Ransomware affects every business, regardless of industry. From construction to real estate to professional services, it’s important to protect your company’s infrastructure. Join our webinar on Thursday, October 8 to learn how to protect your business from ransomware in 2020 and beyond
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As wearable technology becomes commonplace in our daily lives, there’s an even more intimate connection on the horizon with the rise of the brain-computer interface (BCI).
BCIs can connect to a human’s brain, either internally or externally. They read the brain activity, process the activity into information, and communicate information back to the brain. BCIs have the potential to amplify human intelligence to superhuman levels, which is exciting for technologists and entrepreneurs, but begs the question: Are we, our businesses, and our technological systems ready for this change?
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Cybercriminals are tapping into Amazon’s annual discount shopping campaign for subscribers, Prime Day, with researchers warning of a recent spike in phishing and malicious websites that are fraudulently using the Amazon brand.
There has been a spike in the number of new monthly phishing and fraudulent sites created using the Amazon brand since August.
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Amazon Prime Day Spurs Spike in Phishing, Fraud Attacks
As is well known by now, the COVID-19 pandemic forced companies to reposition their workforces nearly overnight. And with roughly 40% of Americans shifting to remote work, it didn't take long to increase the sophistication and frequency of cyberattacks. With flexible work environments here to stay and bad actors provided with new opportunities for preying on a vulnerable workforce, enterprises must educate employees to effectively manage evolving cybersecurity threats without sacrificing business agility.
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Key Considerations & Best Practices for Establishing a Secure Remote Workforce
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Whether you started your business as a side hustle, wanted to test out a business idea, or are working as an independent contractor, mixing business and personal finances is never a good idea.
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The Crucial Reasons to Keep Business and Personal Finances Separate
New research has revealed that COVID-19 related phishing emails are still a serious threat found by KnowBe4, a dedicated security awareness training, and simulated phishing platform.
The results from the Q3 2020 top-clicked phishing report, exactly half of the most clicked phishing emails contained a coronavirus reference – and this was the most popular out of all the ones tested in the KnowBe4 phishing simulator. This was closely followed by social media messages (47%), commonly associated with phishing campaigns.
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Coronavirus phishing emails still duping individuals
Being able to close a deal is a crucial part of an entrepreneur’s skill set, but sometimes vendor agreements and partnerships can fall through from unavoidable circumstances out of your control. Having the foresight that a deal is about to fall through can be quite beneficial for a company, however, as it gives leaders the opportunity to figure out the next steps in advance (Pursue the agreement more aggressively? Back off and let it fail? Or do nothing and see if it corrects itself?).
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11 Warning Signs a Deal Is Going to Fall Through
The London Borough of Hackney has reported that a serious cyberattack has affected many of its services and IT systems. Hackney Mayor Philip Glanville says Council officers are working with the UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), external experts, and the Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government to investigate and understand the full effects of this incident.
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London Borough of Hackney Investigates 'Serious' Cyberattack
Many people assume that only big businesses serve as a target for cybercriminals. But the Small Business Administration begs to differ: according to a recent SBA survey, 88% of small business owners are worried that their company is vulnerable to a cyber attack.
So what can your business do to protect its information?
The first step is to consider the threat and develop a plan of action—something many businesses haven’t done yet. In today’s digital world, it’s less a matter of if your company be compromised and more a matter of when. As hackers develop more complex methods of attack, companies and their employees must respond to secure networks, devices, data, and day-to-day operations.
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Ransomware has already proven itself to be a powerfully profitable weapon in the cybercriminal arsenal. According to Emsisoft, in 2019, ransomware incidents could have had a combined cost of more than $7.5 billion (£5.65 billion). That’s just for US-based incidents too.
In the last year or so, double extortion attacks have picked up the pace and made headlines, with the operators of Maze ransomware leading the way in utilizing them. In the double extortion model, ransomware attackers encrypt data and demand a ransom to regain access and also threaten to publish any exfiltrated data online if their terms are not met.
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Repeat victimisation: the threat of double extortion ransomware attacks
A source in the cybersecurity industry has told BleepingComputer that SPS suffered a ransomware attack on October 8th. To prevent the attack's spread, the school district shut down all systems, leading to its closure.
About a month ago, on September 8th, the Hartford School District in Connecticut was affected by a ransomware attack that postponed the school's first day.
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Massachusetts school district shut down by ransomware attack
The Community Help hub was first launched in 2017 as a way for Facebook users to centralize their resources in the wake of a crisis, like a man-made, accidental, or natural disaster, ranging from weather events to terrorist attacks and more. In 2020, however, the feature has been put to broader use as a part of Facebook’s COVID-19 efforts, which even saw a version of Community Help feature scaled globally to help those impacted by the coronavirus outbreak.
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Facebook launches ‘Drives,’ a US-only feature for collecting food, clothing and other necessities for people in need
Your MacBook's Force Touch trackpad is much more than a surface you click on. It's like a three-dimensional mouse and a trackpad with two depths to choose from: a regular click and a Force click "beneath" it, activated with a little extra pressure from your fingertips.
Here's how to get the most out of the Force Touch trackpad, whether you've had it for a while or are using it for the first time.
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What is a Force Touch trackpad? Here's how to use the MacBook tool
A critical flaw in Facebook Messenger on Android would let someone start an audio or video call without the victim's knowledge.
Facebook has patched a critical vulnerability in the Facebook Messenger for Android mobile app, which could have let attackers spy on other Facebook users using audio and video calls.
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Facebook Messenger Flaw Enabled Spying on Android Callees
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Cyberattacks against targets in every sector have been increasing as overall cybercrime continues to climb – 80% of firms have seen an increase in cybercrime in the last 12 months. While companies continue to search for ways that they can fight back against that cybercrime wave, many of them are overlooking a crucial point of protection – security access control.
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Less Than 25% of Firms Have Solid Security Access Control - ID Agent
After a year of unplanned changes at the workplace, businesses face some difficult questions:
Is it worth paying high maintenance costs for older machines or licensing fees for legacy software applications?
Is it easier to secure data stored on a cloud-based platform compared to an on-premises server?
Can a modern business save money, increase employee satisfaction, AND leverage the flexibility of the cloud?
In many cases, the answer is yes. Innovative solutions like Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) allow you to empower your staff with enterprise-grade performance, integrated connectivity across all devices, and reliable access permissions that maintain data security.
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Passwords are the most commonly used tool for security – and the worst. In a recent study, 42% of respondents said that their organization had been compromised because of a bad, stolen, or cracked password.
That means that every company must make a serious commitment to improving password security if they don’t want to join that group because more than 80% of data breaches in the last 12 months were caused by password compromise.
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42% of Companies Must Improve Password Security. Here’s How to Do It. - ID Agent
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Last year, working from home became the norm for millions of employees across North America. That shift came out of necessity because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The real question is, will it remain a reality throughout 2021 and beyond?
CMIT Solutions has spent the last year helping businesses big and small to navigate this new reality. We’ve collected the following six tips to empower employees to work smarter and faster, no matter where their office is located.
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