Category Archives: Cybersecurity
Social Media Red Flags
In this new Internet age, consumers are spending more and more time online. Every time you sign up for a social media account, post a picture, or update your status, you are sharing information about yourself. How can you be proactive and “Do Your Part. #BeCyberSmart”? These simple steps will help you connect with confidence…
10 Ways To Improve Cyber Security Awareness
Cyber security is a big deal. If you’re not taking it seriously, you’re probably going to get hacked. Cyber criminals can trick employees into giving them access to sensitive information. For example, 90% of all cyber attacks are caused by human error. That’s why companies need to make sure employees know about how to protect…
One in three IT security managers don’t have a cybersecurity incident response plan
According to the Data Security Report, information security incidents are more prevalent than ever, especially for businesses. Security breaches are no longer the fault of the careless employee, but rather attackers who specifically target companies, looking for vulnerabilities that they can exploit. In a survey of over 900 employees, the top three security threats identified…
How to Build a Incident Response Plan in 7 Steps
According to a recent report, almost all companies have experienced at least one cloud data breach. The report also found that companies were more aware of the cloud security threats and that 60% of them considered lack of visibility and inadequate identity and access management as a major threat. Cyber-attacks are not rare…
Google Chrome Releases Two Zero Day Patches
Google has released an emergency update Chrome 94.0.4606.71 that fixes two zero-day vulnerabilities being exploited in the wild. These are the second and third zero-day vulnerabilities found this year. A total of twelve zero-days have been found in the browser since January. The new version will be released on all three platforms, Windows, Mac, Linux,…
5 Tips For Cyber Security Risk Management
Cyber Security risk management shouldn’t be tedious or painful, but instead an easy-to-understand process that is similar to choosing the right insurance plan. Just as you might choose a certain plan because it offers better coverage for your family, you should choose a certain cyber risk management policy because it prevents cyberattacks from occurring in…
Phishing Leveled Up with Phishing As A Service
Phishing has always been an issue and quite of an annoyance and now with phishing leveling up to Phishing As A Service gives criminals the ability to subscribe to working phishing templates that are sure to trick every day regular people. Microsoft found a service that makes it easy to create phishing attacks. It’s called…
Basics of FERPA – School Compliance
FERPA stands for the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. It was designed to protect both the privacy and security of certain kinds of educational records. It gives students, former students, auditing students, and others, certain privacy rights with respect to personally identifiable educational records. What are Educational Records? FERPA defines educational records as…
Pentester Insight On Phishing
Even if your company secures its website and business network, it is still vulnerable to phishing attacks. This is because humans are the weakest link in security. Cybercriminals know that humans are much easier to manipulate than to hack into technology. The situation becomes even graver as the COVID-19 crisis continues. Everyone is worried about…
Apple users to update immediately. Apple Zero-Click Exploit
The Citizen Lab has discovered a zero-click zero-day flaw in all Apple products. The new zero-day flaw is called ForcedEntry, and it affects iPhones, iPads, Macs, Apple Watches, and even AirPods. Citizen Lab urges all Apple users to update their devices immediately. Apple released a Security update on Monday. The iOS 14.8 for iPhones and…