When a smartphone is stolen, it is a disaster. You have just given the keys to your online life, your email, social media accounts, and credit cards you have synced with an app. If you have the new smart locks on your home or office, you also gave them literal keys, the ability to open those locks. If you have live camera feeds ...
Toward the end of last year I made a pair of bold predictions. The first, that ransomware exploits would start declining, because anti-malware software companies were bringing products online that would prevent the encryption from taking place. The second, there would be an increase in Business Email Compromise (BEC) exploits, as cyber-criminals turned to new income streams. I was only half right.
BEC exploits have increased, because the potential returns are so ...
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On Wednesday we discussed the importance of backing up your website as part of a larger cybersecurity strategy. Today we are going to look at feature considerations for you as you decide which backup plugin is right for you.
Personally, I have used both Backup WordPress and Updraft Plus, and I have been satisfied with both of them. When you search for backup plugins, ...
Continue Reading →Are you backing up your website? If your web server crashed, how quickly could you get your site back online? If your website is hijacked, compromised, or infected with a malicious download, how long would it take you to recover?
We have harped for years on the importance of backing up your data and files, and testing them to see if you can actually ...
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Controlling your professional information can mean managing the information you disclose on professional networking sites such as LinkedIn. It can also mean protecting the client and employee information you have gathered through your employment. It may mean securing your computer network from outside and inside attackers, or your website from compromise. It may mean properly securing online assets such ...
As we approach year-end, many small and medium sized business owners and managers are coming to the realization that their best intentions for creating a cybersecurity program in their organization have fallen short. This was the year, you promised yourself, that we get a handle on computer and network security.
Well it is not too late to get a start, and here is a short ...
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As we add more mobile and portable devices to our digital collection, cybersecurity for mobile devices becomes more important. Smartphones, tablets, wearable tech, and ultra-portable laptops are certainly convenient and easy to carry, but that makes them easy for a thief to carry off. When these devices are stolen, you lose much more than the hardware. Every bit of information on the device is up for grabs too, from contact lists, personal information, mobile ...
This week we will be focusing on preventing, detecting, and recovering from the many variants of the crypto-ransomware exploit. Ransomware attacks, such as CryptoLocker, CyrptoWall, Locky, Chimera, Zepto, and the like, have become one of the best money-making exploits for cyber-criminals, with new variants appearing on the scene every month. These attacks usually start with a phishing email and a ZIP file attachment or a malicious link, so email vigilance can help. ...
March 31st is World Backup Day. On my way to the office today I saw someone driving down the highway in reverse. Not completely clear on the concept.
It has been three months since you made your New Year’s Resolution to really backup you data this year for sure!! Still kicking this one down the road? Well today is your day. Sign up for something easy like Carbonite and be ...
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I was recently interviewed by Carolyn Heinze for ChannelPro Network magazine on the subject of ransomware. Ransomware is back (if it ever really left) and there are strategies you can use to defeat it. If you do nothing, there will be nothing for you but to pay up.
On October 21st at the Cyber Security Summit in Boston, comments by Joseph ...
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