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Fake WordPress Security Advisory Pushes Backdoor Plugin

WordPress administrators are being emailed fake WordPress security advisories for a fictitious vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-45124 to infect sites with a malicious plugin. The campaign has been caught and reported by WordPress security…
Ransomware Gang arrested Ukraine

Police Dismantle Ransomware Group Behind Attacks in 71 Countries

Ransomware Gang Behind Attacks in 71 Countries Arrested in Ukraine In cooperation with Europol and Eurojust, law enforcement agencies from seven nations have arrested in Ukraine the core members of a ransomware group linked to attacks against…
How to Find & Fix Compromised Passwords in Active Directory

Are Your End-Users’ Passwords Compromised? Here’s How to Check

Passwords have long been used as the primary gatekeepers of digital security, yet they can also be a weak link in the chain. The Growing Threat of Stolen Credentials According to IBM's 2023 Cost of a Breach report, phishing (16%) and stolen…
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Flash Is Dead

As 2020 closed, so did the era of Adobe’s Flash. Adobe will no longer support Flash and has advised its users to uninstall the software entirely. Some say good riddance as Flash had many issues including bugs and security vulnerabilities.…
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Review of Mark Hughes’s article “5 Lessons We Learned From Our Ransomware Attack”

Xchanging, a subsidiary of DXC based in the UK,  was attacked with ransomware on July 4th, 2020.  Mark Hughes, senior vice president of offerings and strategic partners at DXC Technology, wrote an article in the Harvard Business Review titled…
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The Scariest Data Breaches of the Last 10 Years

Up until April 2019, 540 million Facebook users’ data was up for grabs. Thankfully the insecure data was removed from unprotected cloud servers when it was discovered by Bloomberg.  The insecure data included account names, IDs, and…
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10 Do’s and Don’ts of Cybersecurity for Small Businesses

The best way to avoid cyberattacks is to be prepared. Small businesses are especially at risk of attack because they are like low-hanging fruit to hackers - the most vulnerable, with the least amount of security policies and practices implemented.…