by Chuck Rutenberg | Feb 19, 2019 | Cyber Threats, Network Security
You may think that only large global enterprises are vulnerable to cyber-attacks. However, SMEs represent an alluring target to cyber criminals. Cyber attacks happen to organizations of all sizes, and the financial costs come from the attack, the fixes, any legal...
by Chuck Rutenberg | Feb 14, 2019 | Network Security
Two-factor authentication offers multiple levels of security and is a great way to prevent hackers from breaking into your system. Medical offices and financial institutions often implement two-factor authentication to protect the confidential data that is held within...
by Chuck Rutenberg | Jan 31, 2019 | Cyber Threats
By now, pretty much everyone who uses a computer has heard about phishing scams. For the sake of clarity, however, let’s recap: In a phishing attack (typically carried out by email, but also increasingly by text messages and other communications channels), the...
by Chuck Rutenberg | Jan 24, 2019 | Cyber Threats
Ah, the art of disguise. Ever since the Big Bad Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood (and probably earlier), one of the oldest tricks in the book is for a miscreant to pretend to be someone else—a phone or appliance repairman, a contractor, someone from the government, or...
by Chuck Rutenberg | Jan 17, 2019 | Cyber Threats
Internet fun fact: The term “spam” was first used in 1993 to refer not to unwanted email advertising, but to the accidental posting of 200 messages to a USENET news group. One of the readers of that group called it “spam,” for reasons that aren’t entirely clear. The...
