FREDERICK — The Maryland State Department of Education says it was not the source of a data breach that exposed personal information of about 1,000 former Frederick County students. The department released a statement Monday contradicting one that Frederick County ...

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As the chief technical officer for the Garden City, New York-based Integris Security, Blake Cornell has heard many reasons why business owners and officials chose not to invest in cyber security protection  ̶  “It would never happen to us” or ...

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LONDON — Cyberattacks on a key internet firm repeatedly disrupted the availability of popular websites across the East Coast of the United States Friday, according to analysts and company officials. Manchester, New Hampshire-based Dyn, Inc. said its server infrastructure was ...

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Two Maryland technology firms are in a deal to combine the services they offer. Deep Run Security Services LLC, an information security business in Baltimore, and Convergence Technology Consulting LLC, a technology-consulting firm headquartered in Columbia, now have an offering of cybersecurity risk ...

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Maryland needs a dedicated group of cyber experts to serve as first responders in the event of a cyber emergency, not unlike the reserves governments turn to in the wake of a natural disaster. That’s one recommendation of the Maryland Cybersecurity ...

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The Supply Chain Management Center at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business will be part of a unique risk assessment project to assess the safety and effectiveness of supply chain practices. The project, which is the ...

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Much like in real life, when you go on the internet you leave fingerprints, digital ones, that show what you like, what you believe and what websites you’ve visited recently. Third parties, including social media sites and other corporations looking ...

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WASHINGTON — An unusual strain of virus-like hacker software that exploits computer server vulnerabilities — without requiring human interaction — is a leading example of a new generation of “ransomware,” according to a new report by Cisco Systems Inc. Hackers ...

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A computer virus struck the information technology system of MedStar Health early Monday, forcing the company to shut down all of its system interfaces to prevent further spread. The virus prevented some employees from logging in to their computers. The ...

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The ability to access files and communicate from anywhere brings a host of security concerns for law firms entrusted with their clients’ personal data. But it doesn’t take a full-time IT department to prevent confidential information from falling into the ...

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