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As the federal and state governments have worked to enhance their cybersecurity infrastructure, cyber criminals have now seemingly set their sights on a new and, evidently, far more vulnerable target: cities and towns.  Texas learned this the hard way earlier this month when more than 20 smaller local government entities were targeted in what authorities […]

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Last month, Utah Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox announced a pilot program testing the benefits of state employees teleworking showed increased productivity, reduced carbon output by eliminating the commute to an office and allows for more efficient use of state office space.  But with more employees working from home – many handling sensitive data – the […]

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Across the country, parents are busy with back-to-school shopping while kids are squeezing every minute of rest and relaxation they can out of the final weeks of summer vacation. As schools prepare to welcome students back, many are becoming targets of hackers.  In this week’s episode of CYBER24, our panel of cybersecurity experts discusses the […]

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Sometimes the numbers are so big you can’t ignore them. And when two business giants are involved it gets even harder to miss. The latest headline-grabbing cyber breach involves Capitol One, a former employee of Amazon Web Services (AWS) and a breach impacting 106 million people.  On this week’s episode of CYBER24, our panel of […]

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If there’s one thing we’ve learned through two seasons of the CYBER24 podcast (besides you need to do better managing your passwords) it’s that the bad guys are always going to be a step ahead of the good guys. It’s the nature of playing defense. Just when you stop the current attack, they are already […]

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In late January, the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued agency’s first Emergency Directive, outlining current and potential risks posed to Federal agencies. The attack was a combination of simplicity over sophistication and outside-the-box thinking and it is the kind of attack that could put businesses and local governments at risk. […]

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As we sat down to record this week’s pod, the federal government had been shut down for 26 days with no end in sight. While the battle over a board wall continues in the nation’s capital, we at CYBER24 wanted to take a look at how a shutdown impacts our nation’s cybersecurity. We welcome back […]

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In this week’s episode of CYBER24, we head back to campus to discuss the cybersecurity challenges faced by universities. We sit down with Bret Ellis, vice president of information technology at Weber State University. From protecting student data, to ensuring professors can teach and grade their students, to the stuff you might not consider – […]

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In this week’s episode, we look into the game causing relationship stress and carpal tunnel syndrome across the globe. Fortnite is the biggest thing in video games right now and, despite the fact that it is free to play, hackers have been breaking into accounts, taking control and selling them to other players. We’ll take […]

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