Kevin Townsend

Kevin Townsend is a Senior Contributor at SecurityWeek. He has been writing about high tech issues since before the birth of Microsoft. For the last 15 years he has specialized in information security; and has had many thousands of articles published in dozens of different magazines – from The Times and the Financial Times to current and long-gone computer magazines.

Threat From Spoofed Emails Grows, While DMARC Implementation Lags

Email remains the biggest single cyber threat to business. Phishing can introduce malware either directly or later via stolen credentials, while BEC scam emails...

February 13, 2020

Randori Arms Red Teams With New Automated Attack Platform

Automated Attack Platform Lets Organizations Continuously Hack Themselves to Test Their Attack Surface

February 12, 2020

Presidential Candidates’ Use of DMARC Improves, but Remains Short of Optimum

Presidential candidates' protection of their domains is improving, but could improve further. More specifically, of the 15 current candidates, eight now protect their domains...

February 10, 2020

Netherlands University Pays $240,000 After Targeted Ransomware Attack

University of Maastricht Pays Roughly $240,000 in Bitcoin Following Targeted Ransomware Attack

February 10, 2020

New Campaign Leverages BitBucket to Deliver Arsenal of Malware

Active Campaign Uses BitBucket Cloud Storage Platform to Deliver 7 Different Malware Payloads

February 6, 2020

Leidos Buys L3Harris Security and Automation Business for $1 Billion

Reston, VA-based Leidos Holdings has announced a definitive agreement to buy the airport security and automation businesses from UK-based L3Harris for $1 billion in...

February 5, 2020

Smart Lightbulbs Used to Compromise Home and Business Networks

Researchers have demonstrated an ability to compromise an IoT smart bulb, and then use malware from the internet-connected bulb to infiltrate the rest of...

February 5, 2020

Israeli Venture Firm Partners With NYC to Launch Cybersecurity Accelerator

Jerusalem Venture Partners Launches Cybersecurity Hub in Partnership with New York City

February 4, 2020

AI-based Document Classification Firm Concentric Emerges From Stealth

Concentric Emerges from Stealth with AI Document Classification Product and $7.5 Million Seed Funding

January 30, 2020

Investment in Privacy Pays Cybersecurity Dividends: Cisco

Better Privacy Means Better Security, Report Shows

January 29, 2020

New Public Company SCVX Formed to Acquire Cybersecurity Firms

World's First Cybersecurity Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) to Build a New Cybersecurity Platform

January 29, 2020

AppOmni Raises $10 Million to Help Companies Prevent Cloud Misconfigurations

Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Security and Management Platform Provider Raises $10 Million in Series A Funding

January 28, 2020

World Economic Forum on Securing the Aviation Industry in the Age of Convergence

World Economic Forum Calls for Global Collaboration to Enhance Cyber Resilience in the Aviation Industry

January 27, 2020

NSA Shares Guidance on Mitigating Cloud Vulnerabilities

The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has published advice on mitigating cloud vulnerabilities. While the advice is primarily designed for government agencies and departments,...

January 27, 2020

Huawei and Supply Chain Security – The Great Geopolitical Debate

Whether, how and to what extent solving the cybersecurity problems inherent in the global supply chain could provide confidence in Huawei equipment is debatable...

January 27, 2020

Targeted Phishing Campaign Leverages Death of Iranian General Qasem Suleimani

A targeted phishing campaign against government entities in Persian Gulf and Middle East countries was detected earlier this month. The campaign was using the...

January 23, 2020