Cybersecurity Archives

The “New Normal” Continues in the Manufacturing Industry: A Roundtable Recap

This article is based on a recent conversation I had with leading manufacturers in the Midwest during a roundtable discussion. Workspace changes, remote work…

Protect Your Data, Protect Your Company

With more devices, applications, networks, and users, the complexity of password management and protecting your business’ data continues to grow. There are a few…

Preparing for Cyber Security Threats

On July 23, 2020, the fitness brand Garmin was hit by ransomware. This particular ransomware was called WastedLocker and was developed by members of…

The Importance of Practicing Incident Response

During times of stress, you can find kind people helping. Unfortunately, you can also find people trying to exploit vulnerabilities created by fear and…

Increased Cybersecurity and Fraud Risk for Government Organizations due to COVID-19

As local governments continue to face economic and social instability, nefarious individuals may identify more opportunities to commit and get away with fraudulent activities. Malicious individuals…

Thick as IP Thieves

Organizations want to believe that they can trust their employees with intellectual property (IP) security. In fact, to even hint at the idea that…

Passwordless Authentication

Passwordless authentication? Typical reactions to this phrase include “how is that possible?” or “how is that secure?” Passwords have been around since the 1960s…

Cisco Security Advisory

Your workstation and servers aren’t the only operating systems (OSes) that require patching. Firewalls, routers, and switches run OSes of their own and also…

It’s Just Email. How Bad Could It Be?

Amongst all other forms of communication, such as SMS, WhatsApp, Signal, Facebook, and the rest, email remains the most constant. It can become cluttered…

Security From a Partner That Has Been There, Done That

When looking at technology solutions, you need to work with a company that understands the intricacies of security and how it wraps around technology…

Zoom Security and Preventing Zoombombing

With the rapid increase in the use of video conferencing associated with social distancing to cope with COVID-19, the video conferencing application Zoom has…

Nice Backups. It Would be a Shame if They Got Encrypted…

Cyber extortionists continue to target all types of organizations with network-wide ransomware attacks. If you are familiar with ransomware, then you know that often…

Popularity of Zoom Results in a Data Breach

With COVID-19 affecting most everyone in our nation in some way or another, video conferencing software has been utilized by many during this time…

How to Use Powershell to Export MFA Status by User

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is essential to working in today’s business environment securely. MFA is an authentication method in which a computer user is granted access only after successfully…

Easy Wins for Active Directory – Part 3

In part 1 of this three-part series, we covered vulnerabilities related to NetBIOS Name Service (NBNS) and Link-Local Multicast Name Resolution (LLMNR) protocols. In…

Ransomware Regret?

Ransomware is one of the most common and prevalent forms of malware that targets both personal and business computer systems. If you’re not familiar…

Vulnerability Allows Malicious Domain Registration

I recently was reading a publication on security and came across this major zero-day vulnerability that has affected many different SaaS (Software-as-a-service) platforms and…

Remote Access Risks During the Coronavirus Crisis

As you’d expect with the current COVID-19 quarantine, a lot of companies are implementing quick fixes to get their employees working from home and continuing…

Inactive User Accounts – Risks and Best Practices

Inactive accounts or accounts that have never logged in to a machine are also known as “stale” user accounts. Stale accounts pose a security…

Scammers Tap COVID-19 Fear

And just like that, we were all reminded of how quickly everything can change. COVID-19, the coronavirus disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has…