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European Airport Finds 50% of its Computers Infected With Malware

October 28, 2019

50% of the workstations at an international airport in Europe have been infected by a cryptomining malware. The breach was discovered by researchers from cybersecurity company Cyberbit. The researchers stated that they detected the malware due to abnormal activity of the PAExec tool and Reflective DLL Loading on the infected computers. What is cryptojacking? Cryptojacking…
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Employees Maliciously Cause Data Breaches at American Express and Yahoo

October 7, 2019

In two separate incidents, U.S. companies American Express and Yahoo have both been affected by data breaches of their clients’ personal information. Both attacks were the result of insider threats – a type of cyberattack caused by an internal person in the company. The American Express Incident American Express stated that data that was leaked…
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What Is Malware and How Can You Stop It?

September 20, 2019

Malware, or malicious software, is any piece of software that is developed with malicious intent. There are many strains of malware that do everything from stealing sensitive data to locking files behind ransom walls. There are many ways that a computer can become infected with malware. Many of these, such as phishing, rely on user…
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3rd Party Programs: Are They Cybersecurity Weakpoints?

September 12, 2019

Almost 400 dental offices were infected with ransomware in a cyberattack this August. The computers became infected after DDS Safe, a 3rd party cloud backup software that all the affected offices were using, was compromised. The software was developed by Dental Technology Company PerCSoft. Affected offices had their computer files encrypted behind ransomwalls. On August…
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A Windows BlueKeep Exploit Is Now Commercially Available

July 31, 2019

Immunity Inc., an IT security consulting company, announced that a BlueKeep Exploit will now be included in CANVAS – the company’s commercially available security penetration-testing tool. BlueKeep is a security vulnerability that affects Windows 7, Windows 2003, Windows XP, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2008. Also known as CVE-2019-0708, the flaw allows attackers…
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Protecting yourself against Cryptojacking

November 19, 2018

A cryptojacking attack has forced St. Francis Xavier University to temporarily shut down its computer network systems. The university reports that the cyberattackers attempted to use the school’s computers resources to collect digital currency. What are cryptomining and cryptojacking? Cryptomining is the use of computer resources to collect cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin. The act of…
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Reporting Data Breaches: Do you need to do it?

October 29, 2018

Hong Kong’s flag carrier, Cathay Pacific, has been the latest in the long list of companies affected by major digital data breaches. It was reported that the sensitive data of over 9.4 million customers were compromised due to the incident. Over 400 expired credit card numbers, and 27 active cards (without CVV information) were leaked.…
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How to Prepare for the Upcoming Data Privacy Act

October 3, 2018

The Canadian government has set November 1st as the official date that the new Digital Privacy Act will be implemented. On this day, all private Canadian organizations will need to ensure that they have adhered to the rules defined by this new act. The document outlines regulations regarding the protocols of handling data breaches –…
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Four Essential GDPR Requirements To Consider

May 22, 2018

Four Essential GDPR Requirements To Consider A survey carried out by the ISACA found that a mere 29% of companies worldwide will be prepared for the compliance deadline of new the GDPR requirements, which will be implemented on May 25th 2018. The new regulation outlines requirements for businesses in order to protect the personal information…
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Importance of Cloud Data Security

April 19, 2018

Importance of Cloud Data Security Since 2015 there has been a remarkable increase in the use of cloud based solutions, such as cloud backup, email, project management tools and virtual desktops. In a study conducted by Ponemon Institute, they found on an average modern days businesses are using 27 cloud based applications. - 2018 Global…
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European Airport Finds 50% of its Computers Infected With Malware

Employees Maliciously Cause Data Breaches at American Express and Yahoo

What Is Malware and How Can You Stop It?

3rd Party Programs: Are They Cybersecurity Weakpoints?

A Windows BlueKeep Exploit Is Now Commercially Available

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