “Jackpotting” on the Rise in U.S.

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(Video Transcript) For terrorists – which would include anyone seeking to strike terror into the hearts of large numbers of people – soft targets are a practical convenience with symbolic value. Soft targets are defined as those potential victims, or victim groups, that are relatively unprotected or vulnerable.  Usually because […]

Soft Targets – What can be done to protect them

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