The scale of cyberattacks against America's colleges and universities is stunning: 116 ransomware attacks in 2024 were reported before 2025 saw an explosion to 81 incidents in just the first quarter alone. If a university hasn't been hit yet, it's either been remarkably lucky or already has installed a bulletproof cybersecurity strategy.

After years of targeting and extorting high-value corporate targets, ransomware attackers have turned to more vulnerable prey - school districts. With less funding, less-than-mature cybersecurity defenses and limited (or even nonexistent) contr...

If you think the last few years were bad for cybersecurity breaches, take a deep breath before you consider what's coming in 2023. Our existing defenses may not be ready for what's in store.

Bad actors are honing their existing at...

Market volatility and inflation are forcing companies to slash spending. In uncertain times like these, there's a tendency toward across-the-board cuts, so every department shares in the pain. But if you plan to include cybersecurity in your cu...

As cybersecurity threats surge in frequency and sophistication, most MSPs have incident response plans in place. But not all plans are sufficient - something that quickly becomes clear when attackers succeed in breaching their defenses.

Spare a moment to consider semiconductors, so omnipresent in modern day life that they've become an afterthought.

But they shouldn't be. As the tiny workhorses that supply computing power, semiconductors have been spreading outsid...

Cyberattack warnings have become so frequent that it's easy to tune them out. Your company has loaded up on security tools and run its Red Team drills. You're confident you've done all you can.

Executives at Microsoft and the ch...

As Russia looks set to ramp up its cyberattacks in the United States, companies and its founders should be asking themselves: Do we have adequate cybersecurity insurance? Do we even have cybersecurity insurance? The answer to both should be yes.<...

The cyberattack on Kronos is a portent of things to come.

First, criminals broke into the timecard management company's network. Then they shut down employee payroll systems at thousands of its customers. Months after the initial br...

CEOs are under no illusion these days about the importance of cybersecurity and the need to stay on top of the worsening threat environment. Corporate leaders in North America and Europe identify it as their number one concern-ahead of pandemic...

When a country sends its army to war, it does so based on a plan to win, not on fitting a predetermined budget.

But when it comes to the virtual cybersecurity battlefield, CFOs too often take the opposite approach, leaving their compa...

Let's face it: The private sector isn't getting the job done when it comes to cybersecurity. How many more Colonial Pipeline- and JBS-type incidents really need to occur to drive that point home?

The crescendo is building for a na...

Right now, the people in charge of very important pieces of our national infrastructure are bearing an uncomfortable resemblance to a room full of preschoolers wandering around with sharp, pointy scissors.

The SolarWinds breach earli...

If any company's leadership hadn't been paying close attention to the growing threat of ransomware attacks, the Colonial Pipeline incident  should serve as a loud wake-up call.

The Colonial incident is far from the first rans...

Until a crisis erupts, cybersecurity issues don't get a lot of attention in many corporate boardrooms. The topic is often viewed as a box to be checked while directors devote their real focus to the business's core financial numbers and goals...

Another day, another damaging cybersecurity breach.

That's how it may seem lately as a long list of high-profile firms has fallen victim to a surge in malicious online activity.

But for every breach that grabs the headli...