Cyberattacks show your Internet dependance An exclusive October 14 news article on NBCNews.com had the headline, CIA Prepping for Possible Cyber Strike Against Russia.” This quote centering on Vice President Joe Biden might lend credibility to the rather astonishing headline of cyberattacks: Vice President Joe Biden told “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd on Friday…
Backup Disaster Recovery (BDR) Lately, the news depicts a lot about Ransomware attacks. You can read here, here, here, and here. These attacks are not decreasing but increasing both in frequency and clout. Bigger monetary demands are next up. And there is no reasonable solution that will release your hostaged files other than paying the ransom. Except BDR.…
Be glad Ransomware isn’t again on your computer system ArsTechnica article headlines, “Wave of business websites hijacked to deliver crypto-ransomware.” Fairly warning and justifying yet another article on the subject. Or perhaps you’d prefer the fact that Google was forced to blacklist over 11,000 domains in a single day after a botnet compromised their websites. The ploy was…
Ransomware criminals seem to Recent Ransomware criminals decided they should voluntarily (although secretly) provide the encryption key FREE for everyone affected by the TeslaCrypt version of Ransomware. Amazing! And… (gasp) they apologized! “Who was that masked rider?” you ask. No one knows. But the fuzzy cloud around them has lifted. Just a little bit.
We have not heard the last of the Panama Papers Two assumptions form a necessary beginning: 1) the leak did not happen by itself but was encourged by human intervention; and 2) the person managing the leak decides what to do with the data. What does he want to do with the data? He alluded…
To Cloud or not to Cloud – the SMB question. Does it seem that everyone is moving to the cloud? It is an undeniable general direction which the Internet world seems to be taking users and businesses. What can be done? Jump on the bandwagon? Resist to the final outdated computer or software? Is it really…
Ransomware on the Increase Are you prepared? Ransomware is not a sequel anyone would want to see at the door again. It is a predator on the increase. And 80% of those vulnerable are unprepared. Ransomware has become the favorite attack of cyber-criminals for 2016. The statistics show that from minimal use in 2010-2012, the…
Are you ready for 2016? A new year is for many a time to set goals. The cycle of days and months on the calendar repeats and it is as though the slate is wiped clean, the computer is rebooted, the document is fresh with nothing but a blinking cursor facing you. What are your…
Microsoft Makes a Yearly Commitment to Security Research & Development Each time we’ve been faced with [security loss of trust], we’ve come together collectively as individuals, companies, organizations and governments to respond. To use the very technology to be able to respond to the challenge… We’re taking a principled approach with strong commitments to make sure that…
Managed Services Providers, do. As a teenager one of my favorite jokes was to snap my fingers and then have a pretend friend ask, “Why are you doing that?” I’d answer (still snapping), “Because it keeps away the tigers.” The friend would incredulously say, “But there aren’t any tigers here!!” Still snapping I’d reply,…