Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays — Between The Hacks
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Between The Hacks! Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza or Festivus, we hope you and your family are doing well, staying healthy and surviving…
Happy New Year! — Between The Hacks
2020 was a difficult year and Between The Hacks wants to congratulate everyone who pulled through the challenges. We have all lived through a year that delivered a global pandemic,…
Safer Internet Day 2021 — Between The Hacks
Tuesday, February 9th, 2021, marks the 18th edition of Safer Internet Day. This year’s theme is, “Together for a better Internet.” Safer Internet Day (SID) started as an EU SafeBorders…
ILoveYou.txt.vbs
Happy Valentines Day! Since today is known for love, let’s look back 21 years to one of the more destructive, costly and famous viruses in history. The “ILoveYou” worm, also…
2021 Top Cybersecurity Leaders — Between The Hacks
The March 2021 issue of Security magazine, partnering with (ISC)2, featured their inaugural list of the Top Cybersecurity Leaders for 2021. As the author of this blog, I am both…
2021 Cybersecurity Report Roundup
Annual cybersecurity reports are a rich resource of statistics and information for cybersecurity professionals, academics, journalists and anyone who is interested in cybersecurity. Below is a list of 2021 cybersecurity…
Facebook Leak Leads To Smishing — Between The Hacks
Facebook Phone Number Leak So how did they get my name and phone number from Facebook? It likely came from a 2019 Facebook breach. Facebook has since fixed the vulnerability…
World Password Day – May 6, 2021 — Between The Hacks
It’s World Password Day! Are your passwords strong enough? Do you have a long, unique password for every account? Do you use multi-factor authentication where available? If you answered, “no”…
President Biden’s Cybersecurity Executive Order — Between The Hacks
Aiming to improve cybersecurity in the United States, President Biden signed an executive order (EO) on May 12, 2021. Although the EO focuses on U.S. federal departments’ and agencies’ cybersecurity,…
Colonial Pipeline: Lessons Learned
The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack took down the largest fuel pipeline in the United States and resulted in consumer hoarding of fuel and a short-term shortage of gasoline on the…