Because many families, and business professionals, received new tablets for the holidays, it is important to consider security. Families, as well as businesses, may choose to restrict permissions on devices. Here’s how: Set a passcode on the device. Even a 4-digit...
First, the attacker population is outpacing the ability to control them. Attacks are trending higher at an ever-increasing rate. Be extra security-diligent. Second, ransomware, software that prevents you from accessing your information until you pay a ransom,...
In our experience of auditing after breaches have happened, about half were caused by a service provider working for the company that gets breached. Almost always, the vendor or contractor had no malicious intent. Their organization’s own IT systems were not secure,...
Once an attacker accesses one computer, they attempt to traverse the network and infect other computers too. That’s how ransomware spreads on a network. By default, all of your computers permit communication between each other, and attackers use those same...
