Overview of US Economic Relief - Protecting Your Business Through Crisis
We are in crazy times. We want to help you get through the current economic and health challenges so that your organization can thrive on the other side. Between the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and the CARES Act, the government is offering over $2 trillion of relief to families
Zoom Security: WarDialing and ZoomBombing
As more teams move to working from home, video conferences are exploding in popularity. This brings about new security risks, especially for Zoom users. "The incidence of ZoomBombing has skyrocketed over the past few weeks, even prompting an alert by the FBI on how to secure meetings against eavesdroppers and
Coronavirus: Keeping Your Team Secure While Working From Home
The Coronavirus has caused stresses across our lives, and cyber criminals are feasting on the chaos. While we work together to protect each other from the virus, we need to remain vigilant of heightened cyber risks of teams working from home. A compromised machine is devastating in this environment. IT
(Amateur) Hackers Wreak Havoc
The global spread of high-speed internet infrastructure has brought huge leaps in education and connection to virtually every corner of the planet. But there is a dark underside. Nowadays, anyone with a computer and a desire for cash can launch cyber attacks on our organizations, schools and governments. These attackers
Why Is It Critical to Have "Fully Automated" Security Awareness Training?
In short, it ensures your program is complete, accurate and active. We commonly hear the same challenges about Training programs: “We'll start next quarter when things slow down.”“I know it’s important, but I’m not sure which courses are required for our organization.”“We did a phishing campaign
Ransomware Takes Down Fort Worth Schools
The good news is that students are on Spring Break. The bad news is that Fort Worth's School District has completely shut its network after a ransomware attack last week. The district hopes everything will be back to normal by next Monday, when students and teachers return from spring break
Georgia City Pays $380k Ransom (to Russia?)
Newly publicized documents reveal that Georgia's City of Cartersville paid hackers $380k in Bitcoin to restore their machines. The payment came as the city was under attack by Ryuk Ransomware in May 2019. "Cybersecurity experts with the FBI suspect the Ryuk ransomware is the handiwork of Russian cybercriminals."It's always
City Notifies Residents of Cyber Attack via Social Media
Nebraska's Wayne City suffered a debilitating ransomware attack. With all systems shut down, the city was forced to notify residents through Facebook. "All of our internet based communication and systems are down." - Wayne City FacebookThe attackers may have stolen personal data, so city officials are encouraging residents to be
