Net Neutrality Update: Time to Weigh In on FCC Rules
An NPR report details how the FCC's recent efforts to please consumers, businesses, and ISPs may leave no one happy. The FCC has proposed new rules for Internet service providers (ISPs), but the rules...
View ArticleTried and True: Phishing Scams Still Cause Data Breaches
Phishing attacks can strike organizations of any size. They are especially frustrating for IT professionals because they exploit a weakness that all organizations have: user error.Phishing attacks...
View ArticleRe: Your Recent Spear Phishing Attack
Unless you're an IT professional who lives in Hawaii, most of the time you say the phrase "spear phishing" when you're referring to an email that looks friendly but really contains malware. If you are...
View Article55% of Small Businesses Might Want to Hire You
The Boston Globe reported earlier this month on an unbelievable small business statistic: 55 percent of small businesses don't have a website. Yeah. Despite the fact that it's 2014 and Elon Musk has...
View ArticleYour Clients Want the Cloud? Make Sure They Know the Risks
So your clients want to move their applications or IT solutions to the cloud. Likely, they’ve heard about the many benefits touted by cloud services and products, which typically promise data...
View ArticleCyber Crime Costing Almost as Much as Drug Crime
The Center for Strategic and International Studies has issued a report on the total cost of cyber crime, and what it found is astonishing. According to the Washington Post, this report (sponsored by...
View ArticleDefense Against the Hacking Arts Requires CONSTANT VIGILANCE
According to ThreatPost, researchers have found a way to bypass PayPal's two-factor authentication an enhanced security feature recommended by many security experts. This proves – much like in the...
View ArticleThe Puns Are Bad, but the Security Threats Are Worse
The average user probably doesn't even suspect that their SOHO (small office / home office) router could be hacked. When your small business clients think about network security, they probably only...
View ArticleNet Neutrality Protest Sees Significant Engagement
The Wall Street Journal reports net neutrality advocates coordinated a protest across the Internet that had companies like Netflix, Reddit, Mozilla, and others voicing their displeasure at the FTC. As...
View Articlehttp://www.techinsurance.com/blog/consultant-liability/why-the-average-ddos-a...
Incapsula conducted a survey of IT professionals and found the average distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack cost their clients $500,000. The survey focused on mid- and large-size clients (250 –...
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