Insider Threat A recent discovery of a breach of customer data at Fifth Third Bank uncovered a troubling truth. It wasn’t hackers outside the United States that had accessed the information, it was intentionally handed over by employees. Starting in 2018, personal information that included Social Security numbers, addresses, and account numbers were provided by a small...
End of Windows 7 They say when one door closes another one opens, but in this case, it’s a window. On January 14th, 2020, Microsoft ended its support for Windows 7. Since Microsoft is no longer offering patches or security updates for vulnerabilities identified in Windows 7, hackers have a new way of gaining access...
The team here at Breach Secure Now curated a lot of content in 2019 that we hope you found informative and thought-provoking when it came to your cybersecurity, both personally and professionally. We’ve put together a list of some of our favorite blogs that generated some tremendously positive feedback, addressing both you as a Managed...
It isn’t breaking news that there is a steady – and alarming – rise in cybersecurity breaches and overall compromises in data and hardware. What is news is the lack of field experts that are available to deal with such a rise in demand. The field of ‘cybersecurity expert’ wasn’t even on the radar until...
Nothing Random in this Ransom The end of the year always gives one reason to reflect back and review the past 12 months in a variety of ways. When we take a look at the year in cybersecurity, we can say with certainty, that there was nothing random about the pattern of attacks on businesses. ...
Alexa, What Are You Collecting? At the top of many holiday gift lists was a smart speaker device. They can make our life easier and more convenient with integration across all of our devices, taking efficiency to the next level. And it is likely we’ve all made a new friend in Alexa, Siri or their...
You can teach your clients how to spot a phishing email and hope that they take heed. You can warn them about the dangers of reusing passwords and basic cyber safety. But how do you educate and create awareness about something that is so slow-moving and “creepy” that most people don’t even realize it’s there...
Some of us attack and engage in our holiday shopping with a plan that rivals the most well thought out strategies. We scour weekly fliers, online ads, and research who will have the best price and coupon code for us to use. In order to shop smart, yes, keeping track of prices is important, but...
Prices may go down over the holidays but hacking incidents go up. Way up. While online shopping is something we all need to be diligent about when it comes to our personal cybersecurity, we need to be mindful of our working environment as well. Many employees take this time of year as an opportunity to...
Modern Law Cybersecurity is something you have to think about at the individual level. At the healthcare level. And at your place of business. But what about when it comes to the businesses that support you? We make assumptions that there are policies and procedures in place, but never really verify them, we just trust...