Earlier this month President Joe Biden issued an executive order that by his own estimation would stimulate economic competition and roll back monopolistic practices on the part of large corporations. One part of the order includes measures relating to tech companies preventing consumers from either personally repairing broken proprietary hardware, such as a smart device or an electric car, or hiring a third-party repair company to do it for them.
There are numerous cybersecurity risks that any enterprise leader needs to consider when planning out their organization's IT infrastructure. Security breaches can come from something as simple as a bad password, or--even worse--a bad password that's repeatedly used for multiple accounts within the firm.
5G, as the fifth generation of broadband internet technology is called, was first made available to the public in 2018. Now in July of 2021, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless all tout 5G networks as new 5G compatible devices, such as the iPhone 12, become more readily available.
Microsoft presented a preliminary version of its new operating system, Windows 11, last week in a roughly forty-five minute long video announcement. This is the first official confirmation of a new operating system from Microsoft since the release of its previous operating system, Windows 10, in 2015. Windows is arguably the most widely employed operating system for both personal and business use.
Social media platforms, such as Reddit and Twitter, are abuzz this week with news of a recent update for the Google app on Android phones , which has led to widespread crashes and error messages, preventing users from utilizing the app. The severity of the problem seems to vary between phone manufacturers, with some phones receiving error messages that effectively make the app useless while others aren’t affected at all.
There have always been security risks for businesses, now it's just migrated across the physical realm to cyberspace. And today's global world revolves around "information," which relates directly to both companies and customers. Because business operations have become sharper with innovation, so have cyber attacks.
Imagine this: You've worked endlessly over the past month to make a video collage of your parents' treasured memories together for their golden anniversary. You've included the correct pictures, overlaid it with music to make nostalgic recollections of their favorite songs and imparted flawlessness.
The holiday shopping season is one of the most high-risk times for cyber attacks -- not only on consumers but on retailers and associated businesses as well. Since many businesses put their products and services on sale to entice consumers -- who are already in the mood to shop -- threat actors are also shopping for easy and lucrative targets.
To be forewarned is to be forearmed. The more that you know about the potential cybersecurity threats that every internet user faces, the better prepared you will be to combat them. In the area of web application security, nobody does it better than the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP). The OWASP Foundation may be best known for its OWASP Top Ten list, a collection of web application vulnerabilities that it updates every few years.
It's almost difficult to believe the end of the 2010s will be upon us in just a few short months. Seems like a good time to review what we've seen and learned over the past decade. Certainly, much has changed over the years. The cybercrime world has continued to breach our systems with even more voracity and sophistication than previously experienced.