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BEST PRACTICES: Resurgence of encrypted thumb drives shows value of offline backups — in the field

The Last Watchdog

Encrypted flash drives, essentially secure storage on a stick, are a proven technology that has been readily available for at least 15 years. And yet today there is a resurgence in demand for encrypted flash drives. And yet today there is a resurgence in demand for encrypted flash drives.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, May 2021 Edition

Krebs on Security

On deck this month are patches to quash a wormable flaw, a creepy wireless bug, and yet another reason to call for the death of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) web browser. ” Another curious bug fixed this month is CVE-2020-24587 , described as a “Windows Wireless Networking Information Disclosure Vulnerability.”

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5 Things Your Small Business Cybersecurity Plan Must Cover

CyberSecurity Insiders

Small businesses have far less sophisticated and encrypted communications, making it possible to easily compromise their systems. . Protect your wireless system with full backups. Verify how your cloud systems are performing on a daily basis to make sure you’re protecting the most recent backup.

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A Step-By-Step Guide on How To Remove Ransomware?

Hacker Combat

Disconnect the infected device from wired and wireless connections such as mobile phones, flash drives, the internet and cloud storage accounts. When a system is infected, files are encrypted; hence access is blocked. Use the System Restore feature to retrieve backups that had not been encrypted or locked.

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Five Tips for Ensuring Communications Security in Your Organization

CyberSecurity Insiders

This includes all approved wireless networks. Firewalls should be implemented between any wireless networks and the organization’s internal network. Ensure email, messaging, and Internet protection. Information involved in email, messaging, and Internet use needs to be protected with appropriate controls.

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Are You One of the 533M People Who Got Facebooked?

Krebs on Security

That weakness has supposedly been patched for all the major wireless carriers now, but it really makes you question the ongoing sanity of relying on the Internet equivalent of postcards (SMS) to securely handle quite sensitive information. I also respond at Krebswickr on the encrypted messaging platform Wickr.

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National Small Business Week: 10 Best Practices for Small Business Cybersecurity

CyberSecurity Insiders

Use of a VPN – virtual private networks (VPN) create a secure connection to other networks over the internet. They can both encrypt data and hide an IP address by using a secure chain to shield network activity. Backup and recovery – according to FEMA , 40% of small businesses never reopen after a disaster.