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Spooktober fest: How to fix a super scary inbox – TechRepublic

Inbox Zero on Techrepublic: Studies show the average person sends and receives 124 work emails every day, or 620 emails every week. “And we’re spending an average of 1.1 minute on each email. So do the math based on how many emails you get each day. Reading and responding to emails takes up about 28% […]

Ransomware Hits B2B Payments Firm Billtrust — Krebs on Security

Brian Krebs writing for Krebs on Security: Business-to-business payments provider Billtrust is still recovering from a ransomware attack that began last week. The company said it is in the final stages of bringing all of its systems back online from backups. I give Billtrust Kudos for being able to recover without paying the ransom.

Stealthy Microsoft SQL Server Backdoor Malware Spotted in the Wild

Https://Twitter.Com/Security_Wang writing for The Hacker News: Cybersecurity researchers claim to have discovered a previously undocumented backdoor specifically designed for Microsoft SQL servers that could allow a remote attacker to control an already compromised system stealthily. This exploit requires an already compromised server. It targets the most commonly used versions of the most popular database driving […]

NordVPN reveals server breach that could have let attacker monitor traffic – The Verge

Nordvpn Says One Of Its Servers Was Breached In March 2018, Exposing Some Of The Browsing Habits Of Customers Who Were Using The Vpn Service To Keep Their Data Private. Nordvpn Says The Server, Located In Finland, Did Not Contain Activity Logs, Usernames, Or Passwords. But The Attacker Would Have Been Able To See What […]

Avast, NordVPN Breaches Tied to Phantom User Accounts — Krebs on Security

Brian Krebs writing for Krebs on Security: Antivirus and security giant Avast and virtual private networking (VPN) software provider NordVPN each today disclosed months-long network intrusions that — while otherwise unrelated — shared a common cause: Forgotten or unknown user accounts that granted remote access to internal systems with little more than a password. All […]

Protecting your computer is not hard

Protecting your computer is not hard but you have some work to do

Cybercrime is profitable

According to Experian Cybercrime generates 1.5 trillion dollars every year. The hackers are making a fortune. They go after the low hanging fruit, why bother with anything else – when it is so easy to have your bots find unpatched computers, servers, and software. The scripts are not trying to out-think anyone, not when a […]