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Ransonware Going After Small Business and Gamers

Dark Reading is reporting that due to the success of Ransomware, the sophistication of the attacks is growing.  As a reminder, ransomware infects a computer and encrypts the files on it.  If you pay the ransom, the attacker will usually give you the key to decrypt your files.  Ransonware is not very particular and can […]

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PCI Compliance

Dark Reading reported on Verizon’s PCI compliance assessment and I think the numbers are interesting, but not terribly unexpected (see article).  The actual report, all 84 pages, is available here. Most of the time (maybe always), when a business has an assessment done by a third party assessor, that company will do an interim assessment […]

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New Malware Inventories Your Home Network Then Deletes Itself

Trend Micro has identified a new piece of malware (see article) that attempts to connect to your home router using default userids and passwords for a number of home router vendors.  It tries userids like admin, guest, root and user and passwords like admin, password and 12345678. The malware, named VICEPASS, scans for devices and […]

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Simple Advice For Improving Your CyberSecurity Hygiene

While tips and tricks won’t make your organization bulletproof, it will help make you bullet resistant.  Here is a list from Boston Business News that is simple and right on. 1. IT Risk Assessment.  You MUST start with a risk assessment and if you are up for it, I would recommend a business risk assessment. […]

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