Credential theft is now at an all-time high and is responsible for more data breaches than any other type of attack. With data and business processes now largely cloud-based, a user’s password is the quickest and easiest way to conduct many different types of dangerous activities. Being...
Smartphones and tablets are often the preferred device for communications, web searching, and accessing many types of apps. They’re more portable and can be used from anywhere. We’re seeing the takeover of many activities that used to be performed on traditional computers. Now, people are using...
Approximately 34% of businesses take a week or longer to regain access to their data and systems once hit with a malware attack. Malware is an umbrella term that encompasses many different types of malicious code. It can include: Viruses Ransomware Spyware Trojans Adware Key loggers ...
One of the most important applications we choose is our internet browser. When on a computer or a mobile device, we work in that most of the time because many applications are now cloud-based, so accessing them means going through your browser. Over the years browsers...
While many companies have moved most of their workflows to the cloud, there is still a key component of office operations that is location-based. This would be employee computers. Most companies still rely on desktops and laptops to allow employees to access critical software and as...
When you see those people with two monitors, you may assume they do some specialized work that requires all that screen space, or they just really like technology. But having the additional display real estate that a second screen provides can benefit anyone, even if you’re...
What’s the real threat to your business? Ransomware or phishing scams? Actually, the problem is worse: threats coming from within your enterprise network. Unfortunately, human error and unsafe cyber practices are all too common in the modern, digitally-driven industry. Investing in IT resources is great and...
The dangers facing biotech Does your enterprise handle any biotech or pharmaceutical-adjacent field, product, or service? Guess what, you’re likelier than ever to suffer a cyber attack or major breach event. Biotech is a branching field, rooted in critical infrastructure and public safety (medicine, vaccines, healthcare). During...
There’s no real long-term goal for current security models When you consider current cybersecurity plans, you imagine it in the short term. Proactive architecture for immediate threats with roadmap considerations for, say, the next handful of years. But what about in the next five years? What...
Danger of scam-related crypto markets Several months previous I did a shotgun article discussing the scam-ridden antics of NFTs and general cryptocurrency. For one, crypto is threat-adjacent to ransomware and the go-to for demanded payments. As for NFTs, ever since their inception, they’ve been swarmed by...