You don’t need to be a cyber security expert to know that there is an increase in cyber attacks against law firms. Last year’s high profile ransomware attack against Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks showed that law firms are a prime target for attack. In fact, in a study by Cyber Security firm, Bluevoyant, they …
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Should water treatment staff be allowed to remote login to monitor systems? This is becoming a hot button issue with the Oldsmar breach in February and the recent indictment of a man accused of tampering with the Ellsworth County, Kansas treatment plant in 2019. In both of these cases, the accused was able to tamper …
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Working from home just might be here to stay. A Gartner study from April 2020 says that 74% of employers would like to make 5% of their workforce work from home permanently. 25% said they would like to move 20% of their workforce to remote positions. Employees seem to feel the same way as their …
Do executive boards of companies take cyber security seriously enough? According to the UK’s new CEO of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), Lindy Cameron, the answer is no. In a speech Cameron gave at Queen’s University, Belfast, she said, “The cybersecurity landscape we see now in the UK reflects huge progress and relative strength …
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Multifactor authentication is a way of authenticating to a device or software with a password plus another factor, usually one-time code or biometrics. The easy way to think of it is “something you have and something you know.” The most common form of multifactor authentication involves SMS messaging. After entering your password (something you know), …
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Phishing is a global problem plaguing many businesses. The statistics on phishing alone are scary. These three in particular should scare you: 65% of U.S. organizations were victims of a successful phishing attack, 1 in 15 U.S. Government employees are exposed to phishing attacks, and 3 billion phishing emails are sent per day. Phishing is …
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we view office work. Roles that we once thought could only be done in the office are now being carried out from home. COVID-19 has accelerated plans for adopting a work-from-home model out of the necessity of social distancing. One thing to remember about remote workers is that …
The FBI has just released its Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) 2020 Internet Crime Report. Some of the statistics from this report may shock you. For starters, did you know that the IC3 received 791,790 complaints of suspected internet crime—an increase of more than 300,000 complaints from 2019—and reported losses exceeding $4.2 billion. While these …
The principle of least privilege (POLP) “is the practice of limiting access rights for users to the bare minimum permissions they need to perform their work.” Unfortunately, this wasn’t the case at Verkada where their “super admin” account was shared with more than 100 internal users. Those super admin credentials were also found on the …
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Molson Coors disclosed on Thursday that it had suffered a breach that disrupted operations and beer production. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Molson Coors chief communications and corporate affairs officer, Adam Collins, said in an emailed statement, “We have engaged a leading forensic IT firm to assist our investigation into …
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If you own a SMB, you may think that a cyber criminal would not be interested in stealing your assets. The reality is, SMBs are being targeted specifically by cyber criminals because they are trying to find the easiest, most vulnerable targets to attack. Maybe your business doesn’t hold the same type of sensitive information …
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When it comes to cyber security, your business’s biggest risk factor is your own staff. Researchers from Stanford University and a top cybersecurity organization found that approximately 88% of all data breaches are caused by human error. Knowing the risks and learning how to mitigate these risks can help you better fortify your network. Datto’s Global state …
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