SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

How to Educate Clients About Website Security. In the second post in this series, I discussed the struggle of getting your clients to actually care about website security and how to dispel the myth of “security being too complex to understand”. You can read all about that and more right here.

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SecureList

APRIL 18, 2022

The main parts of stopped services and processes include databases, email services, browsers, programs for working with documents, security solutions, backups and shadow copy services. Make sure you can quickly access your backups in an emergency. To protect the corporate environment, educate your employees.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 5, 2023

Over the last decade, K–12 schools have made great strides in employing technologies that facilitate learning—especially since the onset of pandemic-induced distance education. By January 2023, education had claimed over 80 percent of all global malware incidents —a staggering lead that has held since 2020.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 7, 2023

In addition, few companies can provide access to password management software or VPNs to protect their internet connection and credentials and maintain security on rogue Wi-Fi networks. Deploy a regular data backup strategy to prevent data loss due to phishing or ransomware attacks.

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SecureList

APRIL 18, 2022

The main parts of stopped services and processes include databases, email services, browsers, programs for working with documents, security solutions, backups and shadow copy services. Make sure you can quickly access your backups in an emergency. To protect the corporate environment, educate your employees.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 23, 2019

In short, here is this approach: Data security Device security Network security Application security Email security Access security End-user behavior security Let’s look at these more closely and also mention some software you can use to shore up your defense.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Additionally, security teams must ramp up other areas of security hygiene in preparation for potential incidents, including: Patching. Ensure your enterprise applications are up-to-date with the latest security updates to minimize vulnerabilities. Backup and recovery. Security awareness training.

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SiteLock

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Cybercriminals looking to deploy Ragnar Locker ransomware first compromise their target’s network, then attempt to crack weak passwords or employ stolen credentials purchased from the Dark Web. for security. Establish a regularly tested data backup and recovery procedure —and make sure your IT department sticks to it!

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Responsible Cyber

APRIL 8, 2020

To mitigate this security challenge, businesses must educate their employees on the basics of cybersecurity and include cybersecurity policies in the onboarding process of every new employee. Security awareness should be ongoing and evolving. The Cloud Is not a Safe Haven from Security Flaws.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 7, 2021

The University of California is using the data breach to raise security awareness among everyone tied to the University system, however, specifics are limited. Protect your passwords — Your old tricks for setting and storing your passwords may no longer be up to the task.". If it’s suspicious, report it!

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

. • Communication: During this phase, businesses should communicate the breach with their employees and implement security awareness training. That may mean installing a stronger web application firewall, a better backup solution for website and business files, and an automated malware scanner.

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Spinone

MARCH 20, 2019

When considering a fully-featured and well thought out security plan , the human factor is an extremely important part of the equation, and arguably just as important as the technology component of the solution. In this article, we will take a look at cyber security awareness across an SMB organization.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

The Archiveus Trojan from 2006 was the first one to use RSA cipher, but it was reminiscent of a proof of concept and used a static 30-digit decryption password that was shortly cracked. David Balaban is a computer security researcher with over 17 years of experience in malware analysis and antivirus software evaluation.

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Spinone

JULY 24, 2019

Control your Security Score Microsoft has its baseline of security for businesses. To measure whether or not your company meets those basic security requirements, you can use its inbuilt analytics tool, Microsoft Secure Score. Set Up a Strong Password Policy Brute-force attacks are no joke.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Prohibit use of known/fixed/default passwords and credentials. Sponsored by CISA, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the.gov domain comes with several key security benefits: MFA is enforced on all accounts in the.gov registrar, and user accounts cannot use passwords that have been found in known data breaches.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Details included names, addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth and encrypted passwords, all of which could be used to access other accounts belonging to these users. The Hacker had discovered Zuckerberg’s password in a 2012 LinkedIn data breach and he had used the same password across several accounts.

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Spinone

JULY 15, 2020

Security Your system should have controls to prevent unauthorized access to your data. Good measures to protect your corporate data are: Establish and follow data security policies (for example, a password policy) Be able to detect and stop a cyberattack or data breach Monitor SaaS apps you use.

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Spinone

JULY 16, 2019

Through Backup and Sync service. An automated backup on trusted cloud storages and preliminary risky apps audit can be your saviors in this case. And for God’s sake, take care of a decent backup before the disaster, not after! And the more elaborated they get, the faster they can crack your password.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The growing risks leave us with the fact that cybersecurity education is not a matter of choice anymore – it’s a matter of necessity. Security Awareness Training from Advisera Advisera offers lots of tools like books, courses, and guidelines for those who want to know more about compliance standards and become security-aware.

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NetSpi Executives

APRIL 27, 2024

terminal services, virtual private networks (VPNs), and remote desktops—often use weak passwords and do not require MFA. Attackers guess the passwords easily, find them in open source code repositories, or collect them via phishing. Disable or bypass detective security controls. Protect your backup systems.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 16, 2019

The Absence of a Password Policy for Employees – About 81% of company data breaches happened due to poor passwords One of the main O365 security concerns is password carelessness. According to the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, more than 70% of workers reuse passwords. The semantic complexity.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Prepare for disaster recovery with Website Backup. By implementing website backup and restore tools, you can prevent losing thousands of hours of your website content in a single moment due to a cyberattack or another unexpected incident. Additionally, cybercriminals aren’t the only reason you need regular site backups.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 9, 2024

Data Security & Threat Detection Framework The data security and threat detection framework serves as the foundation for data protection plans, protecting intellectual property, customer data, and employee information. Confirm that the vendor uses industry-standard security technologies and processes.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Examples of this include keeping software up to date, backing up data, and maintaining good password practices. At the end of the day, lack of education and human error are two of the largest contributors to data breaches. By acting smart now, we can eliminate some of the greatest cyber threats facing our businesses today.”

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Unluckily, the administrator had his password manager still open in a browser tab. Education is Key to Better Security. Obviously, the targeted organization had security breaches. Organizations that hold sensitive data should ensure that their teams are security-aware , especially employees with admin privileges.

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Spinone

JANUARY 9, 2019

In this article we will discuss how to avoid phishing attacks in G Suite and provide phishing prevention best practices on how companies can enhance G Suite security awareness and protection against phishing scams. Cloud security concerns today are some of the most important and challenging problems that businesses have to face.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

While public cloud vendors provide rudimentary backups, getting access to those backups is not an easy process. In addition, the backups that public cloud vendors provide are designed to protect against catastrophic failures as a result of infrastructure or an entire datacenter failure.

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Spinone

JANUARY 20, 2020

Some of them don’t have a backup at all; others can back up data infrequently, like once a month or even less often. In fact, only 25% of home users have automatic weekly backups. Don’t provide your passwords to unreliable sites. Pass some security awareness courses for beginners.

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SecureList

MAY 25, 2021

In addition, it deletes all system backups, shadow copies, disables the system recovery mode, and clears event logs. As with other targeted ransomware threats of today, the key to preventing JSWorm infection incidents is a complex approach to securing an organization’s network. Cryptographic scheme.

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