Malicious activity is on the rise, especially with COVID-19 and many businesses transitioning to a remote workforce. During the first 100 Days of the pandemic, there was a 33.5 percent increase in cyberattacks. In corporate settings, human error accounts for […]
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TechSpective Podcast Episode 049 Malware is a massive problem that costs businesses around the world billions of dollars every year. Much of the effort to fight malware is a simple game of cat and mouse where attackers find a weakness
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By Maribeth Anderson and Emily Selck Cyber criminals are capitalizing on the current pandemic and finding greater success in breaching an increasing number of business networks. Safeguard your network during this unprecedented time with these 7 best practices. Viruses aren’t
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As the world collectively deals with COVID-19, many organizations have enacted company-wide work from home policies to help slow the spread of the virus. For many organizations the sudden requirement to support home working en masse has exposed an uncomfortable
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I like to watch old westerns, and there is a common thread that weaves through them that showcases that the lack of cooperation between the states led to profitable criminal organizations, which made living in the Old West very risky.
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Inner Circle Podcast Episode 047 My guest for this episode is Fabian Wosar, CTO of Emsisoft. Emsisoft is a New Zealand-based maker of antimalware and endpoint security solutions that has established itself as a leader in the fight against ransomware.
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Qualys is a sponsor of TechSpective Microsoft kicked off the new decade with a bang. Last Tuesday was the first Microsoft Patch Tuesday of 2020, and one of the patches pushed out by Microsoft addresses a dangerous flaw in Crypt32.dll
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National Cybersecurity Awareness Month is upon us again, and it’s a great time to be reminded that the top cause of corporate data breaches is phishing. The very nature of phishing is to elicit an end-user response that makes it
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In May 2019, most of Baltimore’s government computer systems were infected with a new and aggressive ransomware variant named RobbinHood. All servers, with the exception of essential services, were taken offline as a result of targeted attacks. In a ransom
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Qualys is a sponsor of TechSpective Technology and cybersecurity are constantly changing and evolving—as are the tools, techniques and processes used by cyber attackers. Just because something may have been relatively effective once upon a time doesn’t necessarily mean it
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