Attackers are always looking for new targets rich with data. One industry frequently targeted has been the auto manufacturers. This may take the form of patent information, technology secrets, mechanical solutions, corporate secrets, intellectual property, schematics, new systems, or other personally identifiable information. Nearly all of this is marketable on the dark web and for industrial espionage. Targets The number of attacks continues to grow with each month, quarter,

Everyone loves money. This allows us a certain level of freedom for the items we use, where we would like to travel, gifts to our friends, and a level of comfort for the future. They say cash is king, and certainly, during this time period, it has tended to be. One piece of equipment that holds a mass amount of cash is the ATM. People have dreamed of simply walking by and money flying out at them. As bizarre as this sounds, these attacks have been part of the proof-of-concept

Cyber Security Predictions for Small Businesses and Organizations The good news: most companies and individuals are more aware of cyber risk than previously. Cyber security measures do work. The bad news: small businesses continue to be victims of cybercrime, and this trend will increase. As Dan Leary at White Hat Security has stated: Companies will continue to get breached because of simple vulnerabilities. We have seen year after year that vulnerabilities we knew about at t

Marketing has changed over the years. In the last decade or so, this has transitioned from the prior print, radio, and television media to digital media. While these have the same goal, the media itself has changed. The persons involved with this, social influencers, aren’t just taking selfies, but have made this into a business for themselves. One firm embracing this is Preen.Me, based in Tel Aviv. The firm is a next-generation marketing platform. A bi-product of this involv

It seems that no business is too small to be a target of ransomware. Ponemon Institute, a research company that focuses on information management topics, recently conducted a survey of small and mid-size businesses regarding ransomware attacks. The survey, sponsored by Carbonite, a cloud back-up company, found that 51% of the responding SMBs were attacked. Of the survey respondents, 30% of them had 200 or fewer employees. And most cybersecurity experts expect ransomware attac

Each municipality and state has some form of a police presence. Maine is no different. The police departments hold an immense amount of data on past crimes, current investigations, and other issues. Target The database was used for information sharing for federal, state, and local law enforcement. The database breach may have jeopardized ongoing investigations. The database, in the Maine Information and Analysis Center (MAIC), is intended to assist with protecting against ter