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Maria Henriquez

Maria Henriquez is a former Associate Editor of Security. She covered topics including cybersecurity and physical security, risk management and more.

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The pressures the online gaming community faces when it comes to cybersecurity

Maria Henriquez
October 28, 2020

Online games and specifically the Massive Multi-Player (MMO) games, experience multiple attacks from hackers, platform competition that try to block players’ access to the gaming platforms, as well as cheating players that can attack other players slowing their connection, while gaining a competitive advantage. These attacks can take the entire game offline, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars lost, according to Radware’s threat research team.


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election

Domestic and foreign cybersecurity threats surrounding the 2020 election

Maria Henriquez
October 27, 2020
Digital Shadows released its latest research examining foreign threats to the 2020 US presidential election. After infamously compromised elements of the 2016 Election, connected to malicious actors linked to the Russian state, Digital Shadows has uncovered further evidence related to similar efforts this year.
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5 mins with Joan Pepin

5 minutes with Joan Pepin – Diversity in cybersecurity

Maria Henriquez
October 26, 2020

As CSO of Auth0, Joan Pepin is responsible for the holistic security and compliance of the company's platform, products, and corporate environment. Here, we talk to Pepin, who has focused her time on mentoring and advocating for women in cybersecurity and technology, working to reconstruct the notion that women should only work within their bounds, and encouraging women to reach higher and challenge the status quo. She actively supports, advises, and works alongside women in the cybersecurity industry including participating in organizations, like Women Who Code and Women in InfoSec.


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password

Donald Trump's Twitter hacked after researcher guessed password

Maria Henriquez
October 26, 2020
Donald Trump’s Twitter account was allegedly hacked, after a Dutch researcher correctly guessed the president’s password: “maga2020!”, Dutch media reported.
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ransomware - cyber

Georgia County's election infrastructure hit by ransomware attack

Maria Henriquez
October 23, 2020
Hall County, Ga. confirmed it experienced a network outage as a result of a ransomware attack. The cyberattack impacted critical systems within the Hall County Government networks, including phone services. While some applications are disabled as the County works to resolve this incident, business continuity measures have been implemented.
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5 mins with

5 minutes with Carolyn Crandall – Detecting and preventing insider threat attacks

Maria Henriquez
October 23, 2020

Defending against insider threats is one of the biggest challenges an organization can face, and the COVID-19 pandemic has only made detection more challenging as remote employees continue to use virtual private networks (VPNs) to access sensitive company files and information. Here, we talk to Carolyn Crandall, Chief Deception Officer at Attivo Networks, to discuss how security teams can use deception technology to detect and prevent insider threat attacks. 


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5 mins with Otavio Freire

5 minutes with Otavio Freire – How 'soft attacks' are exploiting human connection

Maria Henriquez
October 21, 2020

Attacks within digital communications channels (like Slack, TEAMS, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn)  have grown more targeted, more social engineering-focused, and the payloads have become "softer,” and the risks are not in files and links/IP's alone anymore. Instead, recent attacks are laser-targeted and evade traditional detection by focusing on human connections. To find out more about these “soft attacks,” we talk to Otavio Freire, CTO, President & Co-Founder SafeGuard Cyber.


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5 mins with peter george

5 minutes with Peter George – The rise of physical security screening technology

Maria Henriquez
October 20, 2020

Security professionals responsible for people screening at outdoor venues, theme parks, warehouse/logistics centers, schools, museums, houses of worship and other public places, all agree on one thing — there will be no going back to the old invasive, analog methods of security screening such as metal detectors, wands and pat downs. The future of people screening must be touchless and digital in order to deal with the realities of today’s threats from weapons and viruses, while preparing for those that will come our way in the future. Meet Peter George, Chief Executive Officer, Evolv Technology, who believes that physical security is where cybersecurity was more than 15 years ago and is now entering a similar transition.


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microsoft

What the "Bad Neighbor" vulnerability means for enterprise security

Maria Henriquez
October 16, 2020
Among the Windows 10 vulnerabilities Microsoft announced yesterday, the "Bad Neighbor" vulnerability stands out, posing a potential nightmare scenario for enterprises. With a severity score of 9.8 out of 10, the remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability would allow an attacker to run malware or launch a denial of service (DoS) attack.
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5 mins with julian waits

5 minutes with Julian Waits - How Security Operations Center leaders can create a culture of growth

Maria Henriquez
October 15, 2020

Here, we talk to Julian Waits, General Manager of Cybersecurity at Business Unit at Devo, to find out how security operations center (SOC) leaders can create a culture of growth among their teams. 


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