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During October, the cyber-security industry pushes the idea of ‘awareness’ and that’s good, but you need to follow and get the tips, news and info to ‘be aware’. Follow us on these social media platforms for Free CyberSecurity Advice! To make it easier for you, we...
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month – Follow along for free advice!
During October, the cyber-security industry pushes the idea of 'awareness' and that's good, but you need to follow and get the tips, news and info to 'be aware'. To make it easier for you, we have to choose the method(s) which work best for you. We have...
Ransomware Protection in 2017
We hope you’re here to learn how to protect yourself from ransomware, not that you already have ransomware, and now need to remove it. If not, please contact us, and we’ll see if we can help you remove it and recover your data.
Equifax UK Breach: Number of UK affected consumers increases to 700k
Equifax as revised UP the number of affected UK consumers from their mega-breach. Initially reported at around 400,000, the number has climbed to 700k.
Kaspersky Lab Allegedly Breached by Israel to Reveal Russian Hackers
Amid a flurry of accusation against Kaspersky labs, new information has leaked that hacking tools stolen from the NSA were allegedly found on Kaspersky labs networks by Israeli intelligence services who hacked Kaspersky in 2015 and shared with the NSA.
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM)
National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) – observed every October – was created as a collaborative effort between government and industry to ensure every American has the resources they need to stay safer and more secure online.
Yahoo! 2013 breach victims triple to 3 billion
Yahoo on Tuesday said that all 3 billion of its accounts were hacked in a 2013 data theft, tripling its earlier estimate of the size of the largest breach in history, in a disclosure that attorneys said sharply increased the legal exposure of its new owner, Verizon Communications Inc (VZ.N).
Whole Foods Breach: The upscale grocer is investigating an apparent POS databreach
The upscale supermarket chain Whole Foods Market says it’s investigating an apparent payment card data breach that affects facilities located in some of its stores, although none of its checkout lanes.
Why you need to get serious about ransomware …
Watch our slideshow on why you need to get serious and proactive about ransomware, now – if you wait, it could well be too late once you get hit.
Sonic Breach: Millions Affected as many as 3,600 Restaurants Breached
Sonic Drive-In, a fast-food chain with nearly 3,600 locations across 45 U.S. states, has acknowledged a breach affecting an unknown number of store payment systems.
Equifax chief exec. Richard Smith steps down; 3rd exec to leave since breach
Smith, 57, becomes third senior executive to leave since breach was reported
Mounting criticism followed leak that exposed personal details of 143m people
Deloitte Breach: If you haven’t worked out that you need Data Leak Protection …
The global tax and auditing firm Deloitte has confirmed that the company suffered a cyber attack that resulted in the theft of confidential information, including the private emails and documents of some of its clients.
Spam threat to DDoS your website on September 30th
How to deal with threats of a DDoS on your website – report them and do NOT pay the extortion demand, even if the amount is not that big a deal to you.
Spam threat to DDoS your website on September 30th
How to deal with threats of a DDoS on your website – report them and do NOT pay the extortion demand, even if the amount is not that big a deal to you.
Patch This Windows 0-Day Flaw That’s Being Used to Spread Spyware
This latest round of security updates addresses 27 critical and 54 important vulnerabilities, of which 38 vulnerabilities impact Windows. 39 of these could lead to Remote Code Execution (RCE).
Adobe Flash – if you still have it- update it!
Adobe released security updates for Adobe Flash Player for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome OS. This address two critical memory corruption vulnerabilities.
Patch Tuesday: September 2017 – Lot of patches, even for Mac!
Microsoft releases patches every 2nd Tuesday of the month – that’s today! So – regular as clockwork, here are another 94 important patches from Microsoft to make your software and operating systems a little less unsafe.
Don’t waste your breath complaining to Equifax about data breach
Trusted security expert Bruce Schneier has some advice for those of you (and us), looking for answers from Equifax on the breach they announced last week. That advice is: “Don’t waste your breath complaining to Equifax about data breach”.
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