Over last two decades, companies have protected data in transit with VPNs, HTTPS, and TLS. Those same companies have also protected data at rest with various file-level and whole-disk encryption technologies. For data in transit, your browser or VPN software contacts a web or VPN server, they negoti…Read More
Once in a while, a new technology built by the people, for the people emerges under the shadows of the tech giants. The technology we're talking about today is a relatively new web browser called Brave. It's creator is none other than the inventor of JavaScript, Brendan Eich. Brendan is an Internet …Read More
Everybody knows about cryptocurrencies. It’s not news that hackers are trading stolen private information for Bitcoin. But what are we to make of the underlying technology that enables these transactions? Blockchain technology is at the heart of cryptocurrency but its application doesn’t stop th…Read More
On Monday, the Department of Justice issued a notice that 74 individuals have been arrested in connection with phishing schemes primarily aimed at intercepting and hijacking wire transfers. Of the 74 arrests, 42 were U.S. citizens, 29 from Nigeria, and 3 in Canada, Mauritius and Poland. The arrests …Read More
In a word, anonymity. A slew of privacy technique are allowing cyber criminals to buy and sell stolen private information relatively unscathed in most cases. HTTPS encryption has been around for about a couple decades now . The problem for criminals, though, is when they try to access a web-based re…Read More
Every company runs into a disgruntled ex-employee at some time or another. If you’re doing security well, you have a well-documented set of policies and procedures for locking accounts and freezing access after an employee is terminated. That’s if you’re doing security well, and most companies…Read More
It seems like every single day we hear about another data breach. These events don’t seem to be isolated to small business, large business, healthcare, retail, or any other category. Everybody is a target these days. The reason for this is because data = money. Yes… Data = money. Some data is wo…Read More
Are you a business in NYS who doesn't "have to" do security because you're not regulated? Well, that could soon change. NYS Senate Bill 6933A, aka the SHIELD Act, was introduced to the senate on November 1st, 2017. When passed, the Shield Act will close a regulatory loophole and will require ALL bus…Read More
Jeff Miller of Cyberstone and Tim Gekas of Synergy IT Solutions were recognized at Ingram Micro's Awards Dinner last night in Colorado Springs. They received the Chapter Officers of the Year award for excellence in leading the Nor'easter Trust-X chapter of Ingram Micro together. Jeff and Tim work ti…Read More
“Shimming is the new skimming”, according to a Better Business Bureau (BBB) post last week. What’s this all about? Credit card skimmers were and still are molded plastic overlays that criminals place around point-of-sale (POS) terminals. They steal magnetic card information from unsuspecting c…Read More
