Budgeting with Cybersecurity and its importance What’s the worst part about malware? It’s getting better, sneakier, and more destructive. What’s another horrible fact involving malware? Throwing money at the problem doesn’t do much, and in fact, makes the situation worse. Impossible, you think, money fixes everything, especially...
An Overview of Credential Stuffing Attacks Let’s be frank - the modern business model is pathetically underprepared for the rapid pace of growing technology and the coinciding cybersecurity threats. Data breaches are at an all-time high, escalating since 2011, and every new annum yet more personal...
The Difference Between DoS and DDoS Attacks Understanding cybersecurity threats involves knowing what kinds there are. You’ve likely heard the term “DDoS” used then. But what about DoS? Aren’t they the same? The answer is no, and knowing the distinction can save your IT team time...
Paypal Phishing Attempts On the Rise Hackers rely on impulse judgment (see: lack of) to remain effective, preying on fear and confusion for peak success. Therefore, relying on fake Paypal emails yields them high success. What we mean to say is Paypal phishing emails are all...
Important Patches Prevent Disaster When hackers and malicious third parties deploy their attacks, they’re often seeking out vulnerabilities in software. Any app or program running an old version is vulnerable. Old software isn’t equipped with the latest updates, leaving it exposed to potential exploits, and the...
TrickBot’s Latest Malware Upgrade Malware is always evolving, often in response to new cybersecurity advances. Or, it changes to add functionality to its already existing armada of problem-causers. One such change is the newest TrickBot addition to malware. A malware execution released by TrickBot now contains an...
International tensions tend to get messy, and while current political predicaments are sorting themselves out, it pays to be careful. Specifically, regarding cybersecurity - the CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency) has put together a small list of things for you to shore up in the...
Ransomware Attacks Raise the Risk Ransomware is a nasty form of malware plaguing the modern cyber world. It targets essential information of businesses, agencies, and industries, encrypting it and holding the data hostage until its target pays up. Third-parties don’t care who is affected, only the...
More Ransomware to be aware of New ransomware threats have emerged over the past months, as reported by the FBI. Definitely not great news and the last thing any business or cybersecurity team wants to hear. Threats and FBI? You know it’s serious. And, it is,...
A Password Manager Makes it Easy Logins, keyphrases, passwords. You hear about them all the time, and use them all the time. That’s because passwords are the first line of defense between your valuable data - personal or professional - and the ravenous hordes of cybercriminals...