There is a LexisNexis report: “2020 True cost of Fraud Study” Here are the 6 basic tenets of the report: More fraud attacks translated to higher costs for merchants A surge in online and mobile channel activity increased fraud Trying to distinguish between real customers and bots is difficult Covid-19 or the Wuhan … Read more
Yesterday’s story comes to mind as well as others recently that puts this issue back to the forefront. You know that when your company name is in the news for a Cybersecurity breach because your files are publicized by hackers your Cybersecurity practices have not been very effective. “The ransomware gang pinched files, including AutoCAD … Read more
On this Friday – for something slightly different on this website: If China is hacking our computer networks as has been proven time and again – should people be allowed to buy Chinese stocks on our Stock exchanges? Since Chinese companies are partly directed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)due to all companies … Read more
Threatpost has the Story: This is a current story (7/7/20) of threats emerging from the Russian criminal groups. The following is from a previous analysis from has the Story The intsight document shows several groups, of which the above is just one group “the Sandworm” team. Another blog.malwarebytes.com post: Threat Spotlight: WastedLocker, customized transomware The … Read more
Is it safer/cheaper to run your own computers? Or should you have a cloud based service that manages your IT functions? What characteristics are there in the decision to outsource servers? Or when outsourcing your IT department? Don’t believe that outsourcing your IT servers now removes the risk of a data breach!! Or if you … Read more
