Rodney Parlait | Page 4 of 28 | author at CyberSecurity Minute

Cookie Settings Control Your Online Privacy

That seemingly innocuous cookie consent banner popping up on every website holds far more power over your digital life than most people realize.

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Which Phishing Platform Is Right for Your Business?

With cyber threats evolving at an unprecedented pace, the long-held belief that technology alone can secure an organization has become a dangerously outdated fallacy.

ProfileHound Uncovers Secrets in Dormant AD Profiles

Within the complex digital fortresses of modern corporate networks, a significant and often overlooked vulnerability lies dormant not in active memory or running processes, but silently residing on the hard drives of domain-connected machines.

Could a Weak Password Cost You Everything?

The quiet hum of a server farm somewhere on the other side of the world is the only sound accompanying the automated theft of your entire digital identity, a process initiated by something as trivial as a predictable password.

Is Your Wallet Safe From This MetaMask 2FA Scam?

A sudden and alarming security notification appearing in your digital wallet can trigger immediate panic, and this is precisely the reaction cybercriminals are counting on in a new wave of sophisticated phishing attacks.

Are Crypto's Lower Phishing Losses a Trap?

A comprehensive analysis of crypto phishing attacks in 2025 has revealed a startling and significant decrease in the total funds stolen, a trend that on the surface appears to be a major victory for digital asset security.

AI Fuels a New Era of Trillion-Dollar Cyber Scams

The rapid proliferation of artificial intelligence has created a profound and paradoxical shift in the global cybersecurity landscape, establishing a high-stakes technological arms race where the lines between defense and offense have become dangerou...

EFF Arms Activists Against Rising Digital Threats

As the digital landscape becomes an ever-more contested battleground for civil liberties, activists and human rights defenders find themselves increasingly targeted by sophisticated surveillance and tech-enabled oppression.

Trend Analysis: Psychology of AI Security

Most cybersecurity breaches do not begin with a sophisticated piece of code cracking a firewall, but rather with a simple human moment—a rushed click, a misplaced trust, an ignored warning.

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Trend Analysis: Cybersecurity Threat Landscape

While high-stakes ransomware attacks capture headlines and dominate public fear, a surprising revelation from Federal Trade Commission (FTC) data shows they are merely a whisper in the storm of reported consumer fraud.

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Could a Default Password Take Down a Power Grid?

A recent cyberattack that brought Poland's energy grid to the brink of a widespread blackout serves as a stark reminder that the security of national infrastructure can hinge on something as simple as a factory-set password.

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Trend Analysis: Socially Engineered Phishing

A seemingly routine corporate email announcing a progressive branding initiative for Pride Month has become the delivery mechanism for one of the most psychologically sophisticated phishing campaigns of the year.

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Is Economic Spying The New Face Of Cyber Warfare?

In the shadowed corridors of international relations, the rules of engagement are being rewritten not by treaties, but by keystrokes, as state-sponsored cyber operations increasingly pivot from traditional military reconnaissance to a far more insidi...

How Is ENISA Forging Global Cyber Alliances?

As digital threads weave an ever-tighter web across continents, a sophisticated cyberattack originating halfway around the world can cripple critical infrastructure in the heart of Europe within minutes.

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Critical SmarterMail Flaws Under Active Attack

Recent detailed analysis of cyber threat activity has brought to light a perilous situation for organizations utilizing the SmarterTools SmarterMail email server software, as ransomware groups are actively exploiting two critical vulnerabilities to g...

Incident Response and Forensics

Is a Critical Zero-Day Exposing Your BeyondTrust Servers?

A severe zero-day vulnerability has been discovered in widely used BeyondTrust remote access products, creating a critical security risk for organizations that rely on self-hosted instances for privileged access management.

How Passwords Became a Costly Security Risk

The digital security model that protects nearly every aspect of modern life was conceived during an era of mainframe computers and punch cards, long before the internet became a ubiquitous and adversarial environment.

Can a Cyber Attack Strengthen EU Defenses?

A successful cyber attack on a major governmental body often conjures images of widespread chaos and compromised secrets, but the recent targeted intrusion against the European Commission on January 30 paints a far more nuanced picture of resilience.

China's Volt Typhoon Prepares for Cyber War on U.S. Grids

Deep within the digital veins of America's most essential services, a silent and methodical preparation for a new kind of warfare is underway, orchestrated by a sophisticated group with ties to the Chinese state.

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