Millions of businesses in America do not realize that their network and hosts may already be compromised – Take this quick quiz to determine if you have any common vulnerabilities. What Are The Common Attacks Against Small to Medium Size Businesses? Ransomware Information gathering Denial of Service attacks / network Read more…
Malware and social engineering are the top two types of cyber crime methods businesses have to face. Here’s how to prevent these attacks from hurting your business. Each quarter, the security firm Positive Technologies releases statistics on the most common types of cyber crime based on their internal data. The numbers from Read more…
Most people do not have time to consider the security of their own home network, but this is why they are so easy to hack Why secure your home network? Because often you won’t even know you have been infiltrated and this can lead to identity theft, keyloggers, financial losses, Read more…
As hot new gadgets seek to make your home smarter and more efficient, it’s still up to you to learn how to secure the connected devices throughout your smart home. Your internet-connected devices — smart TVs, security cameras, smart locks, gaming consoles, smart thermostats — can add a level of Read more…
Buffer overflow vulnerabilities deal with buffers, or memory allocations in languages that offer direct, low-level access to read and write memory. Since the birth of the information security industry, buffer overflows have found a way to remain newsworthy. In the late 1980s, a buffer overflow in UNIX’s fingerd program allowed Read more…
Barracuda Networks calls for internet of things devices to be subject to regular security review after researchers detail the application vulnerabilities of an internet-connected security camera Businesses and consumers have a right to know the security posture of devices connected to the internet making up the internet of things(IoT) – and Read more…
Is Gmail Secure? What About Yahoo Email? The short answer is yes, both are secure if you are using the SSL/TLS certificate on the HTTP. However, if you are using Yahoo mail, there is a blaring vulnerability in the headers. When doing a cross comparison between both Gmail and Yahoo Read more…
There were 2,216 data breaches and more than 53,000 cyber security incidents reported in 65 countries in the 12 months ending in March 2018. How many data breaches we will see in 2019 and how big are they going to be? No one has a crystal ball this accurate and it’s difficult Read more…
A not-so-fun fact for you: 40% of cyber attacks are against organizations with fewer than 500 employees. And, according to the National Cyber Security Alliance, one in five small businesses falls victim to cybercrime each year. Of those, about 60% go out of business within six months after an attack. In Read more…
Making A Rabbit Hole In Your Home Network…For Security. I originally got into networking because I obsessed over firewalls and making virtual networks as secure as possible – the physical and logical design of my home network was always a testing ground. Businesses consider network design all the time. They Read more…