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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...
Cyber Security podcasts
Check out some of the top cybersecurity podcast we have been 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...
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...
Cyber Security 2019 Predictions
Cyber Security: Looking back at 2018 and Predictions for 2019 Last May, I wrote a blog post detailing some of the 2018 predictions from across the cybersecurity industry and how they’d fared in the first five months of 2018. Now that the dust has settled, let’s take...
The S in HTTPS Means Safe (Not!)
Do you know what the S in HTTPS means? You’ve probably heard all about HTTPS. You know not to enter your credit card information into an HTTP website and to look for the lock icon before you type in a username or password. But is HTTPS really as safe as you think it...
Our ethos behind cyber security awareness
Our goal is serious cyber security awareness through laughter We know that cyber threats are growing as fast as the apathy individuals have towards cybersecurity awareness and the training they are given. There is so much information and entertainment people are...
Would you know if your account was breached?
With the number and scope of data breaches recently, we thought that talking about breached accounts would be useful for many business owners. So, if your account password has been breached, do you think you would know? Some Companies Are Bad At Breach Notifications...
Why cyber security should be a laughing matter
Laughing at Cyber Security is Possible Phishing is a serious business, laughing is the key. So are identity theft, data breaches, and WiFi security. Cyber crimes cost businesses, individuals and governments billions of dollars, and have put people’s private data and...
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