Author: Fawn Wang

Also co-authored by Luisa Colucci, Lucia Cozzolino, Silvia Peschiera, Emilia Cozzolino and Vita Santa Barletta. European Cyber Security Month (ECSM), celebrated every year in October, is a European Union (EU) advocacy campaign designed to promote security awareness among citizens. ECSM has continued to grow since its inception in 2012. The…

This is the first installment in a two-part series about how retailers can help protect their enterprises this holiday season. With the holiday season upon us, retailers have an opportunity to boost revenues before the end of the year. Any increase in profit at the expense of retail cybersecurity, however,…

As you may know, IBM X-Force Red is IBM Security’s penetration testing team. The team features professional, world-class testers who help organizations find and manage their security vulnerabilities on any and all platforms, including software and hardware devices. Our motto is “hack anything to protect everything.” This post features a…

Many longtime internet users will remember receiving pop-up ads warning that their computers were infected with a virus. In nearly all cases, the ad’s specific claims were bogus; the purpose was to scare users into paying for a questionable tech support service or to drive them to a site that…