Security For SMBs

The FBI last week published a public service announcement updating its warnings about the continuing threat of business email compromise (BEC, also called CEO fraud). The problem has reached shocking proportions: between June of 2016 and December of 2021, the Bureau counted Read More

As ransomware costs increase, along with the effectiveness and use of extortions, smaller businesses are paying the price, according to new data from Webroot. Small businesses seem to be easy prey for ransomware gangs, according to Webroot’s just-released BrightCloud Threat Read More

A new notification from the FBI warns organizations of attacks at the perfect time when organizations are spending money, new people are being introduced, and operations are in flux. Threat actors like nothing more than a dash of chaos when it comes to timing their attacks. If Read More

Taking advantage of people’s need for financial assistance, these scammers pose as a bank offering “forgivable business loans to individuals impacted by the pandemic.” Nothing says lowlife more than someone who purposely targets those who are already down and out. Those Read More

The unwitting participant appears to be alive and well, based on new data from security vendor Mimecast. With employees being the source of attack surface expansion, what’s an organization to do? When you think of cyberattacks, the assumption is that it’s a simple matter of “the Read More

Rather than attempt to hack user credentials and gain access to Accounts Payable applications, hackers are now impersonating the CFO and obtaining all the detail they need to launch a scam. In a decidedly smart move, hackers are now shifting tactics to make it easier to build a Read More

A new report from the National Cyber Security Alliance sheds some light on how prepared small- and medium-size businesses are and what the aftermath of a data breach really looks like. When 1,000 small business owners open up to talk about cybersecurity, it’s probably a good idea Read More

How resellers can help small and midsized businesses deploy XaaS to beat the odds Equifax. Target. Yahoo. You might recognize these companies as ones that have made headlines for a less-than-glamorous reason—a data breach. But don’t let the headlines mislead you. If you believe Read More