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Technology Can Only Protect You So Much — Then Other Tactics are Needed

Jan 18, 2020 | Business, Cyber breaches, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, CyberTraining, Data Assets, Employees, Employment, Human Element, Identity Theft, Insider Threat, Internet, Passwords, Phishing, Phishing, Privacy, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, Smishing, Technology, Vishing, Vulnerabilities

Technology Can Only Protect You So Much — Then Other Tactics are Needed Businesses of all sizes are now finding that all the technological security they put in place cannot protect them from threats that go after identity and credentials access. In the...

Social Engineering Comes to the Forefront of Attacks

Jan 18, 2020 | Applications, Best Practices, Business, Business Email Compromise, Cyber breaches, Cyber Liability, cyberattacks, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, CyberTraining, Economic Disruption, Education, Employee Training, Employees, Employment, Exploits, Fines and Penalties, Government, Hackers, Hacking, Hacks, Insider Threat, Internet, Malware, MFA, Nationstates, Organized Crime, Phishing, Phishing, Phishing, Policies and Procedures, Radio Show, Radio_Show, scam, Security, Security, Smishing, Social Engineering, Social Media, Social Media, Social Networking, Technology, Threats, Tracking

Social Engineering Comes to the Forefront of Attacks We depend on our smart devices and use them as a primary communication tool. Studies found that young adult users send over 2000 texts per month and receive over 1800 with that volume people are less wary, and it is...

Updates, Patches and Hackers Oh My!

Jan 18, 2020 | Anti-Virus, Applications, Applications, Attack Vectors, Audit Logs, Backup, Best Practices, browsers, Business, Business Email Compromise, Compliance, credential stealing, Cyber breaches, Cyber Liability, cyberattacks, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data, Data Assets, Data Storage, Email, Employees, Employees, Fines and Penalties, Firefox, Government, Hackers, Hacking, Hacking, Hacking, Intellectual Property Theft, Internet, Legacy, Legacy Systems, Liability, Malware, Malware, Nationstates, Networking, Passwords, Patches, Patching, Phishing, Privacy, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Ransomware, Ransomware Attack, safety, Security, Security, Security Alerts, Signature-Based, Software, Technology, Third - Party, Updates, Updates, VPN, Vulnerabilities, Zero-Day

Updates, Patches and Hackers Oh My! Most data breaches ard due to hackers exploiting known vulnerabilities. I know, I hear it all the time – patching takes time, and it can indeed be risky, especially if you have any legacy hardware or software in your network...

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...

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...