Confessions of a Ransomware Victim
First things first. My name isn't really Tom, and I don't really work for a company named Metal Fabricators Anonymous. But all of the other story details I'm going to tell you are indeed true.
So yeah, my name is Tom and I'm a software application specialist at Metal Fabricators Anonymous in Michigan. We're a mid-sized manufacturing company with about 150 employees spread between o…
Bringing IT Security to the Forefront in K-12 Districts
Not long ago, in a sleepy town in Central Illinois, an email request from the district Superintendent was sent to an employee asking for social security numbers and wage information for employees. Shortly thereafter, 400 school district employees had their private information compromised, and now, months later, the incident leaves a bitter taste in the mouths of families impacted by the securit…
Assign Office 365 Licenses with Active Directory Groups
Assign Office 365 Licenses with Active Directory Groups
In this post I will walk through the options of assigning Office 365 Licenses based on Active Directory Group membership. Microsoft recently released the new feature in Azure Active Directory which allows you to apply Azure licenses, as well as Office 365 licenses based on group membership.
To get started and mak…
How to Become a Threat Intel Expert Like MalwareTech
Technology professionals all have something that pushes them to be better in their work. The technology industry, after all, doesn’t sit still. To be successful, tech workers need to stay one step ahead of the latest trends. As systems and protocols continue to change, so do the needs and skills required to do tech jobs and do them well. For those who work in threat intel, like Marcus Hutchins, t…
Dissecting Petya Ransomware — What Can You Do to Protect Your Computer?
The new
Petya-like ransomware just served a big blow
to hundreds of banks, corporations, government organizations, post offices and shopping outlets around the world, spreading like fire, taking advantage of the EternalBlue exploit used by
WannaCry
ransomware only a few weeks before.
Petya, Petrwrap, EternalPetya — while the world is still deciding what to call this damaging ran…
What Your Social Media Page is Begging for
As a small business, you should concern yourself more with your social media presence and exposure than the big names out there. Why? They already have the exposure they need. Big brands already have a decent customer base, and although, yes, they also worry about bringing in new customers, their success is not completely hinged on it.
The same cannot be said for your business,…
Protecting Active Directory Credentials Amidst New Threats [VIDEO]
Credential theft in Active Directory (AD) has been a longtime vulnerability issue. With the outbreak of reason ransomware and malware viruses, however, the act of properly securing these credentials is now of utmost importance.
As Bhavik Shan, solutions architect at Skyport Systems, informed us in yesterday’s webinar on “How Hackers Steal Your Credentials”, this problem is more …
Verizon Cloud-Server Breach Puts 6M Customer Identities at Risk
Yesterday, cyber resilience startup, UpGuard, issued a
report
that as many as 14 million U.S. Verizon customers have fallen victim to a hack that stole their names, addresses, account details, and PINs. The hack has been identified as a “misconfigured cloud-based file repository,” meaning customer information was moved to a publicly-accessible bucket with a third-party cloud provid…
Making USB Storage Read-Only Through Group Policy
Intro
Many businesses have a need or desire to protect their data. Perhaps your organization has compliance requirements in your industry, such as HIPAA or PCI. Or perhaps your concerned about employee data theft of trade secrets, client lists, or other information. Whatever your reason, you can prevent users from taking data out of company offices through the use of USB flash driv…
7 Sure Fire Ways To Improve Your Web Performance Strategy
Originally, this post was published on Monitis Blog, you can check it
here
.
In business circles, we sometimes hear that today is the “age of the customer.” And so it is. Thanks to the enormous advances over the past few years in consumer technologies such as mobile and social media, customers are the ones who “shop with their voice” so to speak. The world of blog, forums, …
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