Author: Joel Witts How can I stop phishing attacks? This is the question every IT admin in organizations all over the world are frequently having to ask themselves. Phishing is one of the most common, most effective, and most damaging types of attacks that hackers can utilize to break into...
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FBI and CISA are issuing COVID-19 Vishing advisory
Author: FBI | Infragard The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are issuing a vishing advisory. This is in response to a voice phishing (vishing)1 campaign that occurred recently. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a mass shift to working from home, resulting in...
How do Mac’s get viruses anyway?
How do Mac's get viruses? Three pervasive myths about Macs that you can find in almost any online discussion about security and macOS are “Macs are safe by design”, “Macs are not numerous enough to be of interest to malware authors” and (consequently) “there’s no real malware threats out there for...
COVID-19 Cyber Scams
The top five Coronavirus scams and cyberthreats
COVID-19 Outbreak | Employees Working from Home? It’s Time to Prepare.
The COVID-19 outbreak is having a major impact on businesses this quarter and, by all accounts, is set to be a major challenge for enterprises throughout the rest of the financial year. The US CDC (Center for Disease Control) hinted that it may be necessary to implement “social distancing measures”....
Iranian hackers have been hacking VPN servers to plant backdoors in companies around the world
2019 will be remembered as the year when major security bugs were disclosed in a large number of enterprise VPN servers, such as those sold by Pulse Secure, Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, and Citrix. A new report published today reveals that Iran's government-backed hacking units have made a top priority last...
PREPARING FOR 2020: TRENDS IN CYBERCRIME, THREATS, AND RISKS
As 2019 draws to a close, we take a look at how the year has panned out as it relates to cybercrime. What have been the main trends witnessed over the last 12 months, and what can we learn from them to prepare for 2020 and beyond? Ransomware: The ‘Gift’...
BILL TO ENHANCE REGULATORS’ CYBERSECURITY PASSES HFSC
The House Financial Services Committee (HFSC) passed the Cybersecurity and Financial System Resilience Act (H.R. 4458) by voice vote Wednesday. CUNA supports the bill and expressed its support in a letter to committee leadership earlier this week.H.R. 4458 would require NCUA and other sectors’ regulators to each issue an annual report to...
DARK WEB
The dark web is a part of the internet that isn't indexed by search engines. You've no doubt heard talk of the “dark web” as a hotbed of criminal activity — and it is. Researchers Daniel Moore and Thomas Rid of King's College in London classified the contents of 2,723 live dark web sites over...
Tewksbury law firm endures cyber security ‘nightmare’
Ellen A. Wright knew she had a problem on her hands when her paralegal told her the Tewksbury firm’s Google email account couldn’t be accessed. I was getting calls from my unstaffed office at midnight, which was absolutely terrifying.” — Ellen A. Wright, Wright Family Law Group But the family...
5 Ways Your Business Benefits from IT Automation
When you think of IT automation, some of the biggest benefits that come to mind are efficiency and increased productivity. Automation can certainly help companies do more with less by introducing smart workflows and removing redundant tasks. Automation also increases the visibility of what’s happening in your daily operations, which frees...
5 REASONS WHY CLOUD BENEFITS YOUR BUSINESS
Businesses are often puzzled by the thought of moving to the cloud. They are concerned with data loss, privacy risks, susceptibility to external attack, internet connectivity etc. But do these concerns outweigh the cloud benefits? Or, are you afraid of the change? Comparing the Leading Cloud Providers Before jumping into the...