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Soaring ransomware payments, consistent infections, deceptive URLs and more in this year’s 2022 BrightCloud® Threat Report

Webroot

If you’re a small business owner, you don’t need to be told that you’ve suffered immensely throughout the pandemic. Ransomware continues to plague small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). High-risk URLs are phishing for your data in the most benign of locations. Barrenechea, OpenText CEO & CTO.

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Are You Certain Your Website is Secure from Cyberattacks?

SiteLock

Many website owners, especially small businesses, don’t realize their site is a target for malicious cyberattacks. As a result, most don’t think they need website security. The truth is, there’s no such thing as “too small to hack.” A small blog might seem like a random target, but not to cybercriminals.

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5 Steps to Building a Foolproof Cybersecurity Incident Response Plan

SiteLock

No matter what industry you’re in, there’s a good chance that you conduct a lot of your business online. Most modern small businesses have one or more digital properties, including a website and various social media pages. For this reason, cybersecurity should be a top priority, especially for small businesses.

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7 Best Attack Surface Management Software for 2024

eSecurity Planet

Attack surface management aims to automate the process of discovering, assessing, and prioritizing vulnerabilities and third-party, digital supply chain, and cloud risks. It addresses both internal and external (EASM) risks. CAASM (cyber asset ASM) and DRPS (digital risk protection) are also related terms and elements of ASM.

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Recent Tesla Hacks Highlight Importance of Protecting Connected Devices

eSecurity Planet

Physical Access Systems Cybersecurity risk management vendor OTORIO presented research on physical access systems — like keycard readers — at the 2023 Black Hat Europe conference in December. Physical access systems are designed to increase building security by requiring a badge or key fob for entry.

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How to Perform a Firewall Audit in 11 Steps (+Free Checklist)

eSecurity Planet

Small businesses and large enterprises alike benefit from the organization of firewall changes, and those changes shouldn’t happen randomly. Perform a Risk Assessment Assess your firewall hardware and software for all risks. A risk assessment includes categorizing each risk, so your teams know which to prioritize.

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Trending CVEs for the Week of February 4th, 2019

NopSec

most recent version) Tested operating systems: Windows and Linux (by Inführ), macOS (by Tenable, after editing the Proof of Concept (PoC) code) Exploitation and Risk The researcher released the PoC exploit code for the vulnerability and reported it to both LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice in October of 2018.