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Stanford University Data Breach

The recent Stanford University data breach is causing businesses to reevaluate their security practices. The way the university handled the breach can serve as a guide for business owners. But it is important to understand …

Title: Hackers Have Been Antivirus for Decades

There was a simpler time when keeping malicious code off of a machine meant knowing what it looked like. Early anti-viruses scanned for signatures. They’d look for specific strings of code and quarantine the ones …

LastPass Reveals Details of Attack

LastPass recently revealed more details of the second malware attack targeting its infrastructure.It also disclosed the company’s actions to prevent similar attacks in the future. By learning more about the attack, business owners can strengthen …

GoDaddy Finds Multiple-Year Security Breach

GoDaddy is a popular web hosting company with millions of customers worldwide. Users are alarmed to find that attackers stole the company’s source code. The hosting giant found the security breach in early December 2022 …

Serious Security Flaw in Cisco ClamAV Discovered

It is ironic when software designed to protect is vulnerable to threats. That is the case here. Experts discovered the ClamAV free anti-malware program has a serious security risk. Investigations revealed the security threat is …

Everything You Need to Know About the Pepsi Data Breach

Hackers need less than a minute to perform a successful data breach. It will be over before you can even finish your cup of coffee. Unfortunately, it can take companies several weeks to realize they …

Cloudflare Successfully Detects and Mitigates Largest DDoS Attack Recorded

During the weekend of Feb. 11-12, 2023, content delivery network provider Cloudflare detected and mitigated an unusually high number of hyper-volumetric DDoS attacks. It did not disclose the targets but mentioned some of the attacked …

Internet Explorer Gets Disabled From Windows 10

Microsoft has intended to replace Internet Explorer with the new Edge browser. On June 15, 2022, the company officially retired the popular browser by ending its update support for the application. However, it was still …

Keeping Attackers Out Is Never “Just One Thing”

If I could give a piece of advice that sounds cliché but really rings true in practice, it would be this: when your network is attacked, it’s not going to be the way that you …

State of Emergency Declared in Oakland to Combat Ransomware Attack

On Feb. 8, 2023, the City of Oakland suffered a ransomware attack. It forced several city systems to go offline. Fortunately, it did not affect emergency services. 911 and fire rescue were still online. Digital …

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