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Failing the Phish Test
Phish testing your employees is a vital part of any security awareness program.  It seems logical that by exposing employees to phishing and helping them identify tactics, the chance of anyone in your organization to be phished lessens.  But does [...]
Tip of the Week: How to Be Active and Proactive With Your Network
Security troubles have many causes, but the only way to protect your business from any of them is to implement a comprehensive enterprise-level security solution. There are two other ways that you can work to protect your business, implementing [...]
Alert: 33.7 Millions Records Released to Public Due to Leak of Massive Marketing Database
In recent news, millions of records containing personal information were made available to the public in a sizable data leak, providing potential scammers with plenty of information to utilize in their schemes. These records were all part of a 53 GB [...]
These Police Officers Called for Backup… and it was Infected with Ransomware
The police exist to serve, protect, and enforce the law, but who can we turn to if even the cops are made victim of a cyberattack? This is the question the residents of Cockrell, Texas have to answer, as their police department fell victim to a [...]
Tip of the Week: You May Want to Remove Your Wi-Fi Information From the WiGLE Database
The next time you look at your device’s available Wi-Fi connections when in public, take a look at what some of the local connection names are. Chances are that you’ll see some names that match a nearby organization or family. Others might still [...]
How Vizio Got Busted for Spying on Its Customers
What have you watched on TV lately? Actually, never mind; if you don’t want to tell us, we can just ask Vizio. Relax--we’re not actually going through with this, but the fact remains that 11 million owners of Vizio televisions had their viewing [...]
Tip of the Week: Stuck Using a Public PC? Be Sure to Follow These 2 Privacy Tips
Full disclosure: we don’t recommend doing anything important, or really anything at all, on a public computer. However, we understand that sometimes life works out in an unideal fashion, and sometimes you can be stuck doing something you [...]
Worried About Identity Theft at Work? Follow These Tips for Peace of Mind
The Bureau of Justice estimated that five percent of the entire U.S. population were victimized by identity thieves, a total of 11.7 million people. While the methods of collecting the data that identity thieves need to commit their crime vary from [...]
The “S” in HTTPS is More Important Than You May Think
It would be an understatement to say that security, particularly encryption, is important while browsing the web. Though it was only recently that encryption became a major pain point for government regulation, encryption has been around for a very [...]
Hack a Hospital and Get Blacklisted By Other Hackers
Hackers are notorious for committing cybercrimes and exploiting what seems like everybody and anybody. Yet, just as there exists honor among thieves, there’s an unwritten rule within the hacking community: leave hospitals alone. Of course, if [...]