Identity verification is not a topic that comes up frequently in daily discussions. Except you are directly involved in identity access and management in your work, research, or both, identity verification may not be an issue for you. However, as we recurrently read and hear of the increasing number of high-profile data breaches suffered by…
Today’s Business Analytics - The Essentials of Data-Driven Decision Making In the world of business analytics, a fundament tool for data-driven decision making requires deep learning, but people-related issues are often addressed informally with a strong reliance on instinct. Analytics instead relies not just on objective data but also on deep analysis to remove subjectivity…
A game changer for the legal sector in this era of information technology is Data Analytics. Prosecutors in a German case of murder in January 2018 presented data from an iPhone in court suggesting the suspect had climbed a flight of stairs when it was alleged he had been dragging a body down a steep…
The need for an effective cybersecurity strategy has become necessary as businesses continue to seek better ways to link their processes to cutting edge technologies. The dependence on the cyber infrastructure has resulted in the need for an effective cybersecurity strategy as a key to protecting business assets and core processes. The ubiquity of technology…
In the wake of the need for secured networks, businesses have approached achieving better security the way some people approach achieving better fitness. They spend a lot of money buying security products and boxes, more like the way people purchase expensive health club memberships. If businesses fail to follow through in having the right expertise…
Cryptocurrency has been the buzz word in the IT landscape lately as hackers continue to seek new opportunities to earn big by getting more sophisticated. Crypto-hijacking is an unauthorized use of computer resources to mine cryptocurrency. Hardware and electricity pose the biggest resource challenge to cryptocurrency miners. Hence, they have resorted to the use of…
A new ransomware dubbed “Rapid” has been reported to be spreading. Rapid Ransomware’s can be spread through targeted emails containing links and attachments. A click on any of such links or attachments will lead the command execution. The ransomware then scans the computer for files to encrypt. An encrypted file will have the .rapid extension (as…
WannaMine, unlike the traditional ransomware, is a portmanteau word that refers to a malware family that combines the network spreading capabilities of WannaCry to deliver cryptomining malware rather than ransomware. Crypto-mining is a technique used by crooks to covertly use the processing power of several computer systems to do the necessary calculations for generating cryptocurrencies such as,…
In the digital age data is referred to as the “oil of digital era”, data is foundational to the success of the process as it provides several opportunities for witty decision making. This is evident in the fact that the most valuable companies are those that deal with data e.g., Google and Facebook. Data privacy,…
A bug that can crash an iPhone with a single iMessage has recently been discovered. The bug called "text bomb" can crash or in some cases restart a device upon receiving a text message containing a link to malicious code. The bug could also slow Safari browser used to surf the internet on Macs and…