Common Amazon Phishing Scam Getting Traction
It seems there is an uptick in a common phishing scam at the moment. Some people are reporting seeing several notices from a very...
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SMEs Risk Data Breach by Underfunding and Understaffing Cybersecurity
Information technology (IT) professionals in small to medium sized enterprises (SME) are concerned about protecting customer...
Commissioners Fail to Approve Funding That May Have Prevented Successful Cyber Attack
A free weekly publication, City Pulse out of Lansing, Michigan reported an interesting story about the Ingham County computer...
Financial Institutions Advised to Step Up Cyber Defenses
Spearphishing is a real cybersecurity concern for financial institutions worldwide; and it should be. Symantec’s Internet...
All Companies Are At Risk of a Breach; Have a Security Strategy In Place for Prevention
More often these days the cost to companies due to data breaches are going so far as to bankrupt small and medium sized...
New Cyber Weapon Will Eternally Rock Your World
In the middle of the month of May, researchers found an instance of malware that may be far more dangerous that the recent...
DHS Warns of Attack That Can Result in Complete Network Access
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is warning of a potentially serious attack aimed at several industries including IT and...
Insights for Protecting Sensitive Data Upon Employee Departure
There is always a concern about sensitive information that resides with departing employees and what happens to it when they...
Targeted Phishing Serves as a Reminder to Put Wire Transfer Safeguards in Place
Phishing is a big part of the cybercrime industry. Targeted phishing, more specifically spearphishing or whaling, is not only...
Mac Users Beware of Attachment Containing Malware That Can Take Over the Device
Mac owners beware! Those devices are being targeted more and more these days with various security threats. Recently spotted and...
Effects from WannaCry Attack May Have Been Lessened With Training
The massive ransomware attack that made its way around the world recently is a great lesson to companies everywhere. While the...
Financial Services Firms Take the Biggest Hit in Cyberattacks in 2016
In 2016, financial services firms saw an uptick in numbers that had been on the decline in 2015. According to an IBM report...