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Articles and Comments By Roger A. Grimes

Expert Commentary
French Hospital Hit By $10M Ransomware Attack, Sends Patients Elsewhere
August 24 , 2022 by Roger A. Grimes
Another example that many ransomware groups do not respect obvious ethical boundaries and in fact ar...
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Callback Phishing Attacks See Massive 625% Growth Since Q1 2021
August 16 , 2022 by Roger A. Grimes
Just like in sales, the more "touches" you have with a potential lead, the better chance to convert....
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Python Packages Discovered On The PyPI Repository
August 10 , 2022 by Roger A. Grimes
Attacks where shared developer resources contain malicious instructions have been around since the b...
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White House Says To Prepare For Cryptography-Cracking Quantum Computers
May 06 , 2022 by Roger A. Grimes
This is a great, proactive, further step in preparing the U.S. for the threats from sufficiently cap...
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Biden Says Cybersecurity Is The ‘Core National Security Challenge’ At CEO Summit, Experts Reacted
August 27 , 2021 by Roger A. Grimes
President Biden is right. It\'s hard to find a real world situation not heavily managed and directed...
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Town of Peterborough Loses $2.3 Million in BEC Scam - Cyber Expert Comments
August 26 , 2021 by Roger A. Grimes
Most people think ransomware is completely responsible for the increased rates and lower coverages...
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U.S. Taps Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Others To Help Fight Ransomware, Cyber Threats
August 09 , 2021 by Roger A. Grimes
This is fantastic news and I applaud Director Easterly and CISA for continuing to aggressively reach...
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New Cybersecurity Order Issued for US Pipeline Operators
July 21 , 2021 by Roger A. Grimes
This is good news. Anything that gets us better secured is a good thing. It will also likely not wor...
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Researchers Create Un-hackable Quantum Network, Expert Weighs In
June 11 , 2021 by Roger A. Grimes
This is great news. Always glad to hear and read about quantum advances. This one is particularly gr...
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Rapid7 Says Source Code Accessed In Codecov Supply Chain Breach
May 17 , 2021 by Roger A. Grimes
Rapid7 is just the latest computer security company in the headlines for being compromised for one r...
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Experts On Microsoft Warns of Office 365 Phishing Via Malicious OAuth Apps
July 09 , 2020 by Roger A. Grimes
OAuth has been abused since it was first deployed and its abuse is only accelerating now that it is...
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EXPERT COMMENTS: Iranian Hackers Have Been 'Password-Spraying' US Electric Utilities
January 10 , 2020 by Roger A. Grimes
The lack of utter devastation this time around should be counted as a major computer defense success...