Tag: data breaches
Tech Time Warp: Hack shuts down PlayStation Network for 3 weeks
Video games have been a godsend during the COVID-19 pandemic, providing those “staying at home” with diversion and a chance at safe social interaction (Animal Crossing, anyone?). It’s worth remembering, however, that even the big guys in digital gaming and...
The best and worst of data protection times are upon MSPs
A survey of nearly 1,000 IT professionals published finds that when it comes to data protection, it is truly the best and worst of times. Conducted by The Ponemon Institute on behalf of Experian, a provider of IT services, the...
The top 5 cybersecurity takeaways from 2019
The eggnog is freshly made, the presents are wrapped, and holiday cheer is here. Meanwhile, the MSP maintaining the North Pole network has been busy keeping the servers from crashing and hackers from breaching the wish lists. So now is...
Fallout from high profile breaches will have major impact on IT service providers
A recent series of high-profile data breaches is likely to have a profound impact on IT service providers for years to come.
MSPs are being used to breach their customers’ networks
Hackers will probe for whatever weak links they can find to breach an enterprise’s network. However, what if the weak link is you, the MSP? The scenario of an MSP as system’s victim instead of the protector is increasingly playing...
How you can prevent employees from sharing sensitive company information
Did you know that 70 percent of employees are sharing company information? Company information is valuable, critical, and most importantly, confidential. The future growth and success of your company could very well be destroyed should this data get leaked. So what’s the...
Have businesses learned their lesson from the Target breach?
This month marks five years since Target announced the data breach that exposed 70 million customers’ credit card numbers and banking information.
Gone phishing
When you have ransomware, cryptocurrency miners, and polymorphic malware to battle, it’s easy to put phishing education on the back burner. In fact, a new study shows that 95 percent of IT professionals underestimate its impact and fail to adjust...
Tech Time Warp: Big-time data breaches and the cybersecurity sins that led to them
Cybersecurity often seems like a moving target. The bad guys have a seemingly endless supply of spammy servers, plus all the time and budget in the world, whereas those charged with protecting companies from cybercrime face normal business constraints in...
Ask an MSP Expert: How can I use recent breaches to teach my SMBs?
Q: There have been a lot of cybersecurity attacks in the news lately, especially the Equifax breach. How can I use these scenarios as teachable moments for my SMB customers without scaring them? In the past few years, cyber crime...