REvil has a bad day and some ransomware gangs get spooked The psychology of ransomware gangs is an interesting one. No one truly believes they’re a villain in their own story. But within the internet sphere, there’s a startling amount of self-imposed nobility about the questionable antics...
A problematic trend continues in the fight against ransomware gangs In the United States, both the FBI and CISA strongly discourage paying ransomware gangs. Conceding to their demands, they say, only encourages hackers and threat parties to continue to engage in malicious activity. But such a...
Stability and performance tips for the remote worker Remote working exposes you to a variety of different concepts and tasks. And, by proxy, you might be working from a PC more often than not. It means a few things: you manage more things by yourself, and...
What can we learn from the UK’s BYOD strategies? A BYOD policy (bring your own device) is a handy way for companies to improve productivity and cut costs. It allows staff to use their own mobile devices and hardware for work. That means the company doesn’t...
The best traits of cloud backup options Nothing’s worse than losing data. How many times have you encountered the harrowing realization your HDD was failing? All that info, potentially lost, if you don’t act fast. Worse, do you even have the time in that scenario? Is...
Discovering basic signs of hardware failure You know what’s not fun at all? Failure of hardware. Minding your own business, taking care of tasks, shutting the computer off only to find the next time you boot up the PC, things have gone awry. Worse yet, it’s...
What a new cyber bill could mean for critical infrastructure A bill introduced between members of the Senate (the Cyber Reporting Incident Act), specifically Gary Peters (Democrat, Michigan) and Rob Portman (Republican, Ohio) seeks to create a stricter timetable when reporting cybersecurity events. Specifically, after a...
A few things the modern enterprise should keep in mind Facing plenty of challenges, modern organizations rely on different resources for success. What kind? We’ll tell you. It’s a good way to run a checklist on your business model to see if you have the best...
International efforts begin to promote improved cybersecurity checks In a concentrated effort to improve cybersecurity efforts, the US is holding a 30-country meeting focused on cyber defense, threats, cryptocurrency scams, and more. The Biden administration looks to take aim at encouraging collaboration between countries, fighting cryptocurrency-based...
Robocalls, begone! Did you notice a surge of robocalls and spam messages over the past several years? So has the FCC. Robocalls have plagued our answering machines for a long time, but in recent years ramped up in saturating us with spam. One of the primary...
