InfoSec (3)
What is Killware? What You Need to Know About the Newest Cybersecurity Threat
Killware has been frequenting the news in recent weeks. Some of the actual headlines, from real news sources, can come across as pretty frightening:
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Top Cybersecurity Threats for Business in 2021
Love them or loathe them, year-end lists are an obligatory part of the final weeks of any year, and 2021 is no different. Now, OpenVPN isn’t qualified to report on the best books, albums, movies, or television shows of the year. Anything about the best and/or worst dressed? Not our area of expertise. But we are uniquely qualified to break down the
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When Employees Skip Network Security
Edit: OpenVPN Cloud is now CloudConnexa® — learn more here. Last year, at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, small businesses and enterprises alike shifted to remote work. In fact, the 2021 Remote Workforce Security Report found that 75% of companies shifted 75% of their workforce to remote work. When the report was released in early August, the
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What Are The Dangers of the Dark Web for Businesses?
Back in March, a SpaceX engineer pleaded guilty to secretly selling insider tips on the dark web. Going by the name "MillionaireMike," not only did he purchase personal information — including names, addresses, dates of birth, and social security numbers — and use that information to conduct trades on a company that has not been made public, he
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Prevent Insider Threats (Without Alienating Your Team)
In 2018, 34% of all company data breaches came from the inside. That means that on average, a third of the risk a company faces when it comes to network security comes from insider threats — our own employees. With all the work and effort we put into protecting our company’s data, this can feel, at best, demoralizing. What do we do when so much of
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Security in the Financial Sector: 4 Ways To Protect Yourself and Your Company
According to a recent report, 84% of financial organizations surveyed claim to have online users who have experienced successful account takeovers. And a problem doesn’t just affect users — it has a very real impact on your bottom line. The report, published by Aberdeen Strategy Research on behalf of PerimeterX, also found that the costs generated
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Enterprise AR/VR: Keep Your Network Secure
Every year, it seems like more science fiction dreams become reality. When Star Trek first aired, the handheld devices they used did so much more than two-way communication, seen largely as flights of fancy in the real world. Now, smartphones are so ubiquitous that they’re virtually woven into the fabric of our society.
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Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and Your Business
Recently, the music band Kings of Leon sold one of their albums as an NFT at $50 each. They made $2 million. Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, sold his first tweet as an NFT for $2.9 million and donated the proceeds to charity. Will Smith and Michael Jordan have both invested in the NBA Top Shot developer, which offers NFTs as digitally licensed
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Digital Certificates: The Do's and Don'ts
“Encrypt everything” is now a prime directive on the Internet. That’s generally good advice, but setting up effective encryption isn’t as simple as flipping a switch. Managing the public and private keys and digital certificates that are essential to robust security takes careful planning and constant vigilance. This isn’t a set-it-and-forget-it
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What Businesses Can Learn from The Kaseya Ransomware Attack
Over the Fourth of July weekend, an IT solutions company, Kaseya, was attacked and infected with ransomware. Now, even with the full resources of the United States government to support them, this attack is still affecting thousands of businesses globally. With the perpetrators demanding millions, this attack has the potential to continue a
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