Today we delve into the world of Application Programing Interface or “API” security. These interfaces are typically used to share information between applications, such as a CRM like Salesforce and mobile applications that your sales team may want to use. These are sets of tasks and instructions prebuilt into Salesforce that you can ‘call’ to […]
How Expensive is Effective Cybersecurity?
There is almost no limit to how much you could spend on cybersecurity solutions, and with Gartner estimating global spend on security is equal to about 1.5% of worldwide revenue – does that mean that effective cybersecurity has to be expensive? And what is “expensive”? Surely that is different for an SMB client than a […]
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[Heads-up] Scary New MegaCortex Ransomware Strain Discovered That Targets Your Business Network
Sophos has discovered a scary new strain of very sophisticated ransomware called MegaCortex. It was purpose-built to target corporate networks, and once penetrated, the attackers infect your entire network by rolling out the ransomware to all servers and workstations, using your own Windows domain controllers. Sophos have detected infections in the United States, Italy, Canada, […]
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[Heads up] Ransomware V2.0 Is Set to Resurge As Your Insurance Now Pays Off The Ransom
Holy Smokes! Ransomware may be poised to return as a top scourge for companies, as more and more of them pay up—it’s actually their insurance company that makes the payment—after an attack in an effort to minimize the cost of recovery. In this new RSA Conference 2019 Threatpost video, Josh Zelonis, senior analyst at Forrester […]
CASE STUDY: The unique complexity of cyber security municipalities and governments
The challenges: Municipalities and governments find themselves in an interesting situation as often the IT and information security departments are a generic city or county service, however based on the numerous departments they support they have very nuanced information security requirements. In addition the goal is always to cut down on taxpayer burden so they […]
Special Directive on Domain Name System (DNS) Compromise
Last week the USA’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) sent out a directive for all agencies to upgrade their Domain Name System (DNS) security in light of a wave of Iranian hack attempts specifically targeted at compromising DNS. The compromise The Iranian cyber-criminals attempted (it’s unknown if they succeeded), to figure out through DNS records […]
Scam Of The Week: CEO Fraud bad guys are now bribing your users
Today saw the arrival of yet another interesting variant of the gift card phishing campaigns that have grown into a deluge over the past few months (see below). Today’s email demonstrates that bad guys are actively adapting and evolving their pitch. There are couple interesting things going in this new gift card phish: 1. The […]
Antivirus Software Overview – Trend Micro Security 2019
https://trendmicro.optrics.com/ Trend Micro™ Security provides advanced protection and privacy so you can enjoy your digital life safely. It helps protect you from identity theft, in addition to safeguarding against viruses, ransomware, spam, and other malware. Trend Micro Security warns you about dangerous links in email and instant messages. Also, it provides simple control screen options […]
Threat Intelligence – Real or Hype?
Threat intelligence, we keep hearing about it from security vendors, but what is it really? Is it hype or marketing speak that will be promoted by those without a real grasp of what it means, or is it the real deal? One problem in defining threat intelligence is that one person’s threat intelligence is not […]
Reminder: That Padlock Doesn’t Mean It’s Secure
We’ve mentioned this before, but the misconception has surfaced again, and it’s worth mentioning again. Looking for the padlock as a sign of a secure legitimate website isn’t an accurate indication that a site is malware free. Recent research indicates that nearly half of all phishing sites display the padlock and a web address that […]