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Encryption Wars: Collaboration Services Acquire to Compete for Marketshare

May 16, 2020 | Applications, Best Practices, Business, Collaboration Tools, Encryption, Human Element, Internet, Internet Infrastructure, M&A, Marketshare, Messaging, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, Security, Security Alerts, Stress Test, Technology, Technology, Zoom

Encryption Wars: Collaboration Services Acquire to Compete for Marketshare The pandemic laid bare the vulnerabilities are some popular business collaboration platforms. Usage of these platforms surged during the coronavirus pandemic as more businesses began to rely...

Anyone Can Be A Victim – Business Email Compromise Does Not Play Favorites

Mar 7, 2020 | Best Practices, Business, Business Email Compromise, Compliance, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, CyberTraining, Employees, Employees, Executives, Executives, Extortion, Financial, Hackers, Hacking, Human Element, Inattention, Insider Threat, Internet, Nationstates, Organized Crime, Phishing, Policies and Procedures, Privacy, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, Security, Social Engineering, Technology

Anyone Can Be A Victim – Business Email Compromise Does Not Play Favorites No matter how big you are –, you can be a victim. Business email compromise can happen to anyone, and it only takes a single moment of inattention for it to work. To carry out a...

Cryptocurrencies and Insurance Increases Ransomware Profitability

Mar 7, 2020 | Access Controls, Asset Management, Best Practices, Business, Compliance, credential stealing, credentials, Critical data, Cyber Liability, cyberattacks, Data Assets, Employees, Hacking, Human Element, industrial espionage, Information Technology, Intellectual Property Theft, Internet, Legacy Systems, Operating Systems, Patching, Policies and Procedures, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Ransomware, Ransomware, Ransomware, Regulatory Compliance, Security, Security, Security Alerts, Technology, Technology, Third - Party, Updates

Cryptocurrencies and Insurance Increases Ransomware Profitability Ransomware is rising like a phoenix from the ashes again. Companies are paying enormous ransoms in cryptocurrencies and insurance companies paying out claims, which in turn is adding to the rise in...

1.77 Billion – That is how much Businesses lost last year to Business Email Compromises

Feb 22, 2020 | Best Practices, Business, Business Email Compromise, Corporate Reputation, Cyber breaches, Cyber Liability, cyberattacks, Cybercrime, Employees, Financial, Hackers, Human Element, Intellectual Property Theft, Nationstates, Networking, Organized Crime, Patching, Phishing, Privacy, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, Security, Security Alerts, Technology, Threats, Updates, Vulnerabilities

1.77 Billion – That is how much Businesses lost last year to Business Email Compromises One of the most significant cybersecurity dangers to Businesses is known as Business Email Compromise attacks. These types of attacks are carried out by cybercriminals and...

Ransomware rings adapt to business declarations by Revealing Stolen Data

Feb 15, 2020 | Applications, Attack Vectors, Business, Business Email Compromise, Compliance, Corporate Reputation, credential stealing, Cyber Liability, cyberattacks, Cybersecurity, CyberTraining, Employees, Executives, Extortion, Hacking, Hacks, Human Element, ID Theft, Incident Response, Intellectual Property Theft, Internet, Intricate Data Systems, Market Value, News, Patching, Policies and Procedures, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Ransomware, Ransomware, Regulatory Compliance, Security, Security Alerts, Social Engineering, Technology, third-world, Updates

Ransomware rings adapt to business declarations by Revealing Stolen Data Did you know that backups may no longer help you recover from Ransomware? Ransomware is rapidly infecting businesses across the world. Even the most prepared organization have found themselves...

Most Businesses Attacked By Business Email Compromise Last Year

Feb 1, 2020 | Business, Business Email Compromise, Cyber breaches, cyberattacks, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, CyberTraining, DeepFake, Employees, Employees, Hackers, Hacking, Hacking, HR, Human Element, Identity Theft, industrial espionage, Insider Threat, Internet, Malware, Malware, MFA, Patching, Phishing, Phishing, Psychology, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, Security Alerts, Social Engineering, Technology

Most Businesses Attacked By Business Email Compromise Last Year 2019 was the year for Business Email Compromises also known as BEC attacks. In fact, a majority of all businesses across the world became targets of these directed attacks involving their executives....