There was a time, years ago, when I wasn’t just the highly capable security practitioner you see before you. I was also a Soldier. I wore a uniform for 22 years altogether, most of the time as an Infantryman in my state’s National Guard.
Posted on April 08, 2020
Is your organization prepared to work from home due to the Coronavirus? Not just prepared for the change, but structurally prepared? Is your network designed to protect against the risks?
For offices around the world, the possibility of having to send employees home indefinitely as the virus spreads is becoming very real. If your organization hasn’t needed work-from-home policies in place...
Posted on March 06, 2020
New York's SHIELD Act applies to businesses nationwide, with compliance required for anyone who does business with or holds personally identifiable information (PII) of New York residents. The following are key takeaways regarding SHIELD Act compliance.
Posted on January 30, 2020
According to a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) warning issued January 4, 2020, the government is preparing for the potential of Iran-sponsored cyberattacks following the January 3rd airstrike which killed Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani.
Posted on January 10, 2020
Tagged Healthcare, Retail, Financial, Alerts, MSPs, Small Business, Energy
Black Friday, Cyber Monday, holiday gifts and New Year's celebrations – these are some of the factors that make November through January the most active online-shopping period of the year.
Posted on November 27, 2019
Leaving your remote desktop protocol (port 3389) servers open to the internet has been known to be a cybersecurity “bad idea” for years, but the Bluekeep vulnerability, as well as the more recent Seven Monkeys batch of disclosed vulnerabilities, have made this vital to your business’s survival.
Posted on August 21, 2019
You may have heard the statistic: 91% of breaches start with email. But you’re probably thinking, that won’t happen to me.
You know the signs of a phishing email and you avoid emails that are clearly unsafe, so, of course, you’re not going to be the one who gets breached. Or are you?
Ignore security at your own and your customers’ peril.
Recently there was a post on r/sysadmin from a network administrator who had a client system hacked because he left their iLO card facing the internet…
Posted on July 27, 2018
Tagged Managed Security, Vulnerability Management, Alerts, MSPs
In the past 48 hours, security operators have seen a new ‘sextortion’ message begin popping up in client inboxes almost everywhere.
The most frightening part of this message is that it lists a password either in the subject line or the first sentence.
Posted on July 13, 2018
If the GDPR affects your business, you may need to make some significant changes to your cybersecurity strategy. Here are four core areas to address in order to achieve technical compliance with the GDPR.
Posted on May 09, 2018
As an MSSP, we offer a number of services. It’s kind of in the name. Two of those services involve email through both email security as well as end-user education through our phishing service.
Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve noticed an uptick in phishing emails that are using fake DocuSign sites to attempt to steal credentials to user email accounts.
Posted on March 18, 2018
Scam Alert – Cyber Monday is coming and scammers will take advantage!
Savvy criminals are getting ready to celebrate the holiday season just like we are. The difference is, they plan to fund their holiday with your bank account. Hackers go into scam-overdrive mode during Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
U.S. warns about phishing attacks on nuclear, energy, aviation, water, and manufacturing industries.
The U.S government issued a rare public warning that sophisticated hackers are targeting energy and industrial firms, the latest sign that cyber attacks present an increasing threat to the power industry and other public infrastructure.
SCAM ALERT – Hackers are sending emails, falsely claiming your Netflix account has been suspended. These emails look just like the real thing. They are trying to get your login information and your credit card data.
What we know so far…
Looks like there’s a new kid on the block in Ransomware today that is creating havoc for a number of organizations in Russia, Ukraine, Germany, and Turkey.
