Learn to identify and avert data hostage situations Ransomware is malware constructed by cyber-criminals to encrypt your network data and hold it hostage until you pay their ransom. Slow Down! Use the checklist below to review messages before opening any links carefully. Safety checklist Do I know the sender? Was this an expected or a typical correspondence? Why was this email sent to me? Can the link be verified as safe? Is the email threatening and pressuring you to act imm

The last line of defense for any Business's Computer Network is an educated end-user. Sophisticated firewalls, anti-virus software, web filtering, and email filtering are the foundation of solid cybersecurity, but an untrained employee remains the biggest threat to your network security. The lag between discovery of a new malware variant and the engineering and application of new protection creates a brief security opening that can only be blocked by a focused user who reco

Phishing attacks just keep coming. Cyber-criminals use the same basic methods but add new twists that leverage current events. Twitter comes forward to warn of an internal security lapse and recommends users update their passwords. Twitter: @TwitterSupport tweeted on May 3: “We recently found a bug that stored passwords unmasked in an internal log. We fixed the bug and have no indication of a breach or misuse by anyone. As a precaution, consider changing your password on al