WyzGuys Cybersecurity

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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Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, malware, Security

Happy Independence Day

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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News and politics

America, Independence Day

New WordPress Vulnerability

There has been a new WordPress vulnerability discovered that can give an attacker the ability to delete files on the web server and take control of your web site. This was reported on the WordFence blog on June 27th.

This vulnerability applies to anyone logged in to a WordPress website with user credentials of Author, Editor, or Administrator. These roles ...

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Software vulnerability, Web Design, WordPress

Sunday Funnies – iPaid

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Weekend Update

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

The WannaCrypt ransomware scam – what you need to know [PODCAST]

A hoax about ransomware called “WannaCrypt” has been widely spammed out. But is an attack of this sort technically possible?

Volkswagen and Audi car infotainment ...

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cybersecurity, Facebook, Internet of Things, social networks, Weekend Update

Fancy Bear, pacemakers, Russia, VPN Filter

Protect Yourself From Cyber Scams – Part 2

In our last post we looked at common web and phone based scams that I have seen personally, or have been targeted at a client. Today we will examine other scams that are popular with cyber-criminals.

Some of these are targeted at specific industries or at people in positions of leadership or ownership of an organization or business.

Charity scams ...

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Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, Identity Theft, social engineering

Protect Yourself From Cyber Scams – Part 1

I cannot believe the number of scam calls and emails I receive in a given day. Often I get 4 or 5 scams calls on my cell phone, and a few more on my landline. That landline has got to go, more than 90% of calls on that number are from scammers or telemarketers. Emails are even more ...

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Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, Identity Theft, social engineering

Small Business and Home Network Security

I rarely repost entire articles from the web, but this one from US-CERT’s National Cyber Awareness System is great just as it is, so we are reposting it below. The recommendations in this article apply to small business networks as well.