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Massive Cyberattack Leaves Thousands of Domains Exposed

How often have you seen a company without an online presence? Your answer is likely, “Not very often.” Owners at any level will have at least one social media page that connects them to their customers online, even if they ...

Globe Life Faces Hacker Extortion in Cyber Attack

Suppose you have an insurance policy with American Income Life Insurance Company, a subsidiary of insurance giant Globe Life. In that case, you may soon receive a notification of a data breach that exposed the personal information of at least ...

ADT Network Breach: Customer Data Remains Secure

Did the recent ADT network breach leave you feeling less secure? Knowing the causes of this incident could help you narrow down the best proactive steps to safeguard your establishment. Breaking Down the Case ADT is a trusted name in ...

Massive CrowdStrike Outage Could Have Hit Millions of Devices

When cybersecurity vendor CrowdStrike released an automatic update to its vulnerability scanner Falcon Sensor on July 19, 2024, the last thing it expected was to bring major industries worldwide to a grinding halt. Unfortunately, a logic error within the update ...

The Crucial Role of Risk Assessments in Understanding Supply Chain Vulnerabilities

On Friday, July 19th, 2024, the world woke up to a very dramatic lesson about supply chain.  Due to an issue with CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity company, there was a ripple effect that hit the entire world: Airlines: More than 2,000 ...

Microsoft Outage: Impact on Business Services

On May 23, 2024, a Microsoft outage caused widespread disruption to several popular services. These include Bing, Microsoft’s Copilot programming assistant, ChatGPT’s internet search, and DuckDuckGo. The outage began around 3 AM EDT and appeared to affect users in Asia ...

Protect Your Business From Long Recovery Times Caused by Cyber Attacks

Connecting to the Internet at any time runs the risk of businesses becoming the victim of a cyberattack. The threat landscape is ever-changing. Despite the influx of cybersecurity systems to protect companies, ...

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