Gregory D. Moody

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Professor of Information Systems

Director, UNLV Cybersecurity Program

Expertise: Cybersecurity, Human-computer interaction, Internet privacy, Information systems, E-commerce

Biography

Greg Moody is a Lee Business School professor of information systems, as well as director of the university's graduate-level Cybersecurity, M.S. Management Information Systems, M.S. Data Analytics and Applied Economics, and Data Analytics Certificate programs. His research interests include security, privacy, trust and distrust, e-commerce strategy, human-computer interaction, and large infrastructure project management.

Moody's studies have been published in top niche outlets, including Information Systems Research, Management Information Systems Quarterly, Criminology, Justice Quarterly, and Journal of the Association for Information Systems. His work has tackled topics such as the reasons why people fail to engage in secure behaviors, and the identification of methods managers can use to improve such behaviors.

He is the president of the largest research group in his field, Human-Computer Interactions. Moody additionally serves in editing positions for several academic journals and in service roles with the major conferences held for the information systems field.

Education

Ph.D., Management Information Systems, University of Pittsburgh
Ph.D., Information Systems, University of Oulu
M.A., Information Systems Management, Brigham Young University
B.S., Information Systems Management, Brigham Young University

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Report: Nevada breached months before ransomware attack discovery

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The major ransomware attack against Nevada discovered in late August has been underway since May, The Associated Press reports. Injection of a clandestine backdoor facilitated by a Nevada state employee's accidental download of a malicious system admin tool on May 14 allowed threat actors to create encrypted tunnels, conduct lateral movement, and infiltrate the state's password vault server by August, according to a post-mortem report from the state.

Nevada ransomware attack started months before it was discovered, per report

State workers were put on paid administrative leave. Nevada residents couldn’t receive their driver’s licenses. Employers were unable to conduct background checks on new hires. These were all effects of a massive cyberattack in Nevada that took nearly a month to fully restore its services.

Nevada Ransomware Attack Started Months Before It Was Discovered, Per Report

Hackers entered system 3 months before Nevada cyberattack, report says

The “threat actor” who conducted a ransomware attack on the state of Nevada was in the government’s computer systems as early as three months before, the state revealed in an after-action report released Wednesday.