Did you know? Business Email Compromise (BEC) is one of the most common threats today. It employs tactics like impersonating an executive, HR, or a trusted vendor to initiate fraudulent transfers of money. According to the FBI, $1.7 billion was lost to BEC in 2019 alone. Here are tips from the FBI to stay secure: Be Skeptical: Last-minute changes in wiring instructions or recipient account information must be verified. Don’t Click It: Verify any changes and information…
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Cybersecurity Tips for 2021
In 2020, many American businesses made changes that opened up unmatched opportunities for cybercriminals. Recent trends and cybersecurity statistics reveal an increase in hacked and breached data from sources that are increasingly common in the workplace, like mobile and smart devices. These devices have quickly become integral to the connectivity and productivity of remote staff and are easier to access than ever before. This access, combined with poor cybersecurity practices, have led to data loss and…
Full ArticleSolarWinds Hack News 1-26-2021
Stolen Data From SolarWinds Breach Offered For Sale In a stunning turn of events a new website popped up claiming to have the data that was collected as part of the SolarWinds Orion software hack and is offering it for sale. The site solarleaks.net appeared on January 12th 2021 purporting to sell the stolen data from Microsoft, Cisco, FireEye, and SolarWinds, and is offering the following products for sale: [Microsoft Windows (partial) source code and various Microsoft repositories] price: 600,000 USD data: msft.tgz.enc (2.6G) [Cisco multiple…
Full ArticleSolarWinds Hack News 1-5-2021
The details and scope of this event continue to evolve and I don’t think we know the full nature of what has happened yet. New information that has emerged since our previous post includes: Initial reports said the attackers were in place since March, but we now know that the attackers conducted a dry run as a test as early as October 2019. They were probably in place a long time before that. This is likely a…
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