In DarkReading, Mike Janke Cites BlackCloak as an Example of a Good CyberSecurity Investment

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In her article yesterday, “VC Investment in Cybersecurity Dips & Shifts with COVID-19,” Kelly Jackson Higgins of DarkReading talks about how the pandemic has emboldened investments in cybersecurity companies that address remote work. She cites research by DataTribe and interviews its co-founder and investment board member on his take on what’s happening.

“Permanent work-from-home opens the door for once-boutique technologies to become more mainstream. Take BlackCloak, a cybersecurity service for executives’ at-home technology, including their home networks. ‘Enterprises are buying it for their board and top 100 executives, [who] are becoming the new attack surface for nation-states,’ Janke says. ‘Why attack Exxon’s network when you can attack the CFO’s daughter’s iPad at home?'”

— See full story at: https://www.darkreading.com/risk/vc-investment-in-cybersecurity-dips-and-shifts-with-covid-19/d/d-id/1338426

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CEO Pierson Speaks to High-Profile Individual Twitter Account Hacks

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This week certain high-profile Twitter accounts were hacked and used in a cryptocurrency scheme. BlackCloak CEO Chris Pierson spoke to Bank Info Security about the importance of high-profile individuals securing their social accounts.

From Bank Info Security: “Several prominent business executives, politicians and celebrities, including former Vice President Joe Biden, former President Barack Obama, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Microsoft’s Bill Gates, had their verified Twitter accounts hijacked Wednesday in what appears to be a cryptocurrency scam, according to multiple media reports and screen shots posted online…Although attackers have occasionally gained control of a prominent Twitter account before, this attack was notable due to the number of high-profile people and entities that were hijacked. The attack was so audacious in scale that it caused computer security experts to suspect it was likely a problem on Twitter’s side.”

While this attack maybe have been an “inside job,” Pierson reiterated the importance of two-factor authentication to secure accounts – social media, bank, everything. We give more advice on how to protect your social media accounts in this blog post: “Protect Your Social Media Accounts.”

— See full story at: https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/several-prominent-twitter-accounts-hijacked-in-crypto-scam-a-14631

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UCSF Med School Pays $1.1 Million Ransom

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BankInfoSecurity.com interviews our CEO on the University of California San Francisco’s ransomware payment and actions organizations can take to avoid having to pay.

The University of California San Francisco says it paid a $1.14 million ransom earlier this month to obtain decryptor keys to unlock several servers within its school of medicine that were struck with ransomware.

— See full story at: https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/ucsf-med-school-pays-11-million-ransom-a-14526

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FBI Warns Of Increasing Use of Trojans in Banking Apps

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BankInfoSecurity.com interviews our CEO on the FBI’s recent public alert regarding an increased use of trojans in banking apps.

The FBI is warning that cybercriminals and fraudsters are increasingly targeting mobile banking apps with malware in order to steal credentials and conduct account takeover attacks.

— See full story at https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/fbi-warns-increasing-use-trojans-in-banking-apps-a-14419

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Federal Agencies Reported Fewer Security Incidents in 2019

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BankInfoSecurity.com interviews our CEO on the decline in security incidents for federal agencies.

U.S. federal agencies reported 8% fewer cybersecurity incidents in 2019 compared to the previous year, according to a report to Congress by the White House’s Office of Management and Budget.

— See full story at https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/federal-agencies-reported-fewer-security-incidents-in-2019-a-14371

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The BlackCloak Story — Chapter 2 | With Christopher Pierson

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Check out this podcast with ITSP Magazine and BlackCloak’s CEO and Founder, Dr. Chris Pierson. In this podcast, Dr. Pierson walks ITSP Magazine through some of the high level threat trends and specific threat activity BlackCloak is seeing and monitoring as BlackCloak protects executives and high net worth individuals when and where their business cyber protections stop— in their home and in their everyday life.

– https://www.itspmagazine.com/their-stories/the-blackcloak-story-chapter-2-with-christopher-pierson

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The Entertainment Biz Is Changing, But the Cybersecurity Script Is One We've Read Before

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DarkReading interviews our CEO about the entertainment industry being a target for cybercriminals and recent attacks.

Several A-list celebrities have found themselves at the center of a ransomware attack — and it’s certainly not the first time hackers have gone after them or the entertainment industry. What are security pros doing wrong?

— See full story at https://www.darkreading.com/edge/theedge/the-entertainment-biz-is-changing-but-the-cybersecurity-script-is-one-weve-read-before/b/d-id/1337823

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