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Google sent users 40,000 warnings of nation-state hack attacks in 2019

Apr 4, 2020 | Agencies, Business, Business Email Compromise, Censorship, China, Cyber breaches, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, DOJ, Economic Disruption, FBI, Fines and Penalties, FTC, Government, Hackers, Hacking, Hacking, Hacks, Internet, Internet Service Providers, IoT, Iran, Journalists, Law Enforcement, Malware, Malware, Monitoring, Nationstates, North Korea, Patching, Phishing, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Regulation, Security, Security Alerts, Smishing, Social Engineering, Surveillance, Technology, Technology, Third - Party, third-world, Threat Analysis, trojans, Updates, Vishing, Web Tools, Zero-Day

Google sent users 40,000 warnings of nation-state hack attacks in 2019 Google’s threat analysis group, which counters targeted and government-backed hacking against the company and its users, sent account holders almost 40,000 warnings in 2019, with government...

Technology Empowers Pandemic Response, But Privacy Worries Remain

Apr 4, 2020 | Agencies, Big Tech, Biological Viruses, Business, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Covid-19, FDA, Fines and Penalties, Government, Hacking, Mobile Phones, Monitoring, Monitoring, Pandemic, Patching, Privacy, Quarantine, Quarantine, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Remote-Work, Security, Security Alerts, social distancing, Technology, Technology, Tracking, Updates

Technology Empowers Pandemic Response, But Privacy Worries Remain In late January and early February, a study of influenza had the ability to reveal whether subjects in the Seattle area were infected by the novel coronavirus. But medical privacy rules scuttled...

Businesses Must Understand The Intricacies of Cloud Security

Feb 29, 2020 | Attack Vectors, Best Practices, Business, Cloud, Cloud Vendors, Compliance, Corporate Reputation, Cyber Liability, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data Assets, Databases, Fines and Penalties, Hackers, Hacking, Legal, Liability, Market Value, Patching, Privacy, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Regulatory Compliance, Security, Security, Security Alerts, Technology, Third - Party, Third-Party, Threats, Unsecured, Updates

Businesses Must Understand The Intricacies of Cloud Security It does not matter the size of the organization or the complexity of the operations businesses have been sold on the idea that “the cloud” is the answer. For MGM Resorts they found out that the data they...

Regulatory Compliance: The Perception and The Reality

Feb 1, 2020 | Applications, Audit Logs, Business, Compliance, Cybersecurity, Data Assets, Databases, Fines and Penalties, Government, Hacking, Incident Response, industrial espionage, Legislation, Patching, Privacy, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Frameworks, Security, Security Alerts, Security Assessments, Technology, Updates

Regulatory Compliance: The Perception and The Reality Regulatory compliance. We have all heard the term and for many business owners, the way to handle it is to stick their head in the sand and stay out of the spotlight. Why? It is complicated and expensive and they...

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...