MFA prompt bombing is a growing threat, but multifactor authentication remains one of your best defenses. Here is what changed and what to do about it. In September 2022, a contractor working for Uber got a notification on his phone. Then another. Then another. Forty push notifications in thirty minutes, each one asking him to […]
IoT Security: The Device You Forgot Is the One That Gets You Hacked
Why do you need to worry about IoT security? Your office is full of computers you never think about, and that’s a problem. Yes, IoT security is a real thing. Last month, a county clerk in central Kentucky called our office with a problem. Her building’s HVAC system had been acting up for weeks, cycling […]
Cyber Security Spring Cleaning: 10 Quick Things You Can Do to Stay Cyber Safe
He didn’t think he was taking about Cyber Security, but he gave me a good idea for cyber security. A hardware store owner in Danville told me last week that he spends one Saturday every April cleaning out his shop, tossing the stuff that piled up over winter, fixing the door latch he kept meaning […]
Public Wi-Fi Is an Open Door. Here Is How to Lock It.
Every free public wi-fi connection comes with a cost you cannot see on the terms-of-service screen. Last month, a county clerk in eastern Kentucky stopped at a coffee shop between meetings and logged into the office email over the shop’s public wi-fi. Nothing seemed wrong. Two weeks later, her office discovered that someone had intercepted […]
A Cyber Attack Hollywood Finally Got Right!
Halfway through the second season of HBO’s The Pitt, the fictional Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center loses its computers to a cyber attack. Not to a direct hit. A neighboring hospital is hit by ransomware, and Pittsburgh Trauma shuts down its network as a precaution. In minutes, the emergency room goes analog. Nurses dig for paper […]
Demystifying Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Security
Many people are excited about Artificial Intelligence, while others fear it. Both perspectives are valid! A county clerk in western Kentucky asked me a quiet question last month. Was it safe to open the email attachments her vendor sent her every week? She was not being foolish. A neighboring county had just been locked out […]