2020 has not only shown what environment can do to the humankind, it has also made us realize what Cyber attacks are capable of, and if we compare the disastrous impacts of both, we’ll come to an unerring conclusion that latter is unquestionably more threatening to Man. World Economic Forum …
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HUMANS ARE THE WEAKEST LINK IN INFORMATION SECURITY Hackers know that getting past humans is more facile than getting past cybersecurity programs. That’s why phishing emails are still the number one way they distribute viruses, ransomware, and other forms of malware. “The weakest link in the security chain is the …
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The demand for remote working as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic will invariably place pressures on organizations to ascertain the availability of corporate resources in geographic locations outside of corporate control. As a result of social-distancing measures, many Canadians are adjusting to a new routine of working from home. …
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“85% of MSPs report attack against SMBs in the last two years” read a report title few months ago “Average cost of downtime due to SMB attacks was $1,41,000 “ was a fact from the same report. These two headlines paint a gray picture of how SMB is under persistent …
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Brief overview of Social Engineering Social engineering is basically a type of fraud. It refers to the hacking of other people and obtaining information needed from them. This is an art of manipulating people so they give up their sensitive data and information. These cyber attackers are trying to trick …
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We talked about Malware in our last blog “Cyber Threat of Malware in 2020” and here we will dive into Ransomware which has many of the same characteristics of most traditional forms of malware. What is Ransomware? It’s a form of malware that has a special purpose, it encrypts data …
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What is Malware? Malware has been a serious security threat to both individuals and organizations since the late 1980s. It’s a catch-all term for any software that is designed to gain unauthorized access to computers or network equipment with the goals of causing damage, extracting information or making money for …
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In our last blog “Phishing- A Major Cyber Threat“, we spoke about Phishing, how cyber criminals utilize it frequently to target users and its forms. Now we are going to talk about how you can protect yourself from these attacks. There are five ways you can take which can reduce …
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What is Phishing? It’s a type of social engineering to trick users into sharing sensitive personal information like usernames, passwords and credit card number details with Cyber Criminals. Phishing has been around since the 1990s and still going strong: “The Comodo Cyber Security 2018 Global Threat Report lists email phishing …
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