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FBI Sounds the Alarm: Hotel Wi-Fi Poses an Increased Security Risk for Teleworkers

December 2, 2020 By Stephen Helm

As the COVID-19 outbreak devastated the travel industry, many hotels launched “work-from-hotel” programs to appeal to locals who needed an escape from their home workspace. Hotels now offer daytime room reservations for people who wanted a quiet, distraction-free place to work, with the added amenities one would expect in a hotel. Unfortunately, cyber criminals have seized … [Read more...]

Are Your Company Credentials Exposed on the Dark Web?

September 17, 2020 By Sam Manjarres

The dark web is a collection of anonymous websites that are publicly available, yet hide the IP addresses to make it impossible for users to identify the host. It’s very common that sensitive information made available by data breaches ends up becoming available illicitly for sale on the dark web. According to the 2019 Global State of Cybersecurity in Small and Medium-Sized … [Read more...]

Spain’s Businesses Targeted by Cyber Attacks

November 4, 2019 By Emil Hozan

In the seemingly never-ending barrage of cyber crime, Spain is now in the limelight. CBROnline.com reports that at least two businesses were hit with cyber attacks in the latest wave of attacks against Spain. The ransomware variant used has yet to be identified but is suspected of being Bitpaymer or Ryuk. There have also been surges in BlueKeep detections, so it is thought that … [Read more...]

Another City Cyber Attack: Johannesburg

October 25, 2019 By Emil Hozan

Another day, another cyber attack. Not just on a business entity though, but rather another city! About 24 hours ago, the city of Johannesburg detected unauthorized access to their networked systems and have taken immediate action. Check out their Twitter post below. Click here for direct access to their Twitter page.   The investigation will take about 24 hours … [Read more...]

Washington State’s Northshore School District Cyber Attack

September 25, 2019 By Emil Hozan

On Friday, September 20, 2019, the Northshore school district stated that they were the victim of a “significant cyber attack that rendered many systems non-operational.” Systems are still down and are expected to remain unavailable for several days. The good news is that there are no signs of data being compromised – at least not yet. Here you can see a popup alert when … [Read more...]

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