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CybersecurityMaking Your Mobile Devices Safe From Cyberattacks: The 9 Best Practices
The reality is, mobile devices are less safe than desktop computers. Boosting security on such devices is essential if you use them in business.
February 1, 2023 6 min -
CybersecurityHow To Choose Your VPN To Boost Protection Against Cyberattacks
Public networks expose your business to security threats. Switching to a VPN can greatly help in reducing those threats.
January 5, 2023 5 min -
CybersecurityLastPass Security Breach: Encrypted Passwords at Risk
LastPass, a popular password manager, announced that an unauthorized party accessed the company's archived backups of its production data on a third-party cloud-based storage service. According to the company's investigation, a threat actor accessed the cloud storage environment in August 2022 with information obtained from an earlier incident.
December 27, 2022 2 min -
CybersecurityApple Announces Advanced Data Protection for iCloud
Apple released several new security features on December 7th, 2022, designed to keep users' sensitive data and communications secure. Advanced Data Protection for iCloud is one of the most notable features for Apple users. In order to protect sensitive data stored in iCloud, such as voice memos, photos, notes, and more, Apple's new Advanced Data Protection feature uses end-to-end encryption. With Advanced Data Protection, Apple is expanding the number of data categories to 23 from the current 14.
December 10, 2022 2 min -
CybersecurityEnd-to-End Encryption for Dropbox Business Users
Dropbox has announced its plans to purchase several key assets from Boxcryptor so that it is able to provide end-to-end encryption for its business users. In addition, the partial merger between the two companies will enable Dropbox to better meet its client's needs, including an enhanced level of security for cloud storage.
December 5, 2022 2 min -
CybersecurityThe Rise of Encryption in Businesses
As our world becomes increasingly digitized, businesses are finding themselves at a greater risk of cyberattacks. One way companies can protect their data is by encrypting it. Encryption transforms readable data into an unreadable format, making it difficult for unauthorized individuals to access and interpret it.
November 12, 2022 2 min -
Business OperationsZoom Unveils New Productivity Tools
While holding its Zoomtopia event on November 8, 2022, the video conferencing giant announced the release of two brand-new productivity tools for Zoom users.
November 9, 2022 2 min -
CybersecurityIntel Confirms Leak of Alder Lake BIOS Source Code
After a source code leak was posted by an unidentified third party on 4chan and GitHub last week, the technology giant Intel has confirmed that confidential source code related to its Alder Lake CPUs has been leaked.
October 20, 2022 2 min -
CybersecurityModern Security Solutions For Evolving Ransomware Attacks
Based on a recent survey conducted by the folks at Titaniam, a solid majority of organizations have robust security tools in place. Yet nearly 40 percent of them have fallen victim to a ransomware attack in the past year.
September 29, 2022 2 min -
CybersecurityDuckDuckGo Email Privacy Service Beta Released
DuckDuckGo has a reputation for protecting the privacy of its users far more than most other companies. Last year, the tiny search engine announced that they were experimenting with a free service designed to dodge email trackers as a means of further protecting the privacy of its users.
September 26, 2022 2 min -
CybersecurityCyber Security Best Practices For Businesses
Smaller companies often struggle to develop and invest in robust IT security systems, which can leave them relatively more vulnerable to cyber attacks.
September 17, 2022 2 min -
Technology TrendsThe Windows 11 Apps That Use Your Microphone And Camera
Are you a member of the Windows 11 Insiders group? If so, then you already know that you get a sneak peek at all the cool new features the engineers at Microsoft are building into the new Operating System.
August 1, 2022 2 min -
CybersecurityWhy Your Business Needs to Prepare for Cyber Incidents
As the world becomes more digital, so do the risks of conducting business online. Cyber incidents can happen to any business, regardless of size or industry, and can have serious consequences.
July 29, 2022 4 min -
CybersecurityCyber Incident Prevention Best Practices for Small Businesses
As a small business owner, you may think you are “too small” to be the target of cybercrime because you aren’t a large, multimillion-dollar company. However, this couldn’t be further from the truth. Although the media mainly focuses on attacks on big businesses, small businesses are low-hanging fruit for cybercriminals.
July 26, 2022 4 min -
CybersecurityTricky Ransomware Encrypts Small Data But Overwrites Large Data
The MalwareHunterTeam recently discovered a new ransomware operation that is particularly nasty. Called Onyx, outwardly, the operation does what most ransomware campaigns do. It gets inside a corporate network, exfiltrates the data that it wants, then seems to encrypt the rest, and then threatens to release the files to the broader public unless their demands for payment are met.
May 28, 2022 2 min -
CybersecurityWhy Gen Z Could Pose A Threat To Your Company’s Security: How To Prepare
As we progress through 2022, more and more Gen Zers will be entering the workforce. When millennials entered the workforce, we saw different attitudes and behaviors than ever before, and we should expect Gen Zers to come with their own uniqueness and differences. You may think that since they are the first full generation to grow up in the digital age they will be well-prepared for any technological challenges and security issues that arise, but that isn’t always the case.
May 25, 2022 3 min -
CybersecurityNew Delivery Method For Ransomware Discovered Called Bumblebee
Some interesting and disturbing changes are afoot in the hacking world. It appears that the TrickBot gang is now working for the Conti Syndicate. TrickBot is a well-known group of botnet developers responsible for the creation of the BazarLoader. BazarLoader has been used by Conti in the past as their delivery system of choice when it comes to delivering ransomware as part of one of their sophisticated phishing campaigns.
May 24, 2022 2 min -
Technology TrendsWindows 11 Will Soon Get New Security Features
If you're a member of the Windows Insiders group, you may already be aware of this. If you missed the company's announcement be on the lookout for some new security improvements in upcoming releases.
May 2, 2022 2 min -
CybersecuritySecurity Flaw Affected Over 100 Million Samsung Galaxy Smart Phones
An estimated 100 million Samsung smartphones were left vulnerable to a design flaw in their hardware's encryption implementation, allowing for the extraction of sensitive information to anyone with privileged access to the phone's hardware.
March 7, 2022 1 min -
CybersecurityAdditional Security Recently Added To Office 365
Back in September of 2020 Microsoft announced that it was experimenting with the addition of SMTP MTA Strict Transport Security (MTA-STS) support to Exchange Online. This was done in a bid to ensure the email communication and security of their Office 365 customers.
February 15, 2022 2 min
