Excellent article by Microsoft that IT managers should use to educate company business decision makers. http://blogs.microsoft.com/cybertrust/2016/04/22/ransomware-understanding-the-risk/ |
Their analysis demonstrates that if you do not have adequate protection against email borne ransomware attacks, you will become a victim. |
Only connect with people you actually know and have assessed. Some guy was complaining that LinkedIn limited him to 30,000 connections. Really? That is what followers are for. As a reminder, turn on your LinkedIn privacy settings so that ONLY YOU can see your connections. Massive uptick in spearphishing attacks from China that are getting past spam filters. If you do not yet have Trend's Hosted Email Security and Cloud App Security, then you are open to these attacks. |
Trend's Cloud App Security and Hosted Email Security would likely stop these emails containing malicious URLs. Since the ISPs themselves are getting these emails, it indicates that the ISPs don't have adequate security. |
There are plenty of password manager applications to use. I recomend that whatever app you use, use it with multifactor authentication. http://status.gotomypc.com/incidents/s2k8h1xhzn4k http://www.pcmag.com/news/345385/github-hit-by-reused-password-attack? Check out my article on using the YubiKey with Password Safe and the Breakfast Bytes that goes with it to learn more. http://qualityplusconsulting.com/index.php/resources/179-yubikey-passwordsafe http://qualityplusconsulting.com/index.php/podcasts/180-breakfast-bytes-yubikey-passwordsafe |
http://www.darkreading.com/cloud/ransomware-domains-up-by-3500--in-q1-/d/d-id/1325748 By the way, do not visit DarkReading.com unless your network is protected by a properly programmed WatchGuard Firebox. Every time I visit that website, it tries to execute an Adobe Flash attack. My Firebox tells me about the fact that IPS attack signature ID 1132509 has been attempted. You can see it here on WatchGuard's ThreadDB. http://www.watchguard.com/SecurityPortal/ThreatDetail.aspx?rule_id=1132509 It's another fine example of how there is stuff on completely legit websites all the time that is trying to hack you. |
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Office 2013 will not work with Office 365 after February 2017. What's new in Office 2016 for Office 365? |