The pace of tech innovation combined with the cyber arms race means integrating cybersecurity products is essential to keep up with fast-evolving threats. Open APIs are key. Key points: • The ability to rapidly integrate best-of-breed security products is crucial to staying ahead of fast-evolving threats. • Two primary ways to integrate products are open

Be Aware: Attackers Now Have The Capability To Clone Real People’s Voices To Increase The Success Of Business Email Compromise Attacks And Sway Public Opinion. Key Points: Malicious actors are using AI-based deepfake audio impersonations to enhance the success of business email compromise, though reports of these cyberattacks remain relatively rare. Advances in deepfake technology

Small businesses benefit their local communities in several ways. For one, they help instill an identity by adding unique and diverse characteristics to a community. Two, small businesses promote and cultivate innovation. Another big way that small businesses help their local markets is by encouraging healthy competition that invigorates the economy. This is also accompanied

In the movie The Matrix, there is one pivotal scene where Agent Smith has Neo by the neck as a subway train approaches. The dialogue that comes next is genius: “You hear that Mr. Anderson? That is the sound of inevitability.” In the movie, Neo is able to escape the rapidly approaching train, but many

A Social Engineering Attack Enabled Hackers To Penetrate Twitter’s Administrative Systems And Hijack High-Profile Accounts, Illustrating The Far-Reaching Impact Of Cybersecurity Lapses. Key points Authorities are probing a Twitter hack that hijacked the accounts of top politicians and business leaders and posted fraudulent messages asking for cryptocurrency donations. According to Twitter, the hack started with

Analysis of public cloud accounts across Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform reveals a silver lining when it comes to the protection of cloud data. New research shows that in the last year, 70% of organizations that use public cloud services experienced a security incident. These incidents included attacks from ransomware and other

Three of the top trends IT teams should be aware of when it comes to security threats in a remote workforce In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many organizations around the globe rapidly took health and safety precautions by supporting a remote workforce. Over the last several months, the conversation around moving towards a remote

Key Points: Online brand impersonation is a widespread problem that can damage a company’s reputation and cause financial losses for its customers and other contacts. Small businesses may think they’re too small for criminals to bother with, but that’s not true—and they may even be more vulnerable than larger companies. Simple yet effective steps can

The lazy days of summer 2020 are fast approaching. Ordinarily each of us would be looking forward to our upcoming retreat to distant lands with our families / friends for exploration, relaxation or excitement… some of us will manage all 3; kudos if you do! However, the odd air bridge aside, this year is different