Just how secure are the servers, routers and other high end hardware that is running the global Internet? This is a question posed in a pair of recent articles from US-CERT, the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team.
Because of the significant skills and capabilities of organized cyber-criminals, politically motivated hacker collectives, nation-state cyber armies and similar threat sources, operators of global network systems face ...
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A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.
You found the perfect candidate and are ready to make an offer, then your “purple unicorn” stops responding to phone calls, texts, and emails. What gives? Not a tech issue, but more an HR issue. Still, if you can’t find qualified technical staff, this might be an issue.
Cyber-criminals are masquerading as customer service sites on Facebook, luring disgruntled customers to their Facebook page in order to trick them into divulging their user name, password, and other personal information. This is called “angler phishing.”
The way this usually works is this. Let’s say you have a bad experience with your bank. Then you write and post a negative comment on Facebook or Twitter about bad service you received at your bank, for example. A cyber-crime crew will be searching ...
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Two weeks ago we reported on the most common cyber-scams targeting individuals like you and me. But businesses are also in the cross-hairs of scammers. A recent effort by the Federal Trade Commission and the Better Business Bureau has created some resources to help small business owners and managers learn how to protect themselves from these scams.
It is important ...
Continue Reading →Bad actors are using compromised WordPress.com accounts and the popular Jetpack plugin to add a malicious plug-in of their own that turns compromised websites into a vehicle for perpetrating a fake tech support scam. Attackers are using stolen user names and passwords from other breaches and trying these credentials on WordPress.com to find accounts. They are even searching whois records for website domain names registered with the same email account as the stolen user name.
A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.
Most of the small business clients I work with do not have a huge budget for a cybersecurity program, and something like a managed security service program (MSSP) is beyond their reach. They have money for a firewall, and endpoint security, but that is about it. Sound like your business? Then read on.
There are eight simple, free or low-cost things that small business IT professionals or IT support providers can ...
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I am taking a break from my normal publishing routine to celebrate the founding of our country by the scruffy band of traitors, insurgents, and terrorists, led by rich, white slaveholders, that put their lives at stake to create this great nation.
As far as the English Crown was concerned, they were a bunch of traitors and rabble-rousers. One man’s terrorist is ...
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