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Tip of the Week: What to Do When Passwords “Don’t Cut the Mustard” Anymore
Virtually every kind of online account requires a password. Yet, due to the aggressive nature of hackers, passwords alone are no longer enough to protect your information. The best way to approach...
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Are Vigilante Hackers a Threat?
2015 was a brutal year for major corporations, as one by one they fell victim to hacking attacks. Major organizations like Blue Cross Blue Shield, Anthem, and even the United States Office of Personnel...
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Tip of the Week: Think You’ve Been Hacked? Here are 5 Ways to Check
Any business that deals with online technology needs to be aware of the dangers that come with the territory. Hackers are more common nowadays than ever before, and organizations that don’t take a...
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This Hacker Stole 1.17 Billion Credentials. You Won’t Believe How Much He...
In a bizarre reminder of why security best practices are so critical to the world of IT, it has been reported that one of the largest collections of hacked and stolen login details are currently making...
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FBI Issues Warning About Critical Infrastructure Getting Hacked
There aren’t many instances of hackers targeting physical infrastructure, but the few that make themselves known tend to be quite catastrophic. Take, for example, the devastating cyber attack on the...
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Scammers Use Whaling Attack Emails to Pose as Upper Management
The average business owner may already be aware of what are called phishing attacks - scams that attempt to deceive and trick users into handing over sensitive credentials. However, not all phishing...
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Alert: Acer Breach Compromised Customer Credit Cards
Users of Acer’s online store between May 12th, 2015, and April 28th, 2016, may be in for a rude awakening. Acer may be attempting to contact you to relay that your credit card’s credentials have been...
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Some Evil Genius Just Combined the Pyramid Scheme With Ransomware
The ransomware machine keeps moving forward, despite significant opposition. In particular, the ransomware tag-team duo of Petya and Mischa have steamrolled most attempts to block them from accessing...
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Shhhh! Library of Congress Hacked
Not since the British burned the Library of Congress to the ground in the War of 1812 has there been a more devastating attack on the famous library. Only this time, the recent attack was of the...
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This NSA Employee Made a Mistake. How Hackers Exploited it is Worrisome
One of the biggest hacks of 2016 was the United States National Security Agency, by a hacking group calling themselves the Shadow Brokers. This hack came to light after tools belonging to the NSA were...
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Hackers Target Voter Information Databases to Steal Personal Data
Hackers are always getting their hands into sticky situations, but one of the hot topics in world politics--the 2016 United States presidential election--is one of the nastier ones in recent years. In...
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A Zombified Botnet is as Scary as it Sounds
Botnets are proving to be a difficult hurdle for security professionals, and it’s easy to understand why. Distributed Denial of Service attacks that can knock down servers or services, as well as...
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Forget Reading Data, These Ingenious Hackers Listen to Data
Computing systems are always vulnerable to some obscure hack or another, and researchers are always trying to find ways to shore them up and prevent future attacks. One previously undiscovered hack...
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Too Many Smart Devices Have Dumbed-Down Security Protocols
In both the home and the business, security cameras are becoming more and more commonplace as a means of preserving security. However, some malware can turn these devices, and others, into cyber...
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The Most Popular Domains Make the Biggest Targets for Email Spoofing
Let’s say that you receive an email from a software vendor, say, Microsoft. When you are contacted by a major company like this, do you automatically assume that it’s secure, or are you skeptical that...
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Getting Greedy: Ransomware Hackers are Asking for Way More Money
If fiscal reasons have stopped you from securing your network against ransomware thus far, you may want to reconsider your strategy. Not only are attacks still becoming more and more prevalent, but the...
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Charity Scams Are Very Real. Here’s How To Dodge Them
Dealing with disasters are a part of doing business. You know how difficult it is to recover from a devastating flood or storm. While businesses tend to suffer from these situations, countless...
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30 Schools Shut Down In Montana After Cyber Attack
Students generally love it when classes are cancelled for whatever reason, but thanks to a cybercriminal group called TheDarkOverlord Solutions, a school in Flathead Valley, Montana was disrupted for...
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Is Your Security Prepared to Stop a DDoS Attack?
If your business were to be struck by a Distributed Denial of Services (DDoS) attack, would it be able to recover in a timely manner? Do you have measures put into place to keep them from hampering...
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Why ROBOT is a Risk After Nearly 20 Years
The Internet is rife with potential threats. Some are situational, but most are deliberate actions made by malicious entities who are trying to obtain any semblance of value from you or your company....
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