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Opportunities & Risks in Securing Your “New Normal” Workforce for 2021
Seems crazy to think that the hotbed of cybercriminal activity and digital transformation in 2018 and 2019 were ‘simpler times’, thanks to the Pancession, Panicdemic and Murder Hornets, 2020 is shaping up to be a real kick in the nether regions. Remote Teams, Virtual...
5 Ways to Future Proof Your Business Cyber Risk Post Pandemic
Cyber Risk Post Pandemic....Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse. Just when you thought you could relax (a teeny bit) and hope that we will get back to normal. …but life isn’t like that sometimes. As business owners, as managers, as leaders in your companies-...
Is Your Cyber Security Relationship Like Talledega Nights?
Just as Cal’s push to outshine Ricky seemed inevitable, cyber security has tried to push its way onto the board agenda, sometimes rather awkwardly around the back of or away from the overall IT agenda. This competition for board attention has led to a few wins for CISCOs, but ultimately has created an extra obstacle for the digital transformation agenda overall.
FBI Warns of Major Spike in Cyberattacks With the Release of COVID-19 Relief Funds
What’s Going On Domestic cyber criminals and nation-state attackers alike are capitalising on this time of uncertainty. Right now there are two major targets. The first is remote workers, and the second is companies who have received aid packages from the government. ...
5 Scary Cyber Security Gaps if You Only Train Users on Phishing
Gaps in cyber security remains one of the most challenging issues for small business owners. Small businesses bear 43% of the brunt of cyber-attacks, opening them up to huge liabilities. This includes business closure. Of those attacked, 60% will go out of business...
Channeling Edna Mode as CISO for Creating Cyber Secure Humans
Is Your Work Culture geared towards protecting the most valuable assets in your company, your people?Everybody's saying it. Literally. Everybody. "The most important thing about [enter company name here] is our people."Ever since Peter Drucker started talking about...
Securing Your Millennials
For cybersecurity awareness, behavior and culture change we think hard about how we can engage everyone to be more secure. This includes sometimes the challenging feat of bringing millennials onboard with governance and compliance around information security…
COVID 19 Non Compliance
Getting People On Board When Change Matters. (aka. Why are people breaking quarantine? & How it relates to your Digital Outliers.)There is a shocking amount of non-adherence to clear and immediate directions regarding the coronavirus pandemic. Why is that? Ah, the...
The Matrix
The Matrix In the Wachowski’s film, The Matrix (starring Bill...or was it Ted?), the heroes of the film are betrayed by a member of their own team, Cypher (Joe Pantoliano). In perhaps one of the most prophetic scenes in any movie of recent memory, Cypher sits with the...
Once Upon A Time in Hollywood
A growing tide of unethical, and outright illegal, actors are trying to take advantage of us every day. This blog series will be dedicated to combining these two tools to help illuminate key issues facing us as these bad actors (see what I did there?!) try to manipulate our behaviour to serve their own, selfish, unethical purposes. Allow me to demonstrate…
How Hackers are Exploiting the Coronavirus Outbreak.
What are the Scares, Scams, Phishing, and Digital Threats to Employees from Hackers Exploiting the Coronavirus Outbreak? During natural disasters and other major events, criminally-minded people and other baddies are willing to do unethical things to make a profit....
How to Protect Your Identity and Data During Tax Season
According to Carbon Black, “Research into various marketplaces on the dark web found W-2 forms, 1040 forms and how-to guides for illicitly cashing out tax returns available. W-2s and 1040s are available on the dark web at relatively low cost, ranging from $1.04 to $52. Names, Social Security Numbers (SSNs) and birthdates can be obtained for a price ranging from $0.19 to $62.
PRESS RELEASE – NTE Partnership
PRESS RELEASE The Cybermanics is proud to announce our new partnership with NTE the UK's finest B2B online connectivity providers. For 30 years, they have stoically been connecting UK business together while being at the forefront of the cyber revolution. They know...
Cyber Security podcasts
Check out some of the top cybersecurity podcast we have been a guest on. Who doesn't love a podcast? We certainly do. From crime to business we devour podcast like the cookie monster devours his favorite biscuit. One day while tuned into Gary Vaynerchuk's we thought...
Ransomware 3: Protecting Yourself From Ransomware
5 Steps to Prevent Ransomware AttacksWhen should you start worrying about ransomware? Well, we recommend before that moment where the ransom demand pops up on your computer. Ransomware attacks can be expensive, time consuming, frustrating, and we have found that...
Ransomware 2: Anatomy of a Ransomware Attack
Anatomy of a Ransomware AttackIt begins with a screen. Perhaps plain, maybe embellished with a skull and crossbones. Appearing before you in a flash- “Whoa” you say “Hang on, this isn’t right”. The first line reads “You have been infected with ransomware. To get your...
Ransomware 1: How Ransomware Gets In
Ransomware Attack VectorsJust like an ex breaking your heart, before ransomware can lock up your computer, it needs to get inside. While ransomware attacks seem to appear out of nowhere, they really aren’t that exciting, using the same old techniques as traditional...
How to stay safe on Black Friday and Cyber Monday
Stay Safe on Black Friday and Cyber Monday Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, when retailers take advantage of still woozy and stuffed people with ridiculously low prices and unbelievable sales (for a limited time only!). What a way to kick off that festive...
9 Ideas for Cyber Security Awareness Month
9 Ideas for Small and Medium Sized Business to use during Cyber Security Awareness Month If you own, run, or work at a small to medium sized business- with the threat landscape in 2019, you should be thinking about the companies' cyber security strategy. Just because...
The Two Sides of Security: An RSA Conference 2019 Retrospective
A look back at RSA Conference 2019 The 2019 RSA Conference was held in San Francisco on March 4-8. This is one of the best-known security conferences in the world, with researchers and vendors coming from all over to learn about the latest and greatest in security...