When it comes to phishing attacks, a few techniques are most commonly used to attack PCs. Data from cybersecurity company Proofpoint analyzed billions of emails targeting Proofpoint customers for the following conclusions.
Microsoft Office macros, Sandbox evasion, and PowerShell are the most popular among cybercriminals distributing attacks.
If you've considered bending the truth or "lies by omission" on your cybersecurity application, we strongly encourage you to reconsider. The consequences can be expensive and far-reaching, as they appear that they will be for Cottage Health (Cottage) (Source).
Cottage carried cyber-insurance from Columbia Casualty (Columbia). By providing false responses to the insurance risk assessment questionnaire, Cottage appears to be facing the consequences without any coverage from Columbia when they were part of a hefty lawsuit.
Among the many challenges of 2020, healthcare organizations in the U.S. took a big hit on the cybersecurity front. As if the COVID-19 pandemic wasn't challenging enough, U.S. healthcare organizations experienced a record number of cybersecurity incidents.
Like many of us, you’ve probably worried about what it would be like to get your identity or private information stolen. You’re careful with your credit card information, your social security number, and other sensitive information. But have you ever wondered what you’re worth if your information were successfully stolen?
After completing a successful phishing campaign or data breach, cybercriminals sell stolen personal information on the black markets (i.e., the dark web). Researchers from Comparitech analyzed over forty web marketplaces to learn how much PayPal, SSN, and credit card information are worth to cybercriminals looking to sell the information.
At PK Tech, we service several industries, but our roots lie deep in CPA firms. Since the beginning, PK Tech has provided IT support for CPA firms, and we’ve learned a few crucial things in the process.
When choosing a portal for your CPA firm, there are several essential things to consider.
What is Microsoft Teams, and how can your business be integrating it? We’re so glad you asked.
Teams is a chat-based collaboration platform that allows easy document sharing, online meetings, and countless more useful features for efficient business communications.
Let’s take a reality check: should you use Chromebooks in your business? Great question.
The simple answer for the majority is no. But let’s break this down more.
Chromebooks, in simple terms, are Chrome (the internet browser) based computers.
A troubling new ransomware trend is gaining momentum. Known as the “pay or get breached” trend (also called the “double extortion” scheme), it gained a foothold in 2020 and is gaining steam as we begin 2021.
With more than 550 incidents in the fourth quarter alone, ransomware attackers have not been shy in adopting the “pay or get breached” scheme.
Passwords. The bane of our existence. Hard to remember. Annoying to reset. At the risk of being compromised at all times.
Good news: change is the works, and it could completely change passwords as we know them.
The current climate is this: password managers like 1Password, LastPass, and Dashlane solve some of the problems by generating strong, unique passwords for each individual account you have.
In early January, President Trump signed the HIPAA Safe Harbor Bill (HR 7898 ) into law. The HIPAA Safe Harbor law amends the HITECH Act, incentivizing HHS to take part in industry best practices for cybersecurity. You can read the full description of the new law here.
