From IoT to GoT, budget issues to interview busts, here are the top security headlines for the week of July 17, 2017:

• Who is a target for ransomware? Short answer: everyone. But education, government and healthcare organizations top the list.
• In math that doesn’t seem to add up, UK businesses estimate they would spend £1.1m to recover from a breach , but only 14.4% of their organisation’s operation budget is spent on infosec.
• We’ve mentioned the cybersecurity workforce gap a time or two, but what are entry-level job seekers doing that keeps them from getting the gig ?
• Verizon has been breached and as many as 14 million subscribers may have had their records revealed. So maybe you should be asking, “Can you secure me now?”
• It’s everywhere you look and maybe it’s making your life easier, but IoT is costing companies . Security incidents related to the Internet of Things have been shown to negatively affect the bottom line by as much as 70% more than other incidents.
• “Alexa, can you stop listening to me?” You can give that command a shot, but it might not do you any good. Alexa has been eavesdropping and Amazon might be sharing that information with third-party developers.
• Malware is coming . Game of Thrones’ latest season is expected to be highly pirated – as past seasons have been – making those “Dragonstone” files you’re downloading more likely to be a virus than an episode of the obsessively-watched HBO show.