The University of Utah revealed today that it paid a ransomware gang $457,059 in order to avoid having hackers leak student information online. The incident is the latest in a long string of ransomware attacks where criminal groups steal sensitive [...]
The U.S. Secret Service reports that impostors using stolen identities have received hundreds of millions of dollars in fraudulent unemployment benefits in states across the country. These sophisticated criminals, often based overseas, file unemployment claims using Social Security numbers and [...]
Whether you’re sick and can’t make it to work that day or there’s a pandemic affecting the world, working remotely has become vital for organizations. The importance of securing communications when it comes to remote work is clear, considering that [...]
Security researchers from Check Point Research discovered a critical vulnerability in DNS Server component of Windows Server, which affects every version of Windows Server released in the past 17 years and allows an attacker to fully compromise a system. The [...]
In February of this year, Google removed over 500 malicious plugins from the Chrome store which stole data from nearly 1.7 million users. While the tech-giant announced they have since taken several steps to improve the browser’s privacy and security protections, [...]
Exporting your data from Google It’s no secret that Google collects immense amounts of data from its users every day. Locations, photos, messages and more, it’s all in the cloud. Ever wonder what [...]
Ransomware is no longer just an endpoint being encrypted by malware. Servers, applications and even data stored in cloud services can be encrypted and held for ransom. While the specific recommendations vary depending on the systems involved in an incident, [...]
Here is a list of 12 things you should be doing to stop ransomware from killing your business. 1. Application Whitelisting Most employees use between 5-10 applications to perform their job functions. With that in mind, operating systems are pretty [...]
