According to analysis by cybersecurity researchers, over half of ransomware attacks are targeting one of three industries; banking, utilities and retail but they’ve warned that all industries are at risk from attacks and no business or industry is safe. This data was gathered during a period when some of the most high-profile ransomware attacks of the past […]
What is a DDoS attack? A distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS attack) sees an attacker flooding the network or servers of the victim with a wave of internet traffic so big that their infrastructure is overwhelmed by the number of requests for access, slowing down services or taking them fully offline and preventing legitimate users from […]
What’s your most valuable online account, the one most deserving of protection? If you use a Microsoft account to sign in to a Windows PC, that account and its associated email address should be the one you guard most. That’s especially true if you use that Microsoft account for OneDrive storage and documents that you […]
Our daily lives revolve around the internet more than ever, and with that comes risks. Cyberattacks have become an increasing issue and data breaches are the most common form of cyber crime. Experts estimate that there’s a new victim every two seconds. Despite this, data breaches aren’t hard to protect yourself from it just takes some […]
It’s no secret that there are many dangers when protecting online accounts with only basic password-based authentication. Despite this, the transition to stronger forms of authentication has been slow. As consumers and businesses become wiser to the imperative of better protecting their accounts, they realize that two- and multi-factor authentication is a must have. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) recommends 2FA for all […]
Everyone needs a password manager in 2021. It’s the only way to maintain unique, hard-to-guess credentials for every secure site you and your team access daily. The six password manager apps and services listed in this blog all offer a full set of features in exchange for a monthly or annual fee. Our evaluation is based on the full feature […]
Cybercriminals have been targeting more and more Mac users recently and by taking the proper actions, you can fully safeguard your Mac against attacks. Cybersecurity doesn’t have to be complicated, you can easily protect your Mac and your most sensitive data in a few simple steps. Macs do have built-in security settings, but they’re often not used effectively leaving your […]
Microsoft brings users a great operating system for personal computers, and while it has built-in security features they are not enough to fully protect yourself. Therefore, you need to improve the security level of your computer, which will make it more secure against viruses, malware, other malicious programs and even hackers. Here are the top […]
Hackers are using weak and stolen credentials in a significant way to compromise business-critical environments. Stealing access to your environment using a known password for a user account is a much easier way to compromise systems than relying on other vulnerabilities. Therefore, using good password security and robust password policies is an excellent way for organizations […]