Breached Records to Skyrocket with SMBs as the Biggest Targets
A lot can happen in 5 years, and unfortunately, not always for the better. According to a recent report by Juniper Research, Cybercrime & the Internet of Threats 2018, data breaches are expected to reach 146 billion records over the next five years.
51% of SMB Leaders Think Their Business Isn’t a Target for Cybercriminals
Small businesses are often thought to be a forgotten entity when it comes to cybercrime. On the surface, it seems like a fair assumption that hackers wouldn’t target small businesses when there are large enterprises with much greater assets. Unfortunately, many small business leaders fall for this “I’m not a target” mentality, when in fact, they are just as attractive of a target as large corporations.
The Psychology of Falling for a Phishing Email
Phishing is a cybercrime that has been around for many years, where targets are sent malicious emails claiming to be from a legitimate individual or organization to trick them into disclosing their sensitive information. Phishing emails remain a major threat today, however despite increased awareness of the cybercrime, cybercriminals continue to fool their targets into their traps, thus successfully carrying out these attacks. How do these attackers continuously find success in tricking their victims?
Phone-Based 2FA: Not so Secure After All
In a time where data breaches have become the norm, there is no such thing as exercising too much caution when it comes to protecting your online assets, including your login credentials and access to accounts. Two-factor authentication (2FA), a method of confirming a user’s identity via combining two factors is widely accepted and recommended by security experts as a necessity for optimum security online. 2FA is a great added security feature to protect your account because an unauthorized individual is unlikely to supply the factors required to successfully gain access.
Small Business Cyber Security: The Ostrich Effect
The following blog first appeared on the Secure ERP blog. It is reprinted here with permission.
Some small business owners will realize I’m describing them after they read this blog, but then those same c-level guys won’t see it and even if they do, they won’t read it, because they don’t want to know. Actually, that’s not really fair.
Infographic: Cybersecurity: Fighting a Threat That Causes $450B of Damage Each Year
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Couple loses their new home to email hackers
We’ve all heard of hackers going extreme lengths to steal information from their victims, but just how far will they go? A couple from North Carolina can attest to these unfathomable measures, having lost the contract on their new home to email hackers. An article on Graham Cluley depicts the nightmare suffered by the couple.
MSPs need to offer their clients security solutions
In an article over at Business Solutions, Ellen Jennings, CEO of BEI, talks about cloud based security services that every MSP should offer.
The Breach Prevention Platform Has Been Launched!
On Friday we launched the Breach Secure Now! Breach Prevention Platform (BPP)! The BPP is a security service built for MSPs to help lower the chance of a client having a data breach. The MSP branded service includes:
Secure Now! and Trusted Metrics Webinar
We are excited to announce a webinar with our technology partner Trusted Metrics. The webinar is geared towards MSPs and will provide insight into monitoring clients’ networks from a security point of view. Find out more about Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), Security Information Event Monitoring (SIEM) and more. Very good introduction on how an MSP can expand their service offerings to include security monitoring.