So at this point, it really is safe to assume the bad guys have YOUR password. Probably several of them.
Don’t believe me? Go to haveibeenpwned.com and check your own account. And that only checks a tiny fraction of the databases that have been hacked.
If you aren’t improving security, you REALLY should be.
Attacks on small and medium business have skyrocketed in 2018. The damage caused in each attack has become worse. It is extremely expensive to be hacked. Not just in massive lost productivity and cost to remediate but now there are legislative fees and requirements imposed for most breaches.
Sometimes the best thing you can do is pull away from the day to day craziness and look at the big picture. See the forest thru the trees. The beginning of a new year is an ideal time to do a strategic health check.
So let’s see if we can help you with some IT strategy.
We regularly see the bad people getting into peoples “stuff”. While there are tons of ways they can attempt to get in, we definitely see a handful of popular and common attacks that stand out.
They tend to go through seasons where a few types of attacks get very popular because they work and the bad guys get in.
If you made a New Year’s resolution it may interest you to know that there’s probably an app for that.
Are you already well into the download frenzy to keep track of your new goals? You need to know that you should be making safety a priority.
Guess what is the biggest vulnerability in your entire, sophisticated, computer network? It’s not the firewall. It’s not the Wi-Fi. It’s not even missed patches, passwords or protocols. It’s the people in front of the keyboards! Yup… employees are the biggest threat!
Imagine your network is like Fort Knox.
There is something I do that makes me feel like James Bond, 007 himself when it comes to security and secret codes. That’s Two Factor Authentication or 2FA. OK, yes, I’m a nerd but still, it’s pretty cool and it REALLY improves your security!
Two Factor (sometimes called Multifactor) means logging into a system with 2 or more things.
Yes, you really are!
Right here in Palm Beach County, we see countless scams and attempted attacks being blocked every… single… day. And we are seeing a lot more targeted attacks. That means they pick people just like you and actively go after them.
Source: WPTV
The data of up to 500 million people who have stayed at Starwood Hotels, could have been compromised. Unauthorized access, within the Starwood Network, has been taking place since 2014 according to Marriott.
