by Mike Brock | Dec 14, 2018 | Security
People are constantly asking why their seemingly insignificant sites are being attacked. It is hard to understand what value a low traffic site might hold. Unfortunately, an attacker views your website as a juicy collection of resources they can use, generally to make...
by Mike Brock | Oct 15, 2019 | Security
There has been a lot of discussion about Email Fraud and Phishing lately. Email is still the largest threat for hacking and information theft. Email phishing is one of the easiest ways to obtain access to your email account, but what is email phishing really? Phishing...
by Mike Brock | Oct 14, 2019 | Security
Pwned Passwords are 555,278,657 real world passwords previously exposed in data breaches. This exposure makes them unsuitable for ongoing use as they’re at much greater risk of being used to take over other accounts. They’re searchable online below as well...
by Mike Brock | Oct 12, 2019 | Security
Bradford, PA: Bradford City Hall’s computer system was the target Sunday of a ransomware attack that took down 9 out of 11 computers, but no data was jeopardized. Mayor Tom Riel contacted media outlets Monday evening to report the attack. He reiterated that no data...
by Mike Brock | Oct 18, 2019 | Security
Las Vegas (CNN Business) I share, therefore I am. I am the kind of person who posts Instagram photos (filtered, of course) from my vacation. I am also the kind of person who tweets about buying an overly-expensive piece of furniture because I fell for a sleek online...
by Mike Brock | Oct 25, 2019 | Security
In 2004, the Department of Homeland Security, in collaboration with the National Cyber Security Alliance, began promoting October as National Cyber Security Awareness Month. It seems like nowadays everything has an official month or day we are supposed to observe. For...