Cybersecurity Awareness Month – Cyber Preparedness
Defending your business from Cyberattacks takes preparation and practice.
Weekly blog articles covering current, critical cybersecurity topics to help the world become more aware and more secure.
Defending your business from Cyberattacks takes preparation and practice.
Life isn’t fair. Companies that are victims of a cyberattack are most often blamed (64%) by consumers for inadequate controls and protective mechanisms for their cybersecurity program. Perception is reality and so the time to prepare and harden your company to these attacks is now. Don’t wait until a breach happens, sign up for CyberHoot today.
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Banking information, healthcare records, credential databases are all extremely valuable to hackers seeking to profit from the sale of this data on the Dark web. Know what data you have and how it is both saleable and to be protected. Begin building your cybersecurity program today to protect against breaches with CyberHoot.
Privacy regulations have been passed in 70% of the world’s countries and 100% of the Americas. Is your website privacy policy up-to-date with these regulations? If not, you’re going to need to spend some energy complying. CyberHoot’s vCISO services can help. Visit us today.
The dark web contains marketplaces where illegal items are traded including credentials into our online accounts. For as little as $2.00/account hackers can by employee credentials to breach your company’s email systems, VPN, or online SaaS applications to cause havoc and steal your money, data, or both. Learn how to protect yourself using CyberHoot.
Phishing attacks are up 600% since the pandemic. Ignoring them is not an option. Train and test employees today on spotting and avoiding phishing attacks with CyberHoot.
Healthcare providers are huge targets for ransomware because modern ransomware publishes patient data online if you don’t pay the ransom. Gone are the days where you could simply restore your critical data from backup and ignore the ransom. For healthcare providers, a ransomware breach is the worst possible outcome. Pay the ransom, report the attack, pay the HIPAA fine for lack of cybersecurity protections. Get busy today creating a strong defense-in-depth cybersecurity program to protect your patient records.
Hackers hide in our networks for long periods of time (~200 – 250 days). Build a robust cybersecurity program to keep them out with CyberHoot.
Ransomware attacks are up 61% in the last 2 years. 64% of companies paid the ransom but 40% who paid never recovered their data!
The Hidden Costs of a Data Breaches Data breaches happen all the time. From ransomware to business email compromise, businesses are predicted to lose 10.5 billion dollars to cyberattacks per …
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Ransomware costs continue to increase year over year for SMBs. News headlines talk about multi-million dollar Ransomware breach costs, but those apply primarily to enterprises. For the average SMB, the costs are in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. $139,000 to be exact or 65% more than last year ($84,000).
Preparations have never been more important or simple for SMBs to train up their employees to fight the scourge of cyberattacks.
Ransomware costs continue to increase year over year for SMBs. News headlines talk about multi-million dollar Ransomware breach costs, but those apply primarily to enterprises. For the average SMB, the costs are in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. $139,000 to be exact or 65% more than last year ($84,000).
Preparations have never been more important or simple for SMBs to train up their employees to fight the scourge of cyberattacks.
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The Morgan Stanley data breach of 2022 where surplus equipment was sent to a 3rd party for data destruction but ended up on eBay is a lesson’s learned treasure trove. From Data Retention and Destruction process failures to contract failures to 3rd party risk management failures, there are plenty of improvement opportunities for SMBs and MSPs to learn from here. This article highlights how you can improve your cybersecurity program from the failures of this breach.
