The encryption debate reads the following way: while the logic of cyber-security and its encryption tools forecasts an impenetrable encryption, the government is worried that such an efficient cyber feature would block the law enforcers. Although creating a relative paradox, the diverging opinions
A survey on smart home and cyber-security, entitled “Behind our Digital Doors: Cybersecurity and the Connected Home”, revealed among other facts that 67% of the respondents possess between 1 and 5 Internet connected home devices, while 30% have 6 or more devices and 5% of households have 11 or more
The EMV card comes with enhanced security features, but also with particular vulnerabilities. Since this type of credit cards has been utilized for a while in Europe and in other regions of the globe, the cyber-attackers have already developed various methods of bypassing the security features in
In our article on organizational doxing we mentioned social engineering with a promise on detailing this subject. The connection is straightforward – malicious digital entities use doxing as part of their social engineering maneuvers. However, what does social engineering mean? Social engineering i
It often occurs in the aftermath of a severe data breach that cyber-security analysts talk about the attacked system as not being secured enough, because it did not use multi-factor authentication. Abbreviated MFA, multi-factor authentication is actually 2FA in most of the cases: two-factor
As a particular type of phishing attack, spear phishing targets from the preliminary phase a certain group, company or organization, with the intent of data stealing. The final goal might be facilitated by an identified or generic weak entry point – and the fraudulent email is tailored to suit this
