A Government Insider on Navigating the New Guidance for Ransomware Payments
When attorney David Cohen was serving in the Treasury Department under the Obama administration—where he was known as the administration’s “financial Batman”—ransomware payments were hardly on the government’s radar, he said. In recent years, however, the ransomware threat has rapidly expanded, crippling countless schools, hospitals, municipalities, and businesses on a daily basis….
Ukraine’s Top Cyber Cop on Defending Against Disinformation and Russian Hackers
In recent years, Ukraine has become an involuntary testing ground for some of the most dangerous cyberweapons in the world. Serhii Demediuk has perhaps played the most prominent role in defending Ukraine against digital intrusions, investigating cyberattacks and the groups behind them, and strengthening the country’s capabilities in cyberspace….
Bellingcat Founder Eliot Higgins on Finding Truth in a World of Disinformation
In 2013, Eliot Higgins was an unemployed finance and administration worker blogging about the Syrian civil war from his home in Leicester, about 100 miles north of London. Since then, Higgins has turned his hobby into a full-fledged investigative journalism operation, with an office in the Netherlands and 18 full-time employees…
NYC Cyber Chief on Defending During a Pandemic: “This Isn’t a Marathon, It’s a Triathlon”
When Geoff Brown was hired to serve as New York City’s chief information security officer in 2016, he had a
A Letter From the Editor
Dear Readers, Since the dawn of information technology, criminals, nation states, and researchers of all stripes have tried to exploit