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Email Security Guide: Protecting Your Organization from Cyber Threats

CyberSecurity Insiders

Ransomware attacks via email: Ransomware is a type of malware that encrypts an organization’s data, holding it hostage until a ransom is paid. Multi-factor authentication (MFA): MFA is a security measure that requires users to provide multiple forms of identification to access email accounts and other sensitive systems.

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Encrypting files and emails: A beginner’s guide to securing sensitive information

CyberSecurity Insiders

One of the most effective ways to do this is through encryption. Encryption is the process of converting plain text or data into an unreadable format using an encryption algorithm, which can only be deciphered or decrypted by those who have the decryption key. Why encrypt files and Emails?

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Cyber threat related headlines trending on Google

CyberSecurity Insiders

The said malicious software is a kind of file encrypting malware that exploits WinRAR app and compresses the files of the victim with a password that is hard to detect. the company as it failed to protect its user data containing banking account info, insurance numbers, ethnic origin details and religion.

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What do Cyber Threat Actors do with your information?

Zigrin Security

Financially Motivated Threat Actors Financially motivated threat actors are the most populated kind of threat actors. They would come for all kinds of data since data like credit card numbers equal directly to money, government or corporate secrets can be sold, and they can encrypt all kinds of critical data for ransom.

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How Encryption Became the Board’s New Best Friend

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

For many years, encryption has been viewed as a burden on businesses – expensive, complex and of questionable value. In just the past few years (and hundreds of high-profile breaches and £Trillions of economic damage later), cyber threats became impossible for the boardroom to ignore. Enter encryption.

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2023 Cyber Threat Predictions

Digital Shadows

As we move towards the end of 2022, now is the time to take a look back at the major trends from the last eleven months and identify what might happen from a cyber threat perspective in 2023. A key for analysts is to remain flexible and not compartmentalize cyber threats.

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Graduation to Adulting: Navigating Identity Protection and Beyond!

Webroot

Losing them to cyber threats can compromise your future. Your personal devices—laptops, smartphones, and tablets—hold a wealth of sensitive information that cybercriminals target through malware , ransomware , and other cyber threats. A VPN encrypts your internet connection, protecting your data from prying eyes.