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Why Every CEO Needs a Cyber Incident Response Playbook
Why This Problem Lands on Your Desk When a cyber incident hits your company, the first call usually goes to IT. But very quickly, the responsibility shifts to you and your leadership team. Regulators, insurers, customers, and even the media ...
Cyber Trends
The Windows 11 Time Bomb Your MSP Forgot to Mention
Let me tell you a story. It starts like most horror stories do—with a false sense of security. I sat down recently with the CEO of a well-run, 250-person company. Smart guy. Good business. Solid MSP. We talked shop: headcount, ...
Microsoft Just Extorted You. Here’s What to Do About It.
You don’t have to upgrade to Windows 11. That’s the good news. The bad news? If you don’t, your business is about to enter a slow, painful spiral into cyber vulnerability and operational chaos. Right now, people are calling Microsoft’s ...
Well, That Didn’t Last Long: Why Your Cyber Strategy Can’t Be Based on Headlines
Not even a full week. That’s how long we had between a glimmer of good news and a fresh slap of reality. Just a few days ago, security analysts were celebrating. Ransomware payments, they said, were down. A win! Maybe ...
Business Resilience
Part 2: Coffee or a Crisis: The CEO’s Choice in Cybersecurity
Last time we looked at why tabletop exercises matter and how they can reveal the cracks business leaders don’t notice until ...
The Silent IT Risk That Can Wreck Your Company Value: Tribal Knowledge
When CEOs and CFOs think about cybersecurity risk, they think about hackers, ransomware, and data breaches. What they do not think about is the way their own IT teams operate—and how that internal process can make or break the company ...
Could Your Business Survive a Cyberattack? (Most Can’t—and Won’t)
The US bombed Iranian nuclear facilities last week. The result? A “spectacular military success,” sure—followed immediately by the Department of Homeland Security warning that Iran’s state-backed hackers (and a gaggle of bored ...
Security Best Practices
Why Every CEO Needs a Cyber Incident Response Playbook
Why This Problem Lands on Your Desk When a cyber incident hits your company, the first call usually goes to IT. But very quickly, the responsibility shifts to you and your leadership team. Regulators, insurers, customers, and even the media ...
The Cybersecurity Gap That’s Costing You Everything—and No One's Telling You About It
You’ve made the investments. Your team has security tools in place. You’ve got someone managing IT. You’ve had the compliance audit. On paper, everything looks fine. But there’s a problem. A big one. No one on your team can clearly ...
Your Employees Could Be Putting Your Business at Risk Without Knowing It. Here’s How to Stop It.
You have good people. They work hard and want to do the right thing. But when it comes to cybersecurity, even a small mistake can bring your whole business to a stop. An employee clicks on a fake email. Another ...
More Articles
Be Careful Holiday E-cards Could Contain Malware Or Viruses
There's a war on Thanksgiving and Christmas, but it's taking a very different form than what commonly gets reported in the news media. This war is being waged by hackers and scammers, ...
Adobe Acquired Magento Marketplace Suffers Data Breach
Recently, the Magento Marketplace was acquired by Adobe and suffered a breach that exposed a limited amount of user data to an unknown third party. When Adobe discovered evidence of the breach, ...
Watch Out For Large Amounts of Scams This Holiday Season
The 2019 Holiday Season is officially upon us, and unfortunately, that means that scammers around the world are ramping up for another busy season. Deals are abound on Black Friday and Cyber ...
Security Issues Found In Several VNC Applications
Microsoft RDP has its share of problems. That simple truth has sparked the rise of a number of open-source VNC (Virtual Network Computing) applications, which allow a user to remotely control another ...
New Cryptomining Malware Targets Windows Computers
Since October 2018, Microsoft engineers have been tracking a new strain of malware specifically designed to target Windows machines. As malware goes, this one isn't particularly dangerous. It's not designed to mass ...
Google’s Cloud Print May Be Discontinued
Are you a fan of Google's Cloud Print service? It's fantastic because it allows you to print from anywhere to anywhere, which makes it utterly invaluable. Like so many great services Google ...
New T-Mobile Data Breach Compromised Customer Info
Recently the US branch of the global telecom company T-Mobile disclosed a security breach that impacted a small percentage of its customer base. Specifically, the breach revealed certain information belonging to a ...
New Ransomware Called DeathRansom Hits The Scene
Early in 2019, a new strain of ransomware appeared. Called "DeathRansom," its bark was initially much worse than its bite. Researchers quickly discovered that the new strain only pretended to encrypt a ...
Zombieload V2 Is Back To Wreak Havoc On Intel Chips
Zombieload is back. First discovered in May of this year, it was described as a successor to the infamous Meltdown attack. That was a data-leaking side-channel vulnerability that impacted all Intel processor ...
Twitter Making Changes To Their Political Ad Rules
Social media has been at the center of several high-profile political dramas of late. The major platforms came under fire for not doing enough to monitor political ads and other content. The ...
New Ransomware Targets Removable And Attached Drives
There's a new and unusual ransomware strain making the rounds that you should be aware of. Called 'AnteFrigus,' it is primarily distributed via 'malvertising' that redirects users to the RIG exploit kit. ...
Microsoft Cortana App Getting Dropped From Many Countries
It appears that Microsoft is getting rid of their Cortana App in several countries due to security concerns. The question is whether the United States will be next. Recently, the following notice ...
