Nearly half of small businesses have suffered at least one cyber attack in the past year, yet most fail to take action afterwards, citing lack of budget at the biggest challenge.... More
Tag Archives: cyber attack
Most Small Businesses Fail to Act After a Cyber Attack (ComputerWeekly)
Cloud Security: The Reason Hackers Have it So Easy Will Infuriate You (Fast Company)
You would think that the safeguarding of customer passwords and other credentials would be a top priority for IT professionals, but as we all know from repeated reports of data bre... More
Cyber Risk in the Retail Sector (CBR)
The retail sector is on the cusp of transformation with advancements in the Internet of Things (IoT), big data, cloud, robotics and artificial intelligence (AI). Consumers are beco... More
NAB Show: Cyber Summit Keynote Looks at Protecting Journalists in the Field
Being a reporter in the field can often be a dangerous job, and in recent years they’ve faced new concerns: cyber threats. That will be the topic tackled in a keynote conversatio... More
FHOOSH Announces Cybersecurity Strategic Alliance with Verizon Enterprise (CDSA)
Cybersecurity firm FHOOSH has announced it has formed a strategic alliance with Verizon Enterprise Solutions to enhance the Verizon Software Defined Perimeter (SDP) service with... More
DDoS-for-Hire Service Launches Mobile App (KrebsOnSecurity)
In May 2013 KrebsOnSecurity wrote about Ragebooter, a service that paying customers can use to launch powerful distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks capable of knocking indi... More
Explaining the Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017 (ISE Blog)
Most of you have heard of the “Internet of Things”, the catchall phrase for common devices such as routers, cameras, printers, refrigerators, door locks, and so on that have be... More
Where Do Security Vulnerabilities Come From? (DarkReading)
It seems earthshaking vulnerabilities are released weekly that leave vendors and system administrators scrambling to remediate. So, where are all these vulnerabilities coming from?... More
Report: SMBs Paid $301M to Ransomware Hackers Last Year (TechRepublic)
Small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) paid ransomware hackers $301 million in 2016 to decrypt critical files—and 99% predict that these attacks will continue to rise in the n... More
Vulnerability and Patch Report, Sept. 24, 2017 (Citadel Information Group)
Important Security Updates Apple Multiple Products: Apple has released updates in Xcode 9 in macOS Sierra 10.1.6 or later, tvOS 11, watchOS 4, Safari 11, iOS 11, and others. Addit... More