Can a cyber attack force you to go out of business? Ransomware attacks are causing small business targets of these attacks to close their doors, even after they paid the attackers for the decryption key. The financial losses and impacts of the attack are just not survivable for some businesses..
In 2019, we saw a dramatic increase in both the ...
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Using Bluetooth to connect devices to your laptop is convenient but also risky. Discover what those risks are and how to minimize them.Many laptops come with Bluetooth connectivity. Thanks to this wireless technology, you can easily connect a keyboard, mouse, headset, or other peripheral to your laptop. You can even use it to send files to a printer or ...
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Is there a way to maintain privacy online, and defeat tracking without resorting to extreme measures? We have written articles recently about the most private browsers, but using them requires changing habits and abandoning web browsers that you are already familiar with.
I came across this graphic on Pinterest, and thought it was worth sharing. It shows some pretty ...
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A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.From Brian Krebs: Dallas County, Iowa has dropped trespassing charges against two penetration testers who were arrested and jailed last year on September 11, and held in jail until yesterday for doing the job they were hired to do The news broke as Brian was in the middle of a video interview with ...
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Here is another guest post offered by Josh Wardini, which first appeared in DataProt.
Yesterday was Data Privacy Day. We live in highly connected and insecure times where our personal information is harvested and sold like a crop. Where our every move in the physical world is tracked by GPS in our phones and automobiles. Where ...
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Are you looking to break into a career in Information Technology or Cybersecurity? I have been working as an instructor in this field for several years, and I have trained many people, and helped them study for professional certifications so they could do just that.
There is a huge demand for IT and cybersecurity workers, and many job openings go unfilled for long periods of time. But getting in the door for ...
Continue Reading →A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.The Lazarus hacking group are trying to sneak a ‘fileless’ Trojan on to Apple computers, disguised as a fake cryptocurrency trading program.
Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) delivered thousands of alerts of government-backed ...
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Today we feature a post by TOP VPN SERVICE
How often are you online or to be more precise, how many hours a day do you surf the net? With the amount of hours you spend on the internet in a day, how protected are you? Did you know that while you’re looking up ways to bake a cake and follow up ...
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There is only one person that you can rely on to keep you protected in your online life – and that person is YOU! Because the bad actors on the network target people more frequently than machines, this means that we more likely to be the first point of contact in an exploit. We are ultimately responsible for keeping our online life secure. ...
If you are using one of these passwords or PINs to “secure” your computer, smartphone, or online accounts you are in danger of having your digital life cracked and compromised. The passwords have been cracked, are on sale on the Dark Web, and will be the FIRST passwords tried by an attacker. If you are using one of these, please change it now.
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