Category: Interesting

May 17, 2019

Microsoft Warns Of A ‘New Wannacry’: Newly Discovered ‘Wormable’ Exploit In The Wild

Good News for organized crime, and other criminal, system attackers: Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) has coughed up another furball of coding incompetence (aka CVE-2019-0708): Microsoft’s Security Response Center’s Director of Incident Response – Simon Pope, has announced a newly discovered ‘wormable‘ exploit (a...

May 15, 2019

Microsoft SharePoint servers are under attack

Canadian and Saudi cybersecurity agencies warn of attacks that have been going on for at least two weeks. Hacker groups are attacking Microsoft SharePoint servers to exploit a...

May 7, 2019

How Tech Culture Has Changed Since The GDPR

As we approach the one-year anniversary of the GDPR which went into effect on 25 May 2018, we can now review the benefits and pitfalls of the EU’s General Data Protection...

May 3, 2019

How to get data destruction right under GDPR

When your business last disposed of its computers, were you sure all the data stored on them was safely and securely destroyed? Businesses now collect and store massive quantities...

April 26, 2019

Reeling us in: How phishing email scams keep getting smarter

Open your preferred email client. Now hit “page down” three times. Chances are one of the messages that just scrolled past you is a phishing email, a message that’s intended...

April 17, 2019

The Cybersecurity Threat Of GDPR

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) represented a new phase in data security and EU regulators’ approach to it. Designed to safeguard consumers with greater...

April 12, 2019

A quarter of phishing emails bypass Microsoft 365 security

Cloud-based email is leaving enterprises vulnerable to phishing attacks capable of giving cyber criminals access to a wide range of critical data, warn security researchers A...

April 9, 2019

GDPR: Do You Know if Your Organization Needs to Comply?

Many have heard tidbits about the acronym “GDPR,” but do not understand the regulation or feel that it doesn’t apply to their organization since it is a European Union law....

March 29, 2019

Security and Privacy are the Biggest Cloud Data Migration Challenges

According to new research by data virtualization provider Denodo, security and privacy are the biggest cloud data migration challenges. The Denodo Global Cloud Survey 2019 is the...

March 27, 2019

Five Tech Trends Driving Cybersecurity In 2019

When industry analyst Gartner listed its top 10 technology trends for 2019, one of the primary themes that stood out was cybersecurity. Things continue to move fast on both sides...

March 22, 2019

These are the 12 most common phishing email subject lines cyber criminals use to fool you

Analysis of over 360,000 phishing emails reveals some common themes in phoney emails sent to businesses. Don’t get caught out by these ones. The most common subject lines...

March 13, 2019

Ransomware, the reoccurring revenue model for cybercriminals

Ransomware will make even the most experienced IT professional shiver.. Let’s say you woke up feeling refreshed and have a perfect commute into work, Life is good then when you...

March 8, 2019

Microsoft Security reports a massive increase in malicious phishing scams

Microsoft’s Security team analyzes more than 6.5 trillion security signals a day to identify trends that could affect the digital landscape that we all live in. After scanning...

March 6, 2019

All Roads Lead to Team Collaboration – You Ready?

Your decision on tool choice needs to account for the baseline capabilities plus so much more, as UC analyst Diane Myers shares in our No Jitter On Air podcast. As recently as...

February 26, 2019

5 business benefits of using the Cloud

Cloud technology, it’s anything but fluffy! In fact, there are some fantastic benefits for getting down with ‘the cloud’ in your business. Here are the five...

February 20, 2019

The first real test of GDPR

Comply or else The fine issued to Google by France’s data protection regulator, is the first significant fine to one of the large tech giants, for failing to comply with...

February 13, 2019

5 Email Security Features Your Clients Really Need

Email security features such as encryption, filtering and archiving make complying with email best security practices easier for users to follow and keep data and networks safe....

February 6, 2019

Have a safe trip: Avoid these cloud migration pitfalls and errors

The promise of improved efficiency, security, and flexibility continues to lure more organizations to the cloud. However, they still need to keep an eye on the safety and privacy...

February 1, 2019

What I learned by taking a month-long break from email

Last fall, I ran a successful Kickstarter campaign for a pair of glasses that block screens. Ironically, I found myself glued to screens more than ever. I was growing a community...

January 30, 2019

Words to go: Azure migration services

Before Microsoft shops begin to move workloads from on-premises data centers to Azure, they should carefully choose a migration tool to help forge their path. Most IaaS providers...