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Value is Cybersecurity’s blind spot, it is our Achilles Heel. The industry currently suffers from a weakness to understand, align, and showcase its maximum potential value, which extends beyond managing digital risks and often includes…
US Treasury sanctions a cryptocurrency mixing site for supporting North Korean hackers who have been stealing hundreds of millions of dollars. Blender.io is a virtual currency mixing site that obfuscates the origins of cryptocurrency coin…
Ransomware attacks and payments are increasing, with most revenue going to Russian attackers. It is time to revisit outlawing Ransomware payments.Some stats to hammer the situation home:Sophos ransomware report indicates:- Ransom attacks are more…
Thanks to DynamicCISO for a great discussion about the changing landscape of cybersecurity and how we must all adapt to drive trust into the global digital ecosystem. The key to our success is to think ahead and show leadership in managing…
Happy Privacy Day to all those privacy professionals out there that work to make our digital world more safe, respectful, and private.Now more than ever, respecting privacy in our rapidly digitizing world, is important. Over the past many years,…
Dive into the ever-changing roles and responsibilities of the cybersecurity space with seasoned leader Deidre Diamond on this new episode of The Cybersecurity Vault. Learn about some of the industry’s recent and longstanding challenges and how to…
Norton recently announced its Anti-Virus product will have a new feature that enables mining of Ethereum cryptocurrency for their customers, if they choose to participate. Is this a nice benefit for users or a reckless move to that increases…
2022 will be a very tumultuous year for cybersecurity professionals. The underlying fundamentals that drive major shifts of the cybersecurity industry — technologies, threats, and economic factors, will introduce new risks and combine to…
"Chris Gebhardt Perhaps I am not articulating the plan clearly. Criminalizing the payments is the act which gets the first domino to fall, but it is not the actual control which inhibits attacks. What results from that first move is a chain…"
"We made using drugs and narcotics illegal. Still have users.
We made human trafficking illegal. Still have that.
We made homicide illegal. Still have crimes of passion.
We made insider trading illegal. Still have them.
We made tax evasion…"
We made human trafficking illegal. Still have that.
We made homicide illegal. Still have crimes of passion.
We made insider trading illegal. Still have them.
We made tax evasion…"
"Chris Gebhardt Criminalizing payments stops all those organizations from funding cybercrimanls that may attack or impact you. Stop the funding of crime. As long as cybercriminals are being paid, they will continue to victimize. More attacks, more…"
"This is a zero sum game argument. If you criminalize the payments, then you force organizations to act as criminals. They will go underground to restore their business operations. If you don't criminalize the payments, it is still a deminishing…"
Ransomware is a growing scourge. Is it possible to eradicate this entire class of attacks? I think it is but in today’s Cybersecurity Insights interview I have a lively debate with Malcolm Harkins on criminalizing ransomware payments and different…
Technology can be mesmerizing. We are all lured by the seemingly endlessly tantalizing stream of emerging technologies that promise to connect and enrich our lives. But there is a potential dark side. For every great innovative benefit, there are…
Firmware is the little-talked-about component of every digital device and computer system, that possesses tremendous control, and is now being targeted by cyber attackers. In today’s Cybersecurity Insights podcast, I am talking with Scott…
AI tech is a powerful tool. The original photo (left) was cleaned-up with an AI deep learning algorithm (Image source: from Murilo Gustineli) and restoring tremendous clarity.The AI researchers outline their progress in their white paper Towards…
