Despite the recent hacking of high-profile users’ Twitter accounts, and reports that Russia continues its attempts to penetrate U.S. institutions and government entities, cybersecurity remains something that campaigns are thinking about only when there’s an issue. […]
With the recent household device hacks in the news, CRITICALSTART’s VP of Professional Services, Sanjay Parikh, sat down with Brandon Butcher and Sarah Sager of WSAZ Studio 3 News to discuss the big question: can your car also be hacked? […]
China vowed to retaliate Wednesday after the United States abruptly ordered the closure of its consulate in Houston, a move that further inflamed tensions between the two superpowers. Wang Wenbin, a spokesman for China’s foreign ministry, said China was notified on Tuesday that it must close the consulate within 72 hours. In a regular daily news briefing, he described the action […]
Congratulations to CRITICALSTART CEO, Rob Davis, who has been selected by an independent panel of judges as an EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2020 Southwest Finalist. […]
Fearing nightmare scenarios such as attacks on voter registration databases and state websites tallying results, U.S. officials are leading simulated training exercises to get ready for Nov. 3. […]
An influx of false positive security alerts can lead infosec pros to overlook real threats. Learn how to avoid security alert fatigue and avoid its potential consequences. […]
Experts are also warning people to be on the lookout for email and phone scams targeting panicked filers. […]
NBC News and Boston 25’s Blair Miller interviews Quentin Rhoads-Herrera of CRITICALSTART‘s TEAMARES about the vulnerabilities associated with contact tracing and how hackers are targeting companies and individuals through these apps. Video Transcript: M. Davenport: Health officials want to know how people are contracting the Coronavirus, who they are catching it from, but one […]
Leslie Toldo of NBC 25 Mid-Michigan Now News interviews CRITICALSTART’s CTO, Randy Watkins, on the potential impact COVID-19 contact tracing apps on your cybersecurity. […]
As COVID-19 cases rise, some people and government agencies are turning to contact tracing apps to help monitor the spread of the virus. So how exactly does that work, and how much information do they get? Carnegie Mellon University Professor Po-Shen Loh led a team developing NOVID, a contact tracing app designed to notify users […]
According to a new report from the Neustar International Security Council (NISC), over one-quarter of security alerts fielded within organizations are false positives. Surveying senior security professionals across five European countries and the U.S., the report highlights the need for more advanced and accurate security solutions to help reduce alert-wary cybersecurity teams overwhelmed by massive alert volumes. Alert […]
Several apps could hold the future to a safe office after reopening. Imagine you are going in to work. If you work in an office building, you probably have to go through the front doors, maybe past a security desk. You might even get on an elevator. You may pick up some coffee or tea […]
Quentin Rhoads-Herrera, director of professional services at CRITICALSTART, joins GDC to talk about the safety and privacy concerns stemming from new contact tracing apps. Featured in FOX 32 Chicago | May 13, 2020 […]
That’s what a lot of you have asked us. So, the Q&A team reached out to Quentin Rhoads-Herrera – a security breach specialist. In mid-April Google and Apple launched a contact tracing app model that would allow people to offer up their location information in order to help stop the spread of COVID-19. But could […]
Tennessee has just 25 percent of the recommended amount of contact tracers, leaving the state 1,500 people short for the critical disease mitigation effort. The National Association of County and City Health Officials is recommending just over 2,040 in Tennessee for its population. Nashville has just 75 contract tracers which needs to be tripled to […]
In late April, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the state’s partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies for New York’s contact tracing program. Last week, New York City started recruiting 1,000 workers to conduct contact tracing. This week, privacy concerns about the initiative have emerged. The focus was not as much on flaws on the tracing program as it was […]
The education system might be overlooking an unexpected threat with the whole world moving online: SAT and ACT hacking. Unlike other hacking threats, nation-states and criminals aren’t the primary risks, said Quentin Rhoades-Herrera, director of professional services at computer security firm CRITICALSTART. “Students in the past have hacked their own universities to change their own […]
Cybersecurity is no longer just a concern for large corporations and government entities. One of the largest attack surfaces today is healthcare where facilities rely on ease of access and fast sharing of data to facilitate immediate and effective care. Breaches in healthcare are occurring more frequently than ever before. According to HIPAA Journal, an […]
In a highly competitive economy, it’s often difficult to attract and retain top talent. This is especially true in the ever-evolving tech industry. In a field that changes so quickly, it’s hard to find good workers who also have the necessary skills for the job. When a talented candidate reaches your pool of applicants, you […]
Task and project management is a must-have skill in the technology industry, especially for tech leaders. Most are handling multiple projects and demands on their time, so it’s important to be able to prioritize and get everything done. As some of the top professionals in the field, the members of Forbes Technology Council have spent years cultivating […]
For the first time in National Football League history, draft day is going remote and online. Social media will play a big part in that transition, and teams have to work in that world securely. In recent years, the NFL turned the day its teams pick their stars of tomorrow into as big an event as […]
Chris Ward speaks with Quentin Rhoads-Herrera of CRITICALSTART to discuss cybersecurity in a time of a pandemic. In our current time of crisis, it’s a sad fact that there are many taking advantage of distracted governments, businesses, and individuals. With the majority of workforces in the Western world currently working from home, often on insecure […]
