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Can You Detect A Phishing Attempt?

Nov 16, 2019 | Best Practices, Business, Business Email Compromise, credential stealing, credentials, Cyber breaches, cyberattacks, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, CyberTraining, Employees, Employees, Hackers, Hacking, Hacking, Hacking, Liability, Phishing, Phishing, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, Security, Technology, third-world

Can You Detect A Phishing Attempt? Cybercriminals are getting better at crafting believable and sophisticated ilephishing emails that are undetectable from legitimate emails. Do you know how to spot them? If you suspect that an email is not legitimate you can...

Best Practices in Authentication Still Mostly Ignored By Businesses

Nov 16, 2019 | 2FA, Best Practices, Business, Computers, credentials, Cyber breaches, cyberattacks, Cybersecurity, Employees, Employees, Hacking, Hacking, hardware token, Internet, Laptops, Malware, MFA, Phishing, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, Security, Technology

Best Practices in Authentication Still Mostly Ignored By Businesses How do cybercriminals breach into corporate systems? They use many tactics but on of the easiest is through the use of compromised credentials. The problems is that these are real valid credentials...

Job Dissatisfaction is prominent among IT Security Professionals

Nov 9, 2019 | Best Practices, Business, Computer Repair, Contractors, Cybersecurity Professional, CyberTraining, Employees, Employees, Employment, Future Workforce, Internet, IT Professional, Psychology, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, Security, Stress, Technology

Job Dissatisfaction is prominent among IT Security Professionals Many Cybersecurity professionals love a challenge. They do not enjoy the doldrums of make work security. They long for excitement and challenging work. They are in demand so it is not suprising...

Cyberbreaches cause Small Businesses to Close

Nov 9, 2019 | Applications, Artificial Intelligence, Audit Logs, Best Practices, Business, credentials, Cyber breaches, cyberattacks, Cybercrime, CyberTraining, data sharing, Data Storage, Databases, Employees, Employees, Firewalls, Firewalls, Hackers, Hacking, Hacking, Hacks, Hard Disks, Intellectual Property Theft, Laptops, Liability, Malware, Malware, Networking, Networking, Patching, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Ransomware, Routers, Security, Security, Security Alerts, segmentation, Software As A Service, Switches, Technology, Updates

Cyberbreaches cause Small Businesses to Close Cybercriminals have found a lucrative new target – the small business. Unfortunately, for a tenth of them the breach meant closing their doors forever. The impacts on small businesses is excentuated greatly....

It is People and Shortcuts Not MFA that’s the Issue and Biometrics is not the Answer

Oct 19, 2019 | 2FA, Agencies, Best Practices, Biometrics, Business, credentials, Cyber breaches, Employees, Employees, Encryption, FBI, Financial, Government, Hackers, Hacking, hardware token, Internet, MFA, privacy, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, Security, Technology

It is People and Shortcuts Not MFA that’s the Issue and Biometrics is not the Answer There is a risk to Multi-factor authentication — but it why? Most businesses who choose to use it — decide to use the most insecure version of it. Hackers already...

Business Email Compromise Group Charged in Bust

Aug 31, 2019 | Business, Business Email Compromise, CEO, Cyber breaches, Cybercrime, Employees, Employees, Hackers, Hacking, Hacking, Phishing, Phishing, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security

Business Email Compromise Group Charged in Bust Eighty people have been charged for their roles in a massive and complex fraud operation that attempted to steal $46 million in business email compromise (BEC) and romance scams, according to the US Department of...