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Equifax Breach Update

Made in China The 2017 Equifax breach brought individuals and one of the largest credit agencies to their knees.  And no...

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Learn to Audit Your Website – On-Demand

How to Get Found  We know that running a business is more than ensuring that you have the right products to resell.  It’...

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Double Rewards – The Rise in Ransom Payments

The rate at which data breaches are occurring is on the rise, this we know.  But another corresponding rate on the rise ...

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Windows 7 End of Life – the Beginning for New Scams

End of Windows 7 They say when one door closes another one opens, but in this case, it’s a window.  On January 14th, 202...

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I Fell for a Phishing Scam

I just fell for a phishing email. Yep, the guy who builds services to protect clients from phishing emails was tricked b...

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2019 Breach Secure Now Blogs You May Have Missed

The team here at Breach Secure Now curated a lot of content in 2019 that we hope you found informative and thought-provo...

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Evil Twin Wi-Fi

Evil Twin Attacks You’re out and about for any number of reasons.  Traveling for work.  Killing time while waiting for c...

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Overnight Experts Wanted

It isn’t breaking news that there is a steady – and alarming – rise in cybersecurity breaches and overall compromises in...

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A Quick Glance Back – the Year in Cybersecurity

Nothing Random in this Ransom The end of the year always gives one reason to reflect back and review the past 12 months ...

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Smart Speakers, Are You Listening?

Alexa, What Are You Collecting? At the top of many holiday gift lists was a smart speaker device.  They can make our lif...

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The Rise in Cryptojacking

You can teach your clients how to spot a phishing email and hope that they take heed. You can warn them about the danger...

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Getting Ahead of the Curve

Plan, people, policies Under the guidance of Maria Vullo, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) created ...