Trends & Reports April 18, 2022 What are Password Salting and Password Peppering? Password salting and password peppering are two methods of preventing hashed passwords from being deciphered by hackers using brute force techniques or rainbow tables. Unfortunately, ... Read more
Compliance April 16, 2022 What is Password Hashing? Password hashing is a security measure often used to convert a plain text password into a seemingly random string of letters and numbers. The theory ... Read more
Trends & Reports April 15, 2022 Expert Insights Announces Winners of Spring 2022 Best-Of Awards with TitanHQ Collecting 5 Awards Expert Insights, an online publication that provides insights into enterprise business IT and cybersecurity solutions, has announced the winners of the Expert Insights Spring 2022 ... Read more
Cyber Threats April 15, 2022 Microsoft Takes Control of ZLoader Botnet Infrastructure Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) has taken control of 65 domains that were being used as the command-and-control mechanism for the ZLoader botnet. The botnet ... Read more
Security Breaches April 14, 2022 APT Actors Have Demonstrated the Capability to Attack ICS/SCADA Systems Certain Advanced Persistent Threat Actors (APT) have demonstrated they have the capability to gain access to industrial control system (ICS) and supervisory control and data ... Read more
Compliance April 14, 2022 What are Hidden Passwords? Hidden passwords are a feature of most commercial password managers. The feature allows system administrators to change the appearance of shared read-only passwords so they ... Read more
Tools & Practices April 13, 2022 Microsoft Fixes 128 Vulnerabilities Including 2 Zero Day Bugs Microsoft has released patches to fix 128 vulnerabilities across its product range on April 2022 Patch Tuesday, including 10 flaws rated critical, and two zero-day ... Read more
Tools & Practices April 12, 2022 Microsoft Windows Autopatch to Replace Patch Tuesday Microsoft intends to replace Patch Tuesday with a new Windows Autopatch managed service, which is due to be launched in July 2022. The new automated ... Read more
Tools & Practices April 11, 2022 Five Best Practices for Corporate Password Management Yubico´s State of Password Management and Authentication Security Behaviors Report paints a very bleak picture of corporate password management. The bleak picture mirrors multiple recent ... Read more
Trends & Reports April 8, 2022 HHS Seeks Comment on HITECH Act Requirements Concerning HIPAA Enforcement The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has requested comments from the public on two outstanding requirements of the ... Read more
Cyber Threats April 7, 2022 FBI Disrupts the Russia-Linked Cyclops Blink Botnet The massive Cyclops Blink botnet that was being used to target firewall appliances and SOHO networking devices has been neutralized by the U.S. Federal Bureau ... Read more
Security Breaches April 6, 2022 New Borat RAT Makes Ransomware and DDoS Attacks Simple A new Remote Access Trojan (RAT) has been identified that makes it easy for threat actors to conduct ransomware and DDoS attacks. The malware – ... Read more
Cyber Threats April 5, 2022 WhatsApp Voicemail Phishing Campaign Distributes Information Stealing Malware A new WhatsApp phishing campaign has been identified by researchers at Armorblox that has been sent to at least 27,655 email addresses. The emails impersonate ... Read more
Tools & Practices April 4, 2022 Three Steps for Securing Your Password Manager Considering that your password manager contains “the keys to the kingdom”, securing your password manager should be a priority in order to prevent unauthorized third ... Read more
Insights March 31, 2022 Email Security Vendors A list of email security vendors that provide email security solutions for businesses and MSPs that include advanced threat detection capabilities for blocking known and ... Read more
Insights March 31, 2022 A Mimecast Alternative for Email Security Mimecast Secure Email Gateway is a popular email security gateway for enterprises. While the solution can be adopted by small- and medium-sized businesses, many SMBs ... Read more
Compliance March 31, 2022 Time for A Rethink on Your Password Policies If you own a business, you will appreciate the need to close all your windows and lock your doors when you finish work for the ... Read more
Tools & Practices March 30, 2022 OCR Annouces 4 Financial Penalties to Resolve HIPAA Violations The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has imposed four financial penalties on healthcare providers to resolve violations of the Health ... Read more
Trends & Reports March 30, 2022 Why Personal Password Vaults are an Important Security Feature of Business Password Managers When an organization implements a business-wide, vault-based password manager, personal password vaults can be seen as “a nice thing to have” rather than an important ... Read more
Insights March 29, 2022 Barracuda Essentials Pricing Finding the right email security solution for your business can be a time-consuming process with so many vendors and products to choose from. To help ... Read more
Trends & Reports March 29, 2022 Agreement In Principle Reached Between EU and US on Replacement for EU-US Privacy Shield The EU and US have an agreement in principle on a framework to replace the EU-US Privacy Shield, which was invalidated by the Schrems II ... Read more
Compliance March 28, 2022 Thursday 31st March is World Backup Day There are numerous “cybersecurity holidays” throughout the year, but none are as important as World Backup Day on Thursday – a day dedicated to encouraging ... Read more
Insights March 28, 2022 Business Web Filters Business web filters are cybersecurity solutions that protect against Internet threats. They have become increasingly important in recent years as the number of cyberattacks on ... Read more
Cyber Threats March 28, 2022 Over 5 Dozen Software Flaws Added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities List The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added 66 vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog that should be given priority when patching, ... Read more
Compliance March 25, 2022 Losses to Cybercrime Increased 64% in 2021 to $6.9 Billion The 2021 Internet Crime Report from the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) shows there was a 64% increase in losses to cybercrime in 2021, ... Read more
Tools & Practices March 24, 2022 Average Ransom Payments Increased by 78% in 2021 The average ransomware payment increased by 78% to $541,010 in 2021, according to the recently published 2022 Unit 42 Ransomware Threat Report from Palo Alto ... Read more
Insights March 24, 2022 Best DNS Security Measures DNS security is concerned with implementing protection measures to prevent attacks on the Domain Name System (DNS). There are several aspects of DNS security that ... Read more
Cyber Threats March 22, 2022 Malware Infection at Dental Clinic Operator Affects More Than 1 Million Texans JDC Healthcare Management, which operates more than 70 dental clinics in Texas as Jefferson Dental & Orthodontics, has recently notified the Texas Attorney General about ... Read more
Security Breaches March 21, 2022 Critical Infrastructure Organizations Warned About AvosLocker Ransomware Attacks AvosLocker ransomware is being used in attacks on U.S. critical infrastructure organizations, according to a recent joint cybersecurity advisory issued by the Federal Bureau of ... Read more
Cyber Threats March 18, 2022 Feds Issue Security Alert About MFA Bypass and Vulnerability Exploitation State-sponsored Russian hackers have bypassed multi-factor authentication and exploited the PrintNightmare vulnerability in an attack on a non-governmental organization (NGO), according to a recent security ... Read more