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Typos are usually small mistakes you make when you’re writing on your phone or computer. “Fat fingers” are responsible for writing “teh” instead of “the” and accidentally ending a sentence in “1” instead of “!”.
Unlike a simple typo when you’re messaging your friends, typosquatting is much more sinister.
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How do you get new software onto your systems?
There are two ways you might get new applications delivered to your system: On-premise and software as a service.
On-premise software is installed and maintained on the customer’s own servers, whereas SaaS software is hosted and managed by a third-party vendor.
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Samsung just got strapped with a $4M arbitration fee to over 35K customers involved in a class action lawsuit against the telecom company.
Why are they being sued? Allegedly, they’ve been misusing their customers’ biometric data.
Although we push cybersecurity and cyber-awareness all year round, the month of October is specially dedicated to improving and educating ourselves about online security awareness. The winter is known for being a lucrative time for bad actors, both because the cold weather pushes us inside and largely due to the holiday season.
Introduction
Have you heard of cookies before?
No, not the kind made with chocolate chips or oatmeal raisins…
We’re talking about Internet cookies.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that websites save on your computer or mobile device when you visit them.
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If you’re reading this now, the title must have intrigued you. Are you involved with the onboarding and offboarding process in your organization, to any extent?
Whenever someone is entering or exiting the company, a window of opportunity opens.
Introduction
A ransomware group called Black Basta continues its reign of terror against organizations in the healthcare, manufacturing and technology sectors. The group has already claimed responsibility for several high-profile attacks, including an attack on a major US healthcare provider that resulted in the theft of patient data.
College has changed since many of us were students. Years ago, we’d be shuffling from class to class, holding a single notebook and a pencil for scribbling down notes. There wasn’t as big a risk of photos or data being stolen online.
That’s no longer the case.
Cybercriminals know the easiest way to sneak under your radar is to pretend to be a brand you know and trust. These large companies have spent years on marketing, customer service, branding and consistency to build a trustworthy reputation, and hackers leverage this to go after you.
Back in May, the company MOVEit, a file transfer platform made by Progress Software, was compromised by a Russian ransomware operation called Cl0p. They used a vulnerability in Progress’s software that was unknown to exist at the time. Shortly after the attack was noticed, a patch was issued.
