Articles By This Author

Wire Transfer Scams Are Getting More Costly
- By Adam Janofsky
- . September 10, 2020
Law enforcement officials have warned companies for years about the huge losses associated with business email compromise attacks, in which

A Malware Detective Shares What Makes Some Attacks More Alarming Than Others
- By Adam Janofsky
- . September 8, 2020
Few people have spent as much time studying malware as Costin Raiu. This year marks Raiu’s 20th anniversary with the

Why Election Interference Attempts Are Getting Harder to Detect
- By Adam Janofsky
- . September 3, 2020
When Facebook disclosed earlier this week that a Kremlin-backed group was running a disinformation campaign that hired real journalists to

DDoS Attacks Decline, but Big Incidents Still Resonate
- By Adam Janofsky
- . September 1, 2020
Are the days of DDoS attacks over? Reports last week that the New Zealand Stock Exchange suffered a multi-day disruption

Chart of the Week: Ransomware Attacks on Schools
- By Adam Janofsky
- . August 25, 2020
As students across the country return to class — whether in-person or remote — cybersecurity practitioners are bracing for the

Five Reasons Voters and Election Officials Should Be Worried About Ransomware
- By Adam Janofsky
- . August 24, 2020
In the run-up to the U.S. presidential election, federal officials have raised concerns about how a well-timed ransomware attack could

Election Security Official Warns of Emerging Nation-State Threats
- By Adam Janofsky
- . August 19, 2020
A top U.S. counterintelligence official warned Wednesday that Americans should be prepared for a “rocky” election season with possible interference

NYC Cyber Chief on Defending During a Pandemic: “This Isn’t a Marathon, It’s a Triathlon”
- By Adam Janofsky
- . August 18, 2020
When Geoff Brown was hired to serve as New York City’s chief information security officer in 2016, he had a

Chart of the Week: Healthcare Breaches
- By Adam Janofsky
- . August 18, 2020
Healthcare providers can’t catch a break. The number of individuals affected by healthcare data breaches has increased steadily over the

Cybercriminals Appear to Back off From Coronavirus Scams
- By Adam Janofsky
- . August 18, 2020
As the coronavirus outbreak brought the U.S. and many other countries to a standstill earlier this year, cybercriminals circulated COVID-19