Mon. Aug. 29th Update: CyberHoot isn’t the only one to caution about throwing the Baby out with the Bath Water when reacting to the LastPass password management company breach. Here …
CyberHoot monitors for trends in attacks whether against organizations or individuals. Recently we learned of a growing trend in which Internet profiteers and porn websites are abusing woman through the …
Secure your business with CyberHoot Today!!! Sign Up Now Customers from over 300 restaurants’ had payment card details stolen in web-skimming campaigns targeting three online ordering platforms. Web-skimmers, or Magecart …
CyberHoot Vulnerability Alert Management Process (VAMP) Rating: Critical/Red July 19th, 2022: CyberHoot has learned of multiple Microsoft and Adobe vulnerabilities that can allow for Remote Code Execution (RCE) on your devices that …
Secure your business with CyberHoot Today!!! Sign Up Now China has landed in the middle of one of the largest data breaches of all time after a government developer wrote …
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Secure your business with CyberHoot Today!!! Sign Up Now We’re constantly receiving emails, text messages, and phone calls from scammers claiming to be reputable brands we use. What you may …
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CyberHoot Vulnerability Alert Management Process Rating (VAMP): Critical/Red June 15th, 2022: CyberHoot has learned of multiple Adobe Product vulnerabilities, where the most severe of which could allow for arbitrary code …
Secure your business with CyberHoot Today!!! Sign Up Now A group of engineers at the University of California San Diego has shown for the first time that the Bluetooth signals …
CyberHoot Vulnerability Alert Management Process Rating (VAMP): Critical/Red June 7th, 2022: CyberHoot has learned of multiple critical Android vulnerabilities, affecting millions of Android smartphones, that have been patched today. Critical …
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CyberHoot Vulnerability Alert Management Process Rating (VAMP): Critical/Red May 31st, 2022: CyberHoot has learned of a Remote Code Execution (RCE) bug that can be exploited in Microsoft Office files. Security researcher …
Secure your business with CyberHoot Today!!! Sign Up Now Many malicious email campaigns today leverage Word documents to hide and spread malware, but a recently discovered campaign uses a malicious …
CyberHoot Vulnerability Alert Management Process Rating (VAMP): Critical/Red May 25th, 2022: CyberHoot has learned of multiple Google Chrome Web Browser vulnerabilities that could allow for arbitrary code execution. Successful exploitation of …
Secure your business with CyberHoot Today!!! Sign Up Now According to a joint advisory from the U.S. Department of State, the Department of the Treasury, and the Federal Bureau of …
CyberHoot Vulnerability Alert Management Process Rating (VAMP): Critical/Red May 19th, 2022: CyberHoot has learned of a number of VMware software vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2022-22954 (Base score: 9.8/10) and CVE-2022-22960 (Base score: …
Secure your business with CyberHoot Today!!! Sign Up Now The HP Wolf Security threat research team has identified a 2700% increase in Emotet infections in the first quarter of 2022, …
May 16th, 2022: CyberHoot has investigated a SonicWall advisory warning of a trio of security flaws in its Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 1000 appliances, including a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability. …
Secure your business with CyberHoot Today!!! Sign Up Now In early May 2022, Google, Apple, and Microsoft announced plans to support a common passwordless sign-in standard created by the Fast …
Secure your business with CyberHoot Today!!! Sign Up Now In late April 2022, Google announced they’ve enabled new options for removing Personally Identifiable Information (PII) from Google Searches. Google is …
Secure your business with CyberHoot Today!!! Sign Up Now Anyone who owns a cellphone has likely received an unexpected text message from a number they don’t recognize containing a link …
April 22nd, 2022: CyberHoot has investigated a Java Product vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-21449 that allows accounts to be remotely exploitable without authentication. In other words, this vulnerability can be exploited …
Secure your business with CyberHoot Today!!! Sign Up Now Cybersecurity remains a top concern for businesses and individuals alike. With each year passing, new technologies emerge to protect you from …
Secure your business with CyberHoot Today!!! Sign Up Now There is a concerning and highly effective strategy that criminal hackers are now using to harvest sensitive customer data from Internet …
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Secure your business with CyberHoot Today!!! Sign Up Now In January 2021, reports emerged of a backup-targeting ransomware strain called Deadbolt aimed at small businesses, hobbyists, and serious home users. …
March 22nd, 2022: CyberHoot is investigating a potential breach at Okta, developers of a cloud-based identity and access management solution used by thousands of companies world-wide. Okta is currently investigating, …
Secure your business with CyberHoot Today!!! Sign Up Now Co-Authored by Craig Taylor, CEO CyberHoot In a world of deepfakes and misinformation, too many people are tricked by things they …
Secure your business with CyberHoot Today!!! Sign Up Now Korean security analysts have spotted a malware distribution campaign that uses video game ‘cheat’ baits on YouTube to trick players into …
Secure your business with CyberHoot Today!!! Sign Up Now An analysis of data from more than 200,000 network-connected infusion pumps used in hospitals and healthcare entities has revealed that 75% …
Secure your business with CyberHoot Today!!! Sign Up Now In Mid-February 2022, institutions central to Ukraine’s military and economy were hit with a wave of Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. The …
Secure your business with CyberHoot Today!!! Sign Up Now Co-Authored by Craig Taylor In an ever-changing online world, data breaches continue to increase in frequency and impact. Cybersecurity threats come …
February 18th, 2022: If you’re using PHP in your network, check that you’re using the latest versions, currently 7.4.28 or 8.1.3. Released yesterday [2022-02-17], this version fixes various memory mismanagement …