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Getting Ahead of Cybercriminals: 5 Essential Cybersecurity Practices

NexusTek

If you’re finding the prospect of staying ahead of cybercriminals overwhelming, you’re in good company: 88% of SMB leaders view their businesses as vulnerable to cybercrime 3. Patches and updates are routinely required to address known vulnerabilities that cybercriminals can target. Vulnerability Scanning. Why Is This Important?

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Stop Ransomware In Fort Lauderdale, Florida

LAN Infotech

Ransomware is a type of malware designed to hold the victim’s information hostage. The installed malware encrypts a user’s or organization’s data, limiting their access to files, databases, or applications and rendering any systems that rely on them unusable. What Is Ransomware and How Does It Work?

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Managing Cyberthreats to Combat Ransomware Part 1: Current Technologies

Zerto

According to the Center for Internet Security over the past six months (DEC 2021–MAY 2022), these ten malware variants consistently made up over 60% of all reported malware activity: Shlayer. Ransomware — Ransomware is a type of malware that blocks access to a system, device, or file until a ransom is paid by the attack victim.

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Are BYOD Practices Putting Your Business at Risk?

NexusTek

every endpoint) creates a new point of vulnerability for hackers to exploit. anti-malware software). It only takes one point of vulnerability for a data breach to occur, making this a considerable threat. In spite of the benefits, BYOD practices introduce a higher degree of cyber risk for businesses.

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7 Reasons Why Cybersecurity Fails

NexusTek

July 28, 2021. Without an accurate inventory of assets, patches and updates go unmonitored , increasing the vulnerabilities of such endpoints. Instead of just installing software and calling it a day, companies must conduct proactive preventative measures, including frequent infrastructure penetration tests and vulnerability scans.

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Process Controls, SCADA and Cyber Security

Plan B Consulting

Table 1: A list of important attacks between 1982-2016 (Yadav & Paul, 2021) You can see from Table 1 that there is a wide variety of different industries, processes attacked, countries affected, methodologies used for the attack. Managers or controllers may want remote access to the control room, but this can lead to vulnerabilities.

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Process Controls, SCADA and Cyber Security

Plan B Consulting

Table 1: A list of important attacks between 1982-2016 (Yadav & Paul, 2021). However, they can also be remote or unmanned, giving the attacker plenty of time to access the system and plant malware. Remote Access – As systems are often widely dispersed, remote access is more vulnerable to unauthorised access.