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2019 in review: Data breach statistics and trends

What were the most significant data breaches in 2019? Will ransomware still be a threat in 2020? (Spoiler alert: It’s forecast to be…

JavaScript: how NPM maintainer accounts amplify risk

20 compromised JavaScript package “maintainer” accounts — that’s all it takes to bring down the global digital supply chain through…

How to detect browser extensions

Working on new methods and tools to identify browser exploits, I recently came across a common question again in a forum: "Is it…

How to REALLY browse anonymously

When anonymous web access becomes business-critical, the web's favorite home remedies won't help. Worse, they can harm you and our…

To Tor or not to Tor?

Operation “Shields Up”: web isolation in the U.S. military

How can government organizations, private enterprises, and academic institutions minimize the cybersecurity and privacy risks associated…

Malvertising: What You Should Know

Large-scale malvertising campaigns have pushed more than a billion malicious ads through online ad networks onto "secure" web browsers. Ad-…

How to Secure Your Content Management System (CMS)

By Derek Handova Content management systems present attractive targets for cybercriminals and state-sponsored adversaries. E-commerce…

Morale: Recruitment, Retention, and Browsing

During my tenure as the Commanding Officer of the Navy’s defensive cyberspace operations team, I distinctly remember an exit interview with…