Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

OUCH! Ransomware Attack Via MSP Locks Customers Out of Systems

If your computer technical support is provided by an outside vendor, you need to know this.  We have warned about this problem before.

Earlier this week, an unidentified threat actor managed to launch a ransomware attack resulting in the encryption of between 1,500 to 2,000 endpoint ...

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It’s Not Just Phishing – Other Ways Email Is Exploited – Part 2

On Monday we investigated five ways that your email account can be used to initiate an cyber-attack against you.  Today we finish up this article with another five email attack vectors.

  • Clickjacking – In traditional click-jacking, a malicious email link actually direct you to a malicious or impostor site.  A new version places something that looks like a dirt spot or hair on the web page and when the user tries ...
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It’s Not Just Phishing – Other Ways Email Is Exploited – Part 1

Phishing gets all the press when it comes to email account exploits. This is because phishing is the attack vector for over 90% of all cyber-attacks.  But there are other ways that bad actors, cyber-criminals, and state-sponsored cyber-warriors use email that don’t involve phishing at all, and the outcomes of these exploits can be as bad or even worse than phishing.  Today and Wednesday we will take a look at ...

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