Can Small Businesses get Ransomware?

Unfortunately they can 1. Why Ransomware? because the ransomware attack software is out for everyone – it is easy to send attack emails to millions. 2. Most Attacks start with phishing emails. 3 Have you updated your systems? Also called patched your systems? every month Microsoft and other vendors release fixes to their software which … Read more

Hackers Are Ruthless: Attack Red Cross Red Crescent 500k stolen Info

From Brian Krebs’ KrebsonSecurity  website: On Jan. 19, the ICRC disclosed the compromise of servers hosting the personal information of more than 500,000 people receiving services from the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. The ICRC said the hacked servers contained data relating to the organization’s Restoring Family Links services, which works to reconnect people … Read more

What Are The “Good” Hackers Up To?

The Zero Day Initiative has a blog post to discuss the Top 5 Bugs submitted in 2021. In essence the good hackers try to find bugs or problems in software which would allow an attacker to perform functions that should not be done. An example from the Pwn2Own 2021 blog post: Hi, I am Orange … Read more

China Attacking News Sites Now & CISA Agency Declares Patch This Bug Now!

Threatpost has the stories – “China Suspected of News Corp Cyberespionage Attack” media giant news Corp was attacked with BEC (the most likely method of attack) Business Email Compromise.   Here is an excellent FBI explanation of BEC. In a BEC scam, criminals send an email message that appears to come from a known source making … Read more

What Does Segmentation DonaldTrumpMalware and Liverpool Football have in Common?

Yes take a look at the latest CISA(Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency) Infographic:   Goto CISA webpage for fullsize infographic if you want. CISA is trying to convince you into creating segmentation in different pieces of your network.  We need to go through this process to make sure you understand why this method is a good … Read more