World Backup Day: Why Backup Isn’t Enough in the Age of AI and Data Exfiltration
Published on April 3, 2025
via Kevin Poireault and Infosecurity Magazine As World Backup Day celebrates its 14th anniversary, the message has shifted from backing up your data to holistically ensuring data resilience. This year, on this commemorative date, which originated from a 2011 Reddit post, the message has evolved from…
A Platform In Its Prime
Published on April 1, 2025
via Planet Mainframe (by Derek Britton) IBM Mainframe continues to defy naysayers by attracting new workload and offering peerless reliability. This year sees its latest incarnation unveiled. What sort of market does it face? Since Fujitsu announced its exit, the last remaining mainframe computer on…
ASPG, Inc. Announces Release of MegaCryption-PC Administrator, A New Cryptography Administration Tool for Windows Administrators
Published on March 20, 2025
Naples, FL – Advanced Software Products Group (ASPG, Inc.) is proud to introduce Megacryption-PC Administrator, a new Windows PowerShell utility designed to complement MegaCryption-PC by streamlining cryptography project administration. Using Megacryption-PC Administrator, Windows Administrators can efficiently deploy, manage and maintain a centralized cryptography framework while…
Password reset scams: Are you at risk?
Published on February 10, 2025
via This Is Money Cybercrime report reveals 421% growth in password reset scams in 2023 A password reset scam now happens every seven minutes, and fraudsters are targeting vulnerable users, including the elderly. A new report by LexisNexis Risk Solutions reveals that 70,000 password reset…
The good, the bad and the ugly: generative AI and cybersecurity
Published on January 29, 2025
via Mark Wilson and Planet Mainframe Putting the AI into mAInframe security Artificial intelligence can be as much a help as a threat: a powerful tool in the hands of either the good, the bad or the ugly. Today’s threat landscape and cybersecurity requirements are…
The worst passwords you could have in 2025 — or any year
Published on January 2, 2025
via WSAV There are few things as annoying as the sheer amount of passwords we need to log in to everything we use these days. You need bank passwords, email passwords, social media passwords — even passwords for smart fans! — and keeping track of…