Data breaches continue to be a threat. Since January 2018, at least 13 consumer companies reported that customer information was made vulnerable.
Capital One's data was breached some time in the last five months. Social security numbers, bank details, and more were taken from millions of people.
Riviera Beach's city council voted to pay the money after an attack in May disrupted services including its email network and 911 dispatch system.
The bad news is that the latest security hole discovered in Intel's processors is bad. The good news is that vendors have patches available now.
Ron Gula was a hacker for the National Security Agency and now runs VC firm, Gula Tech Adventures, with his wife.