Another victim to the thousands of cyber attacks on local governments and city offices. This time the criminals were paid quite handsomely. Can your organization afford to spend $600k in ransom then another million to replace all hardware? How did the hackers get in? Someone clicked on a phishing email because they had no security…
Ransomware only attacking Small to Medium sized businesses.
ZDNet talks through the focus of most ransomware and the shift towards the SMB space. According to the latest report by Kaspersky, hackers using this ransomware target smaller companies as their are easier targets and the seizure of their data is more catastrophic. This makes them pay the ransom a lot faster. See if you’re…
Why are non-profits a target for hackers?
In a recent article , KIRO radio discuss the impact a food bank saw after their entire business was compromised. “What we’ve sort of learned through the process is if you try to pay a guy for your stuff back it’s still going to come to you damaged. It’s still going to be about 40…
FBI: Don’t Trust HTTPS or Padlock on Websites
Good read….”Thankfully, education is the single security measure against which criminals can’t work around: an aware user, who had been trained to look for misspellings in the URL of a webpage and knows not to trust a padlock icon, is much harder to lure into giving away personal information or clicking on malware-spreading links.” Interested…
WannaCry 2019: Ransomware still thriving
In a recent article by Healthcare IT, they discuss how having an up-to-date picture of all of the assets on a network allows a hospital to proceed accordingly. You need to be able to monitor incoming threats on a daily basis. If you don’t have this today, you should be! Click the link to get…
Cyber Security Connection: August 2018
Get inside the latest trends in cyber security news, updates and industry threats from August in our monthly recap. Industry Updates Employee Buy-In is a Critical Component in Cyber Security After hosting our second series of Cyber Security events late this month, a recurring topic around employee support and participation was one that organizations identified…
Cyber Security Connection: July 2018
Get inside the latest trends in cyber security news, updates and industry threats from July in our monthly recap. Quote of the month: “To successfully prepare for a cyber attack in today’s landscape is to accept that your organization will be the next target. Whether you are most vulnerable or not is entirely up to…
Cyber Security Connection: June 2018
Get inside the latest trends in cyber security news, updates and industry threats from June in our monthly recap. Industry Updates Apple Makes Moves Towards Improved Security and User Privacy in Their Latest Updates In their latest developer’s conference, the team at Apple introduced the updates and new features they will be releasing in their…
Cyber Security Connection: May 2018 Update
After the major threats and hacks of last year targeting some of the biggest global enterprises made headlines; cyber security has earned its position as one of biggest topics and concerns for 2018. Stay in the know with the latest trends, news topics and threats in the internet security space to help your business stay…
Cyber Security Connection: April 2018
Get inside the latest trends in cyber security news, updates and industry threats from April in our monthly recap. Industry Updates How Internet Service Policies are Changing in Preparation for GDPR The news has been flooded with coverage of the recent issues stemming from large tech corporations and their misleading data policies – and the…