by Gene Reich | Sep 15, 2025 | Ephemeral Messaging, Reader's Choice, Social Engineering, Traceless Cybersecurity, Trends
How Compliance Frameworks Took Center Stage Modern cybersecurity is framed not only around technology but also regulation. Beginning in the 1990s, governments and industries began codifying the rules of data protection. HIPAA was introduced in 1996, setting out...
by Gene Reich | Sep 10, 2025 | Jaguar Land Rover, Marks & Spencer, marks and spencer, Reader's Choice, Scattered Spider
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), one of the UK’s largest exporters and a global automotive brand, disclosed on September 2, 2025, that it had suffered a significant cyber incident. The attack forced the company to shut down its IT systems worldwide, halting production at key...
by Gene Reich | Sep 8, 2025 | Cybersecurity Threats, Secure Communication, Trends
The Long Shadow of a 1970s Convenience In 1971, a computer engineer named Ray Tomlinson was working on ARPANET, the experimental network that would later evolve into the internet. As part of a small side project, he typed out a test message and sent it from one...
by Gene Reich | Sep 2, 2025 | Cybersecurity Threats, Pretexting, Secure Communication, Social Engineering, Trends
The rising cost of verification Every organization now runs a quiet economy of verification. Before a password is reset, a vendor changes banking details, or a finance approval is granted, someone must decide if the person on the other end is who they claim to be....
