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How To Protect Your Company With Cybersecurity Awareness

How To Protect Your Company With Cybersecurity Awareness

These days, companies spend significant sums of money to protect themselves from cyber criminals.  The threat matrix is vast, and attacks can come from almost any quarter. That is why many companies not only spend heavily on antivirus software, but also on a wide...

Data Breach Hits One Of America’s Largest Healthcare Providers

Data Breach Hits One Of America’s Largest Healthcare Providers

Do you receive healthcare of any kind from Kaiser Permanente?  If so, be aware that they recently published a data breach notification indicating that an unidentified attacker accessed an email account that contained personal health information on April 5th, 2022....

Cisco Email Gateway Appliance Users Should Apply Security Patch

Cisco Email Gateway Appliance Users Should Apply Security Patch

Tech giant Cisco recently sent out a notification to its vast customer base urging them to apply a recently issued patch that addresses a critical security vulnerability. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to bypass the authentication process entirely and gain...

Simple Ways To Hire The Perfect Candidate The First Time

Simple Ways To Hire The Perfect Candidate The First Time

Top quality talent can be difficult to find in any field, if you have spent any time looking for and hiring people, you know the challenge can be an especially daunting one.  There's tremendous competition for talented folks. Given the cost of hiring and training new...

Massive Phishing Attack Scammed Millions Of Facebook Messenger Users

Massive Phishing Attack Scammed Millions Of Facebook Messenger Users

According to research conducted by the cybersecurity firm PIXM, there is a massive phishing campaign that peaked in April and May of this year (2022) and it is still ongoing. The campaign has lured millions of unsuspecting users to phishing pages by abusing Facebook...

Researchers Warn About Symbiote Malware Which Attacks Linux Machines

Researchers Warn About Symbiote Malware Which Attacks Linux Machines

Are you a Linux user?  If so, be aware that there is a new kind of malware to be concerned about. The BlackBerry Threat Research and Intelligence team, in concert with Joakim Kennedy (an Intezer Analyze security researcher), have announced the discovery of a new...

New Malware Uses Word Documents To Get On Your System

New Malware Uses Word Documents To Get On Your System

Researchers at HP have discovered a new malware loader that they've dubbed SVCReady.  While new malware strains are common, this one is distinct for a couple of different reasons. Like many malicious programs, this spreads primarily via phishing email campaigns.  One...

Microsoft Adding Restore Apps Feature To Make Reinstalling Easier

Microsoft Adding Restore Apps Feature To Make Reinstalling Easier

Are you excited about Windows 11?  Many people are and in fact there are legions of beta users who are in the Windows Insiders group so they can get a sneak peek at some of the features on deck as updates are released. One of the coolest new features making its way...

Hackers Are Teaming Up To Wreak Havoc On Corporate Users

Hackers Are Teaming Up To Wreak Havoc On Corporate Users

It's never a good thing when well-organized groups of hackers start working together, but that's what appears to be happening. Recently, evidence has emerged that the Black Basta ransomware gang has begun tight-knit cooperation with the infamous QBot malware...