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Using Webmail Securely

Apr 28, 2020 | Business, Email, Features, iHeart, Security, Technology, Webmail

Using Webmail Securely Hi. Craig Peterson here with a blink into using webmail securely. The first free Webmail email services started in 1996. Remember Hotmail and Rocketmail? My friend Gary still uses Hotmail. Today, the most popular Webmail service is gmail,...

All Businesses are Tech Businesses – Like it or Not

Feb 29, 2020 | Asset Management, Best Practices, Business, Cable Companies, Cloud, Cloud Vendors, Computers, Cyber breaches, Cyber Insurance, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, CyberTraining, Data, Data Assets, Data Brokers, data sharing, Data Storage, Databases, Domain Name Service, Email, Employees, Executives, Financial, Future Workforce, Generation-Y, Hackers, Hacking, Hacks, Incident Response, Information Technology, Insider Threat, Internet, Internet Service Providers, IoT, Jobs, Liability, Machine Learning, Malware, Malware, MFA, Nationstates, Networking, Open Source, Organized Crime, Password Managers, Passwords, Phishing, predictive algorithms, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Ransomware, Regulation, Regulatory Compliance, Security, Security, Security Assessments, Shadow-IT, Software As A Service, Technology, Technology, Unsecured, Web Tools, Zero-Day

All Businesses are Tech Businesses – Like it or Not The world of information is remaking businesses with new technologies turning all businesses into technology companies like it or not. Companies who continue to believe that they are not technology companies...

Bomb’s will not be Iran’s retaliation – Technological hacks are more likely

Jan 11, 2020 | Asset Management, Attack Vectors, Audit Logs, automation, Best Practices, Business, Business Email Compromise, Cyber breaches, cyberattacks, Cybercrime, Data, Data Assets, DOD, Economic Disruption, Email, Firewalls, Government, Hackers, Hacking, Hacking Tools, Homeland Security, Incident Response, Internet, Iran, Law Enforcement, Nationstates, Networking, Operating Systems, Patching, Phishing, Phishing, Policies and Procedures, Privacy, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Routers, Security, Security, Security Alerts, segmentation, Switches, Technology, Third - Party, third-world, Updates, Wiper Malware

Bomb’s will not be Iran’s retaliation – Technological hacks are more likely Microsoft said on Friday that Iranian hackers, with apparent backing from the government, had made more than 2,700 attempts to identify the email accounts of current and...

Sophisticated Email Attacks Against Businesses Are Up Exponentially

Oct 12, 2019 | Business, Business Email Compromise, cyberattacks, Cybersecurity, Email, Email, Employees, Hacking, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security

Sophisticated Email Attacks Against Businesses Are Up Exponentially The top tactic preferred by cybercriminals is the use of what is known as Impersonation fraud or more commonly as Business email compromise (BEC). Since these rarely involve malware, it is...

Spearphishing Mobile Devices of Executives

Sep 27, 2019 | Business, Business Email Compromise, Cell Phone, cell phones, CEO, Cyber breaches, Cybercrime, Email, Employees, Hackers, Hacking, Hacking, iPad, iPhone, Malware, Phishing, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, Smart Phone, Tablet

Spearphishing Mobile Devices of Executives Many businesses today use mobile technology as a primary executive communication channel. However, what happens if these devices are lost or stolen. That often is when they find the executives becoming targets of...

Saudi IT Providers Hit in Cyber Espionage Operation

Sep 23, 2019 | Best Practices, Business, Cyber breaches, cyberattacks, Cybercrime, Email, Hacking, Hacking, industrial espionage, Nationstates, Organized Crime, Phishing, Privacy, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Ransomware, Ransomware, Ransomware, scam, Security, Security, spying, Technology

Saudi IT Providers Hit in Cyber Espionage Operation In what appears to be a coordinated and targeted cyber espionage campaign, the networks of several major IT providers in Saudi Arabia were attacked in the past year as a stepping-stone to the attackers’...