It is unimaginable for any business today to function without using any form of technology. But along with technology comes the risk of your equipment being exposed to cyber-attacks and your information being compromised. These attacks can be prevented by startups, whether big or small, by having a security-first mentality. Businesses that understand these threats can avoid these cyber-attacks which ...
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A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.This is the day we celebrate our liberation from the King of England and the British Empire. The United States was founded through civil disobedience and even warfare against a government that some considered oppressive and unfair. Consider this: if the British crown had won, the “founding fathers” would have been considered terrorists, and hanged. Your terrorists ...
Continue Reading →A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Does all this COVID-19 related ruling by Executive Order give you the Constitutional willies? Well, the Legislative Branch is doing its best to keep pace in the race to see which branch of the government can violate our rights the most. The government can keep on surveilling your online ...
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The fact is, most of us had our Social Security numbers stolen three years ago, in the Equifax credit history breach of March 2017. But there are many other breaches where SSNs were taken along with other personally identifying information (PII). Your Social Security information can also be stolen from your mailbox, which is a crime, ...
The FBI’s 2019 Internet Crime Report, came out February 25. Email account hijacking, or Business Email Compromise (BEC) is the top money maker for cyber-criminal groups, earning them an estimated $1.776 BILLION with a B. CEOs of companies are top targets for this exploit, and usually it begins with a phishing email.
Even though ransomware is the big noisy topic, in terms of dollar losses, it is not even in the top ten, although a lot of expenses and costs ...
Continue Reading →A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Next week, WyzGuys Cybersecurity Blog is having its own Scam Week, and will be focusing on scams we see happening to our clients all the time. A couple are listed below.
There’s an attachment that you are “strongly recommended to read” on account of coronavirus infections in your area. Don’t open ...
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Today I am running a guest post by Panda Security, courtesy of my friends at Siege Media. As you may have heard, 2019 was the year of ransomware. The target? The public sector. With variations such as Cryptolocker, German Wiper and Robinhood, there was a shocking number of government ransomware attacks this past year. ...
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 ...
Continue Reading →A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.From CyberHeist News
A new piece of sophisticated technology is being used by fraudsters to scam unsuspecting people over the phone. Police said a woman in the York Region received a call earlier this month and was told by the scammers she had been a victim of ...
Continue Reading →A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Last week, the FBI, that bastion of sage privacy and security advice, issued a blog post out of its Portland field office warning cyber Monday shoppers that their smart TV is a little too smart, and likely watches you as much as you watch it. ...
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