As more schools and businesses find themselves going online, Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) users are more vulnerable than ever to a ransomware attack. Learn more about the latest threat from Drovorub malware, and what organizations can do to protect themselves. This article is offered as a part of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and the week two theme, “Securing devices at ...
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A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Original release date: September 30, 2020
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released the Telework Essentials Toolkit, a comprehensive resource of telework best practices. The Toolkit provides three personalized modules for executive leaders, IT professionals, and teleworkers. Each module outlines distinctive security considerations appropriate for their ...
Continue Reading →A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Original release date: July 27, 2020
CISA and NCSC are investigating a strain of malware known as QSnatch, which attackers used in late 2019 to target Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices manufactured by the firm QNAP.
All QNAP NAS devices are potentially vulnerable to QSnatch malware if not ...
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Phishing Email AlertsCatch of the Day: Why We Don’t Do Product Endorsements
Chef’s Special: Spoofing SharePoint Phish
Examples of clever phish that made it past my spam filters and into my Inbox, or from clients, or reliable sources on the Internet.
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Continue Reading →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 →Phishing Email AlertsCatch of the Day: DNSSEC Upgrade Phish. One exploit using many popular brands.
Chef’s Special: Slack Phish. A new phishing vector via the popular collaboration app.
Examples of clever phish that made it past my spam filters and into my Inbox, or from clients, or reliable sources on the Internet.
I would be delighted to accept suspicious phishing examples from you. Please forward ...
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If you think it seems like there is more activity, attacks, and exploits from cyber-criminals and other bad actors, you may be right. Malware exploits can be easily bought online as kits complete with installation assistance and technical support. Just as the business web is moving everything to “The Cloud” with AaaS (Anything as a Service), the denizens of the ...
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 ...
Continue Reading →A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.from the internet-of-very-broken-things dept
If you hadn’t noticed yet, the internet of things is a security and privacy shit show. Millions of poorly-secured internet-connected devices are now being sold annually, introducing massive new attack vectors and vulnerabilities into home and business networks nationwide. Thanks to IOT companies ...
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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