A hacker could provide entertainment value by disrupting the virtual NFL draft that begins Thursday. Desperation for any sports entertainment shouldn’t make us forget that these things are boring. The few moments of suspense as picks and trades are announced are drowned out by incessant chatter by talking heads and nonstop loops of player highlights. […]
The tax deadline came and went and now is the time when scammers see confusion and opportunity. “It’s like Christmas for scammers right now. This is as good as it’ll ever get for them,” said Rob Davis, the founder and CEO of Critical Start, a cybersecurity firm. He told Channel 2 Anchor Wendy Corona with a […]
Zoom’s biggest challenge isn’t just fixing its security blunders — it’s doing so while maintaining what makes it so popular in the first place. Zoom has become nearly synonymous with office meetings and socializing as people around the world have adapted to life at home amid the Coronavirus outbreak. That has put the roughly 9-year-old […]
In the wake of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, we have witnessed a surge in telecommuting as more companies transition to remote work. Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve seen a spike in web traffic (including a record-setting number of Zoom calls) as companies make the switch. Initially, there was even concern that this massive onslaught in web traffic […]
For Quentin Rhoads-Herrera, this was not a typical security test. A big municipal government in the U.S. had just handed him the source code for software the city uses to manage contracts and track infrastructure projects. He unpacked the code, sifted through it, and found more than a dozen previously undisclosed vulnerabilities, or zero-days, that a hacker could […]
When it comes to protecting computers and information systems from cyber attack, artificial intelligence and machine learning can help — but they’re no cure-all for a growing problem. Notwithstanding the current excitement over AI and its increasing ability to best humans on numerous fronts, it’s no magic bullet for shoring up cybersecurity, says Randy Watkins, […]
In addition to helping doctors provide care, technologists are helping researchers find a vaccine for the coronavirus. White hat hackers are using crowdsourced simulations to understand how the virus behaves. The red team at CRITICALSTART found that the company’s password cracker Cthulhu can be used to run computer simulations that mimic the same complex protein […]
Jordan Mauriello, SVP of Managed Security, shares his thoughts with Steve Gruber of the Steve Gruber Podcast on election security and the vulnerabilities associated with polling places in light of the coming 2020 elections. Full Video Transcript: SG: It is six states going to the polls today, and critical states. Bernie Sanders would like nothing […]
As organizations find themselves short on budget and talent, security automation that supplements the work of security experts can reduce discovery costs. It’s no secret: cybercrime is skyrocketing. Security breaches in the last five years grew by 67 percent for public and private sector organizations, according to Accenture and Ponemon Institute’s 2019 “Cost of Cybercrime Study,” […]
A recent survey by computer security firm CRITICALSTART showed 66 percent of Super Tuesday voters said they fear the elections aren’t secure — with many believing one of the campaigns would seek to influence the election and others concerned a foreign power, like Russia, might try to interfere. Jordan Mauriello, CRITICALSTART Senior Vice President of Managed […]
In an increasingly connected and digital world, no company or industry is safe from the growing threat posed by malicious online actors. How can companies attempt to manage this? Rob Davis of CRITICALSTART provides some advice for businesses. For many firms, as cyberattacks are increasing in number and sophistication, there are still countless hours wasted […]
A data breach is an incident in which a victim’s sensitive information is accessed without permission. According to a recent article by FOX Business, the main causes of data breaches are the lack of employee cybersecurity training, the tendency for vulnerable users’ to click on malicious links, unsecured and out-of-date company computer networks, and weak passwords without multifactor authentication. […]
Two-thirds of voting-age adults in Super Tuesday states believe the election is vulnerable to foreign interference, a poll by cybersecurity company CRITICALSTART discovered. While most believe their states are trying to address the problem, about half the respondents said they feel more confident with in-person paper ballots, and those who believe their state is secure are […]
How many times have you typed in the wrong URL? If you’re like us, it happens a lot — but typing the wrong address in your browser and hitting enter can cost you big time. We all use sites like YouTube and Google, but now, more than ever, criminals are using fake URLs that […]
New Survey: 66% of Super Tuesday Voters Fear Elections Aren’t Secure With less than one week to go before voters in 13 states cast their Presidential Primary Ballots, two-thirds of voting-age adults in Super Tuesday states do not believe their state’s election is secure from hacking or other technological threats. 44% believe one of the […]
CRITICALSTART has been named to CRN’s MSP 500 list for 2020, in the Security 100 category. CRN’s Managed Service Provider 500 list recognizes the top technology providers and consultants whose forward-thinking approach to providing managed services is changing the landscape of the IT channel. This annual list honors solution providers who bring innovative approaches to […]
CRITICALSTART CEO, Rob Davis, discusses the security of digital versus paper voting in the 2020 elections in his February 16th interview with FOX5 News – KVVU. Full Video Transcripts: They are reminding people there are three more days to vote ahead of the caucus and the Dems says that, so far, over 11,800 […]
Cryptojacking is so 2019. Ransomware is reemerging as the top cybercrime of choice, with attacks expected to increase in 2020. The pivot back to ransomware can largely be attributed to the attacker’s ability to contextualize the malware and weaponize it in targeted attacks. These enhanced capabilities are exacerbated by the ease of access through ransomware […]
