August 09, 2018
The Week in Breach 07/30/19 – 08/03/18
This week contains the high-profile breach of Reddit, healthcare and education sectors and an exploration of a Dark Web hacking forum.
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June 06, 2018
The Week in Breach: 5/28/18 – 5/03/18
Breach news to share with your customers! Highlights from The Week in Breach: – Finance sector attacks ramping up – BackSwap JavaScript injections effectively circumventing detection – Honda has leaky buckets too
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June 26, 2017
MSPs Beware – Dropbox, Google Drive and other Cloud Storage Threats
A Managed Service Provider (MSP) has a lot to worry about within the information technology services they offer. Your clients probably store data that is critical to their continued success on your servers. If their network becomes breached, your network may become susceptible to risk and vice versa. Using cloud storage providers such as Dropbox, Google Drive and other Cloud Storage Threats may increase these chances because of the limited encryption options and the fact that IT will have limited control and usually no visibility.
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June 16, 2017
63% of Data Breaches Result From Weak or Stolen Passwords
In its recent 2016 Data Breach Investigations Report, Verizon Enterprise confirmed many industry trends that we see at ID Agent every day. The most glaring blind spot for organizations is how stolen credentials are the primary means by which hackers exploit their vital systems.
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April 17, 2017
How to Protect Your Business From Tax Scams
Do you think the IRS is protecting your personal information from cyber thieves? Apparently the Government Accountability Office (GAO) doesn’t think so. In a March 2016 report titled, “IRS Needs to Further Improve Controls Over Financial Taxpayer Data”, the GAO found that 28 vulnerabilities that the IRS claimed to have resolved have still not been fixed.
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