This year hackers stole personal data on tens of millions of Americans from health insurer Anthem. Three months earlier, a different set of hackers stole credit and debit card numbers from tens of millions of Home Depot shoppers. So who… Read More ›
Data Loss Prevention
New Ransomware Targets Eager Windows 10 Subscribers
The latest wave of ransomware targets upcoming Windows 10 users by luring them to download an early copy of the operating system, then zapping them with CTB-Locker instead. The email enticements impersonate Microsoft, and inform impatient (and gullible) readers that… Read More ›
Once In A Blue Moon
Once in a blue moon, we pull our engineers away from their clients long enough to coax a blog post out of them. In honor of today’s blue moon, Senior Engineers Josh Spranger and Chris Fettig weigh in with two… Read More ›
Data Protection: Why Employee Training Is Critical
With the number of attacks continually on the rise, spear phishing has become the weapon of choice for hackers today. According to Trend Micro, 91% of cyber attacks occur when malware is delivered by email, links or through downloads, and… Read More ›
Midsize Business And The Data Breach Risk
Most midsize business leaders view a data breach among their top risks, according to The Hartford’s survey of midsize business owners and C-level executives. And it’s wise for them to be concerned. More than two in five mid-sized businesses (43%)… Read More ›
Wireless As A Weakness
An IT security study sponsored by Fortinet revealed last week that an organization’s wireless network is often its most exposed weakness. The surveyors interviewed more than 1,490 IT decision makers at organizations with 250 or more employees and found that… Read More ›
Bigger Threats for Smaller Businesses
Small and midsize businesses are increasingly becoming the targets of today’s complex cyber attacks. Hackers are going local in their efforts to steal credit card information from customers, striking at small businesses with as much frequency as retail giants. Cybercriminals… Read More ›
Healthcare Sector: Rising Cyber Attacks
Just a week ago, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (CareFirst) reported a data breach that was initially discovered last year. The company assumed they had taken care of the problem when the incident was first noticed – only to learn ten months… Read More ›
Your Network’s Weakest Link May Be Its People
According to a report by the Privacy and Data Protection Team at the law firm Baker Hostetler, human error was the number one cause of data security incidents. In the incidents that the firm worked on last year, employee negligence… Read More ›
Verizon Enterprise Data Breach Investigations Report: Lessons To Be Learned
Data Breach Statistics You Can’t Ignore. The 2015 Data Breach Investigation Report by Verizon Enterprise is a wealth of knowledge. In the extensive and detailed report we learn the current trends and expansive breadth of attacks, how they can come… Read More ›
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