Why Ransomware Attacks are on The Rise and How to Stop Them
Ransomware Attacks Won’t Die–Just Multiply
Ransomware has become such a hot topic with a seemingly new case every day that we thought we would pick up where we left off last week…
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Ransomware-As-a-Service a Big Problem for Small & Large Businesses
We Predicted the Death of Ransomware in 2017. Oh, Time Machines.
We first wrote about Ransomware attacks in Tech Essentials in 2017 – back when a Bitcoin was valued at $1800 (oh, the good old days). The crux of the article was that many victims were paying their ransom to the cyber perpetrators, but they did not have an easy way to track and reconcile who paid, and many who did pay the ransom never got the decryption key to unlock their files. Imagine this happening in the analog world with kidnapping cases!
With Advanced Encryption Technology, your Emails are more than Protected!
Your Smart Home May Need to Go Back to School
We’ve been living in/with smart homes for many years now. You can use Alexa or Google Home to dim lights, play music throughout your house and reorder milk when the time comes. And this is just the beginning.
Easy to Get Started with E-Signatures, Secure File Sharing and Email Encryption
Today’s New Triple Play (without baseball)
Last week everything was as fancy as an iPhone 11. Being on a business conference call with the sounds of a baby happily chirping in the background was distracting. Those good old days (back in February) when anything less than elegance or perfection was disturbing.
RMail’s Ironclad Protection To Secure Most Sensitive Information When Sending Email
“Juice Jacking” and Safe Charging
You’re a good soldier when it comes to keeping your info safe and secure:
Advanced Email Security, Requiring Smarter Email Delivery Systems for Important Email
Not All Email Tracking is Created Equal
If you are sending a zillion newsletter or marketing emails, sure, email marketing platforms make it easy to manage your email list; and many do provide some basic tracking information.
Best Way to Avoid Ransomware Attack on Your Email Communication
Today’s Hackers Target Executives with Simple Social Engineering
Today’s hackers are more innovative. Rather than just running up charges on your credit card, they are looking to extort money in exchange for return of your private information or to limit their use of it. For insurance executives, private information often includes emails related to customers and their policies. Data could include confidential information about assets, employees, vendor contracts and bank accounts.
Use Email Encryption When Sending Sensitive Personal or Business Information
Is “Security by Obscurity” An Obsolete Concept?
The term “security by obscurity” has been around for a long time. Traditionally, this has referred to the idea that the best way to keep a system safe is to keep its design (and any potential vulnerabilities) a secret. To many, “security by obscurity” has also represented the idea that there is safety in numbers, such as on a social media network that has hundreds of millions of users. One might argue that the intersection of social media, online platforms that gather and sometimes sell (for legitimate purposes) personal data, and peoples’ addiction to electronic communication convenience, may call for a new way of thinking about one’s own (or a client’s) security by obscurity.
The Death of Ransomware?
(WCry) was successful in infecting over 300,000 computers in 150 countries. It is likely the worst ransomware attack to date. WCry works by locking the files with encryption on each device. Victims are promised a decryption key to unlock their files once they pay a ransom of $300 in Bitcoin.
United Airlines and David Beckham — When Emails Leak
What do United Airlines and footballer David Beckham have in common? Disastrous leaked emails. In these recent cases, the leaked emails appear to be legitimate, though Beckham claims some of the leaked emails were “doctored.” But how do we know that leaked email messages discussed in news stories and tabloid columns are actually authentic?
