Safe Mode Protecting teens against sextortion; threats to election workers Heather Barnhart, SANS Institute fellow and digital forensics expert Jun 20, 2024 By CyberScoop Staff
Getty Images Long-awaited curl vulnerability flops The flaw in the widely used open source software package was expected to be the next great catastrophe in computer security. Oct 11, 2023 By Christian Vasquez
A US military aircraft with US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on board prepares to land at Sungshan Airport in Taipei on August 2, 2022. – Pelosi landed in Taiwan on August 2 evening, defying days of increasingly stark warnings from China that have sent tensions between the world’s two superpowers soaring.(Photo by SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images) Taiwanese government sites hit with DDoS attacks ahead of Pelosi’s visit One attack appears to have shut down the president of Taiwan's website Tuesday before Nancy Pelosi's historic visit. Aug 2, 2022
Alan Paller, founder of the SANS Institute, pictured in 2017. The SANS Institute announced a data incident on Aug. 11. (Flickr / Wisconsin National Guard) SANS Institute, which drills cyber professionals in defense, suffers data breach A phishing email led to 28,000 PII records being exposed. Aug 12, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas
Critics slam cyber-hygiene bill as redundant, confusing Critics say the bill, if passed, won't be effective because best practices are widely ignored. Jul 1, 2017 By Shaun Waterman
(Getty Images) Recruitment and retention of ‘cyber ninjas’ doesn’t have to be a dark art, report says Large systems integrators turn out to be the government contractors with the best track record in recruiting and retaining a technically skilled cybersecurity workforce, the SANS Institute… Jun 12, 2017 By Shaun Waterman