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Ransomware Attacks Now Start with Data Exfiltration
Last year we saw a big increase in Ransomware activity and that’s only going to increase in 2021. If you drill into how much money attacking organizations are making, its easy to see why. Some organizations are believed to be earning hundreds of millions of dollars...
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If You Think Security is a Commodity…Read On
In the 2000’s many end users believed that Anti-virus was a commodity. It wasn’t hard to find Security Companies that agreed with this notion. In those days the argument was simple to make, there are few kinds of threats that can be stopped with a signature. The...
Strengthening Security Posture in 2020
There is a great documentary from 2016 called Zero Days. It covers StuxNet, how it brought down Nuclear reactors in Iran, and who was potentially behind it (Israel and the United States.) Spoiler alert, but one of the final commentaries is that this attack led Iran...
2 Tips to Improve Gateway Security
HTTPS Inspection at the Gateway Stops More Threats at the Perimeter. NextGen Firewalls can be a great deterrent against ransomware. They can detect when a machine is trying to get to known bad parts of the internet and block it. They can use content and...
What You Can Learn from Facebook’s Security Lawsuits
Last fall, Facebook was the target of a data breach that impacted nearly 30 million of its 2.4 billion users. In addition to the data breach, the FTC has been investigating the activities of the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica’s unauthorized access to...
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Ransomware Attacks Now Start with Data Exfiltration
Last year we saw a big increase in Ransomware activity and that’s only going to increase in 2021. If you drill into how much money attacking organizations are making, its easy to see why. Some organizations are believed to be earning hundreds of millions of dollars...
If You Think Security is a Commodity…Read On
In the 2000’s many end users believed that Anti-virus was a commodity. It wasn’t hard to find Security Companies that agreed with this notion. In those days the argument was simple to make, there are few kinds of threats that can be stopped with a signature. The...
Strengthening Security Posture in 2020
There is a great documentary from 2016 called Zero Days. It covers StuxNet, how it brought down Nuclear reactors in Iran, and who was potentially behind it (Israel and the United States.) Spoiler alert, but one of the final commentaries is that this attack led Iran...
2 Tips to Improve Gateway Security
HTTPS Inspection at the Gateway Stops More Threats at the Perimeter. NextGen Firewalls can be a great deterrent against ransomware. They can detect when a machine is trying to get to known bad parts of the internet and block it. They can use content and...
What You Can Learn from Facebook’s Security Lawsuits
Last fall, Facebook was the target of a data breach that impacted nearly 30 million of its 2.4 billion users. In addition to the data breach, the FTC has been investigating the activities of the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica’s unauthorized access to...
Sophos Cloud Optix and Public Cloud Security
Cloud computing, including Software-as-a-Service (Saas) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), has revolutionized the way businesses use technology. For organizations, moving email or application workload to the cloud can allow them to leverage affordable storage or...
AI and The Future of Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity has always been a rapidly evolving field, after all, security needs to try to keep up with hackers, malware, and other threats. Today, the latest evolution in cybersecurity is the use of AI to predict threats. Today, we’re seeing a wave of...
Ransomware Attacks on U.S. Cities
You’ve probably heard about cities across the U.S. being held hostage by ransomware attacks. It seems like attacks like these are making headlines every couple of months. The story is usually the same, a city agency or perhaps the entire city’s government computers...
Protecting Against Black Hat Hackers
While most hacking is illegal, sites like Hacker’s List have gotten a lot of news coverage in recent years. These sites claim that you can hire a hacker anonymously and safely pay them with either your credit card or Bitcoin. While hacker for hire sites may claim...
