Posts by Donna Archerdoa
The USA Has Blamed North Korea For Recent Hacking Spree
The United States Government on Tuesday went on to issue an alert that blames North Korea for a series of different cybersecurity attacks ranging from 2009 till now and also warned that more are expected in the future. The warning was given by the U.S Department of Homeland Security along with the Federal Bureau of…
Read MoreCisco and IBM are now partners in a historic cybersecurity move
Cisco and IBM announced a historic partnership today which is built on the foundation of fighting the war against cyber criminals. The two tech giants together have formed a wall that is instilling fear amongst criminals. While the technology of the two giants will be combined together to form a stronger cyber security infrastructure, it…
Read MoreExperts are warning businesses not to fulfill the demands of WannaCry
Cyber security professionals are warning businesses and organizations to not meet the demands of cyber criminals who unleashed the latest most deadly malware attack ‘WannaCry’ that took over hundreds and thousands of machines globally in mere hours. If you’re not familiar with ransomware, it is a kind of malware that kidnaps your data and then…
Read MoreExperts Whey On How To Fill Up Talent Shortage In Cybersecurity
Big organizations and businesses who have been a victim of a cyber attack have a very common complaint that serious talent is lacking in cyber security. Their teams are virtually not prepared and they are blaming the lack of talent whereas if they look around, there is talent available. So where is the shortage coming from?…
Read MoreCybersecurity is now as important as health and safty
Cyber security is quickly becoming a global issue now affecting businesses and organizations of all sizes around the world. Every employee is at risk at all levels of an organization. The time has come for organizations and businesses to see cybersecurity as an extremely important issue and consider it on par with health and safety issue.…
Read MoreThe NSA will be hosting a free cybersecurity summer camp for teen girls
The NSA is holding a free cyber security summer camp for middle school girls who have an interest in starting a career in the security industry. The program is called GenCyber and will be entirely free for everyone. The National Security Agency (NSA) is sponsoring the students by paying the bill for tuition, registration fees,…
Read MoreAre Chat Rooms Safe? Should You Be Worried?
For as long as chatrooms have been available, everyone’s been asking the same question again and again,’ are chatrooms safe?’ The answer is actually quite simple, it depends on how you handle chatrooms. Chatrooms work the same way as email or any other messenger. If you hand out your personal information, click on unknown or…
Read More4 Reasons Why Your Small Business Requires Cyber Security
A recent survey conducted by Cyber Security Alliance revealed that one out of every five small business is a victim of cyber crimes. And those businesses that are victims go out of business within six months after the attack. Several big name organizations have been a victim of big data breaches in the past. Which…
Read MoreWhat is Ransomware
If some of your files are no longer accessible because they have been locked, then you might have just become a victim of Ransomware. But ransomware isn’t just simply locking files and asking for money to provide unlock key, it is much more than that. So What Is Ransomware Really? In popular internet culture, ransomware…
Read MoreWhat are the best programming languages to learn if you want to be a hacker?
If you ask us, we’d say it depends. Learning a programming language will always somehow help you out in the future. Nearly every complex cybersecurity job requires some sort of professional knowledge about a programming language. To start with hacking however, create a Live USB with Debian, Kali, Ubuntu, RedHat or Linux distribution. Start by…
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