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Ransomware is a very scary thing for community banks. I have a couple clients that have had to go toe-to-toe with it and were fortunate enough to have solid backups for recovery.
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Dan Hadaway, with Infotex, goes into great detail on the risks associated with misconfiguration of "secure" email in one of his recent blog posts. He...
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Ever wonder why social engineering attacks are on the rise?
Mastercard will be launching an app that uses a 'selfie' to authenticate the user later this year. Will community banking apps follow suit in the...
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In my years of doing security awareness training, I’ve always taught users to hover over links embedded in emails before clicking on them. When...
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That is a question that I see continually asked in various articles and websites. This article by Tracy Kitten at bankinfosecurity.com tries to...
Think spam is an ineffective way of spreading malware? Think again. Researchers at security firm Symantec say the moneymakers behind the banking...
A Los Angeles hospital has paid US$17,000 to cyberattackers who crippled its network by encrypting its files, a payment that will likely rekindle a...
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It’s no secret that Governance, Threat Intelligence, Security Awareness Training, and Patch Management are all part of a solid cybersecurity program,...
Following the Cryptocurrency: Could Police Do More? A CryptoWall ransom demand.Over a three-month period in 2015, a single cybercrime gang managed to...
