Tools & Practices June 2, 2022 Is Box HIPAA Compliant? Is the cloud storage service Box HIPAA compliant? Box is a cloud data storage and management service that allows users to access data from different ... Read more
Security Breaches June 2, 2022 3.6 Million MySQL Servers are Exposed to the Internet and Responding to Queries The cybersecurity research group, The Shadowserver Foundation, has identified 3.6 million MySQL servers that are using the default TCP port 3306 and are exposed to ... Read more
Cyber Threats June 1, 2022 Zero-Day Vulnerability Affecting Microsoft Office Being Actively Exploited A zero-day remote code execution vulnerability has been identified in the Microsoft Windows Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT) which is being actively exploited in the wild. ... Read more
Insights May 31, 2022 Cloud Web Security More cyberattacks and data breaches are occurring than ever before and cyber threats are becoming increasingly sophisticated. Many businesses are now turning to cloud web ... Read more
Compliance May 27, 2022 Dashlane versus Zoho Vault Our Dashlane versus Zoho Vault comparison demonstrates that you don´t have to pay vast sums of money to be secure online. Indeed, as Dashlane customers ... Read more
Security Breaches May 27, 2022 General Motors Customers Targeted in Credential Stuffing Attack General Motors has announced that certain customer accounts have been accessed by unauthorized individuals. Between April 11 and April 29, 2022, suspicious logins were detected ... Read more
Insights May 26, 2022 Email Security Solutions for Businesses As the Verizon 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) shows, email is a leading attack vector in cyberattacks. To block this common attack vector, an ... Read more
Tools & Practices May 26, 2022 Dashlane versus LogMeOnce Our Dashlane versus LogMeOnce comparison demonstrates why ease of use is an important consideration when evaluating password managers; for although LogMeOnce represents excellent value when ... Read more
Security Breaches May 26, 2022 Ransomware Attacks Increased 13% in a Year The 2022 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report has been published, which shows the extent to which ransomware is being used in cyberattacks on businesses. Ransomware ... Read more
Trends & Reports May 25, 2022 Dashlane versus Password Boss Our Dashlane versus Password Boss comparison comes with the caveat that Password Boss may soon be leaving the individual and business market to focus solely ... Read more
Cyber Threats May 25, 2022 CISA Adds 41 Vulnerabilities to the Known Exploited Vulnerability Catalog On May 23 and May 24, 2022, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a further 41 vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerability ... Read more
Tools & Practices May 25, 2022 What is Password Spraying? What is password spraying? Password spraying is a commonly used brute force method for gaining access to accounts. Here we explain what it is and ... Read more
Compliance May 24, 2022 Dashlane versus RoboForm Our comparison of Dashlane versus RoboForm looks at why this once-popular password manager is falling out of favor, and whether Dashlane customers should consider RoboForm ... Read more
Tools & Practices May 23, 2022 Dashlane versus NordPass Our Dashlane versus NordPass comparison explains why Dashlane customers may be looking to switch password manager providers, but also raises questions about whether NordPass is ... Read more
Insights May 23, 2022 MSP Security in the Spotlight Cyber threat actors are increasingly targeting managed service providers (MSPs) and have been exploiting lax MSP security to gain access to MSP networks, then abusing ... Read more
Security Breaches May 23, 2022 Conti Ransomware Operation Shuts Down and Restructures The prolific Conti ransomware-as-a-service operation appears to have shut down. According to Advanced Intel, the internal infrastructure of the gang has been shut down, including ... Read more
Trends & Reports May 21, 2022 Dashlane versus 1Password Our comparison of Dashlane versus 1Password pits two of the most popular password managers against each other to establish whether either is the best option ... Read more
Compliance May 20, 2022 Dashlane versus Keeper Our Dashlane versus Keeper comparison is aimed at customers of Dashlane who are dissatisfied with the recent “web-first” changes to the password manager and price ... Read more
Insights May 20, 2022 Email Protection One of the most effective email protection measures is greylisting – a process that automatically returns inbound emails to their originating servers with a request ... Read more
Security Breaches May 20, 2022 Common Password Attacks and How to Avoid Them While passwordless authentication is becoming more popular, passwords remain the most common way of securing accounts and preventing unauthorized access. Passwords provide a degree of ... Read more
Tools & Practices May 20, 2022 46% of IT Leaders Store Passwords in Shared Documents and Spreadsheets A recent survey of IT, security, and cybersecurity leaders found 46% store passwords in shared documents and spreadsheets, and 8% physically record passwords in notebooks ... Read more
Insights May 19, 2022 Spam Filter Service One of the most important factors in email protection is implementing a spam filter service with a high spam detection rate that adapts quickly to ... Read more
Trends & Reports May 18, 2022 Padloc versus LastPass It is not common to find Padloc versus LastPass comparisons because, until the launch of V3 in 2019, Padlock had very few capabilities to compare ... Read more
Security Breaches May 18, 2022 Top Attack Vectors Used to Breach Corporate Networks The Five Eyes cybersecurity agencies from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand have issued a security alert sharing the top five ... Read more
Compliance May 18, 2022 RememBear versus LastPass Our comparison of RememBear versus LastPass focuses on the options available to personal password manager users because a) there are a lot of dissatisfied personal ... Read more
Tools & Practices May 17, 2022 NordPass versus LastPass Our comparison of NordPass versus LastPass shows there is very little between these two password managers in terms of capabilities or price. However, customers looking ... Read more
Security Breaches May 17, 2022 One Fifth of Businesses Almost Forced into Insolvency Due to a Cyberattack Many businesses struggle to survive following a cyberattack and data breach. According to a recent report from the Anglo-Bermudan insurance provider, Hiscox, one-fifth of businesses ... Read more
Trends & Reports May 17, 2022 RoboForm versus LastPass If you are one of the thousands of people who have resisted the temptation to switch from the LastPass password manager to a securer alternative, ... Read more
Compliance May 16, 2022 $150 Million Investment Plan Proposed for Improving Open-Source Security At the Open Source Security Summit II in Washington D.C. last week, leaders of the open source community suggested a 2-year $150 million investment plan ... Read more
Tools & Practices May 16, 2022 LastPass versus Keeper Both LastPass and Keeper password managers are trusted by millions of individuals and thousands of businesses worldwide; but, as our LastPass versus Keeper comparison shows, ... Read more