Security Ledger Editor in Chief Paul Roberts speaks with Sean Dillon, a senior security analyst at RiskSense who has analyzed exploits of key Windows security holes released by the group Shadow Brokers. Those exploits and tools have helped spread WannaCry, a ransomware program. Paul also talks with John Dickson, a Principal at the Denim group regarding President Trump’s Cyber Executive order.
Podcasts
Hosted by Paul Roberts, The Security Ledger podcast features interviews with leading minds in the area of cyber security, threats and attacks. The Security Ledger is an independent security news website that explores the intersection of cyber security with business, commerce, politics and everyday life. Security Ledger provides well-reported and context-rich news and opinion about computer security topics that matter in our IP-enabled homes, workplaces and daily lives.
The Billion Dollar Headache: Sophisticated Ransomware takes aim at Small Business
In-brief: in the latest Security Ledger podcast, Editor in Chief Paul Roberts speaks with Lior Div of the firm Cybereason and Brian NeSmith of the firm Arctic Wolf about the growing sophistication of ransomware attacks and platforms and how scammers are targeting small businesses and non-profits.
Small Business Feels Ransomware’s Sting
Security Ledger Editor in Chief Paul Roberts speaks with Brian NeSmith, the CEO of Arctic Wolf, and Lior Div, the CEO of Cyberreason about the epidemic of ransomware attacks. Small businesses are being hit especially hard. We talk about what they can do about it.
Podcast: Passwords are dying, but they’re not going anywhere
In-brief: Companies like Microsoft and Google have both unveiled initiatives that de-emphasize the traditional, static, alpha-numeric password in recent days. So is the password going the way of the horse and buggy? Don’t be so sure, says Robert Capps of the firm NuData. Capps thinks that passwords will be with us for the foreseeable future and that companies concerned about security need to do more than just find a more secure way to log-in.
Is the password dying? An interview with Robert Capps of NuData
Are passwords going the way of the horse and buggy? Security Ledger publisher and Editor in Chief Paul Roberts speaks with Robert Capps, the Vice President of Business Development at NuData Security. Capps’ firm specializes in protecting companies from account takeovers and other online scams. He’s no fan of passwords – but he isn’t convinced that the world will do away with them any time soon. Instead, he said, companies need to get better at spotting the actions of fraudulent actors, including scams like the creation of “synthetic identities” that combine stolen and fictional data as a way to defraud banks and merchants.
