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Cyber War isn’t Coming It is already Here!

Jan 18, 2020 | Applications, Attack Vectors, Audit Logs, Business, Cloud, Compliance, Computers, credentials, Cyber breaches, cyberattacks, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data Assets, Economic Disruption, Employees, Government, Hackers, Hacking, Hacking, Intellectual Property Theft, Internet, Iran, Nationstates, Passwords, Patching, Phishing, Radio_Show, safety, Security, Security Alerts, spying, Technology, Third - Party, third-world, Updates, Updates, Vulnerabilities, Wiper Malware

Cyber War isn’t Coming It is already Here! Wars today are less likely to be kinetic, and it is safe to assume that the primary mode of retaliation from Iran will be a cyber attack. Iran wants to bring down the U.S., and the fastest way to do that is to damage us...

Did the Russians get Anywhere close to Hacking our 2016 Election?

Jan 4, 2020 | 2FA, Attack Vectors, Audit Logs, audit logs, Business, Business Email Compromise, credential stealing, credentials, Cyber Liability, cyberattacks, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Elections, Elections, Email, Employees, Encryption, Hackers, Hacking, Hacking, Hacking Tools, Intellectual Property Theft, Internet, Nationstates, Patching, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Russia, safety, Security, Security Alerts, spying, Technology, Third - Party, third-world, Updates, Voting Technology

Did the Russians get Anywhere close to Hacking our 2016 Election? Like with most of the hacks, it all begins the same way, unpatched vulnerable systems, and untrained personnel. That is all it takes for an opportunistic criminal or nation-state hacker to gain...

Chrome 79 will continuously scan your passwords against public data breaches

Dec 19, 2019 | Business, Chrome Browser, credentials, Google, Internet, Passwords, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, Security Alerts, Technology, Updates

Chrome 79 will continuously scan your passwords against public data breaches Best practices dictate that you should use a different password for every website, application, or program. However, many do not do this, and it is why cybercriminals can run rampant...

Business Computers Should Only Be Used For Business

Dec 19, 2019 | Applications, Audit Logs, Best Practices, Business, cell phones, credentials, Employees, Employees, Intellectual Property Theft, Internet, Malware, Mobile Phones, Patching, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Regulatory Compliance, safety, Security, Security, Security Alerts, spying, Technology, Updates

Business Computers Should Only Be Used For Business If an employer provides you with equipment, they expect that the computer to be used for work and work only. Many times there will be software installed on these devices that monitors your activities and...

Lessons We Failed To Learn and Therefore Are Doomed To Repeat

Dec 19, 2019 | Applications, Attack Vectors, Business, Business Email Compromise, credential stealing, credentials, Cyber breaches, cyberattacks, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Financial, Government, Hackers, Hacking, Hacking, Hacking, hacking as a service, Incident Response, industrial espionage, Insider Threat, Intellectual Property Theft, Internet, Malware, Nationstates, Networking, Operating Systems, Organized Crime, Password Managers, Passwords, Patching, Phishing, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Ransomware, Security, Security Alerts, Software As A Service, Technology, third-world, Updates, Windows (Microsoft)

Lessons We Failed To Learn and Therefore Are Doomed To Repeat It seems as every year gets worse and worse when it comes to Cyber Breaches and Cyberattacks. Compared to 2018 were have had 33% more breaches this year. They are, after all of our data, personally...

Cybercriminals return to old-school ID theft tactics

Nov 30, 2019 | Anti-Virus, Best Practices, Big Tech, Business, Consumer, credentials, Cyber breaches, Cybercrime, Employees, Employment, Hackers, Hacking, Identity Theft, Insider Threat, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, Security, Technology, Vulnerabilities

Cybercriminals return to old-school ID theft tactics As security professionals come up with new protocols and software to protect companies and businesses implement them, hackers are finding themselves thwarted. So many of these cybercriminals are going...