Remembering passwords is difficult. Breaking passwords (with the right tech tools) is easier than we’d like to think. And reusing passwords is incredibly risky. Passwords Solved Password managers generally work like this: you input all your username and password combinations to the password manager (usually over time as you naturally use them), and the service […]
Category Archives: Cybersecurity
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May
May
Cybersecurity is serious business; an ever-present threat that executives are right to worry about. But understanding cybersecurity — and the steps your business should take to be more secure — is complex and technical (and let’s be honest, not very interesting for most people). Unfortunately, many of the resources out there that deal with cybersecurity […]
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Apr
Apr
There are a ton of cyber security frameworks out there. Depending on your line of business you may have become acquainted with NIST, HIPAA, PCI DDS, ISO/IEC, SOC, or others. There are a lot of commonalities amongst these frameworks with complexity being foremost. We want to break some of that complexity down. Starts with Questions […]
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Mar
Mar
Users of the 3CX voip phone system should be on high alert. A new 3CX security vulnerability has been discovered which can deliver malicious payloads. This attack is worse than most because it is a supply chain attack. That means that the bad actors have managed to get their malicious code incorporated into the legitimate […]
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Feb
Feb
There are a lot of business reasons why you may want to send encrypted email. It could be sensitive financial data, or personal information about employees. Maybe you work in healthcare and need to send personal health information that is protected by HIPAA. There could be several other reasons. There’s also not only one way […]
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Feb
Feb
Digital inclination has brought about a new wave of cybercrime, with cyberattacks increasing at an unprecedented rate. Statistics from Abnormal revealed that phishing had a growth rate of 48% from previous years as of June 2022. Unfortunately, small and medium businesses (SMBs) are a common target for cybercriminals, accounting for 43% of cyberattacks in 2019 […]
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Feb
Feb
We’ve been told for some time that there are dangers associated to connecting to free public Wi-Fi. What are those dangers? Could they put your data at risk? We’ll look at a few of the most common threats associated with public Wi-Fi, and how to stay protected. MITM Attack One of the biggest dangers with […]
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Nov
Nov
Multifactor Authentication has become a part of our modern world. Its an essential part of a network security plan. However, hackers are using evolving attacks to defeat MFA. Let’s look at some of those attacks and see what can be done to protect against them. What is Multifactor Authentication? “Deploying MFA means you require more […]
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Nov
Nov
In a recent conversation with a business owner, they disclosed that they were going through a BEC (Business Email Compromise) attack on their network. There are a lot of email threats out there, but this attack was worse than most. The attackers gained access to their email, monitored activity to see who they corresponded with […]
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Nov
Nov
Most organizations make cybersecurity overly complicated because “you should do it either way.” This is not a valid argument. Business owners have tons of “have to” being thrown at them every day. It’s extremely difficult to cut through the fluff and identify what is critical and what is just nice to have. We take the […]