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How can small businesses ensure Cybersecurity?

CyberSecurity Insiders

Small businesses are more vulnerable to cyber-attacks since hackers view them as easy victims to target. While this may seem unlikely, statistics reveal that more than half of these businesses experienced some form of cyber-attack in 2022. Therefore, it’s crucial that small businesses make cybersecurity a top priority.

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Addressing Remote Desktop Attacks and Security

eSecurity Planet

In November 2021, an unauthorized third party called a Robinhood customer support employee and, through social engineering , gained access to the company’s customer support systems. Read more : Secure Access for Remote Workers: RDP, VPN, & VDI. Examples of Notable RDP Attacks. Calling into Robinhood.

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Updates from the MaaS: new threats delivered through NullMixer

Security Affairs

Such was related to a worldwide malware operation known as NullMixer, a controversial and widespread malware delivery maneuver based on SEO poisoning and social engineering technique to lure tech-savvy users, including IT personnel. The module also exfiltrates 2FA secrets from Twilio’s Authy local storage.

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Encryption: How It Works, Types, and the Quantum Future

eSecurity Planet

Individuals, small businesses, and enterprise organizations all rely on encryption to securely store and transfer sensitive data across wide-area networks (WAN) like the internet. With shared protocols and encryption algorithms, users can encode files or messages only accessible to other select clients.