What is an RDP Attack? RDP, or Remote Desktop Protocol, is a port on devices that allow for remote access to be gained by anyone who has the appropriate credentials. An RDP attack means an unauthorized person or entity is accessing the network through the device’s RDP ports. The attack may be an actual person […]
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Florida Schools Struggle After Ransomware Infects Networks Monroe School District, located in Key West, Florida is attempting to restore their computer systems after the ransomware variant GandCrab infected its systems earlier this week. On Sunday a member of the school staff noticed something was off with their networks. They contacted the IT department promptly for proper
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Targeted and Untargeted Cyber Attacks Before discussing the attack methods of hackers, targeted or untargeted, we first must understand the difference between the two. First, untargeted attacks are when hackers have no specific vertical, business, or person they are attacking. Instead, they simply cast as wide of a net as possible, and send out the
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Antivirus Protection that Never Quits — What Every Customer in the World Needs Cyber security threats are evolving every single day. As customers of antivirus solutions, you need to demand better products. You need to demand an antivirus protection that never quits. But what would that look like? Consistent Innovation First, is the need for
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Popular Paid-App, Adware Doctor, Spied on Apple Users One of the top five paid apps in the Apple App Store, was accumulating data on its users and sending it overseas. Adware Doctor, previously known as Adware Medic, was the fourth top app in the App store. It portrayed itself as a security product, gaining the
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Hackers Extort Business to Keep Positive Reputation Do you use Yelp, TripAdvisor, or any other review platform to make decisions on hotels, restaurants, events, etc.? What if you found out that restaurant or hotel that has a terrible reputation was actually one of the best in the area? You likely wouldn’t believe me because of
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A Reseller’s Opportunity – Education and Protection Ransomware threats have been increasing year-over-year, yet several businesses are not aware of the magnitude of the cyber threat. This lack of awareness could be on this particular form of malware, or it may spill over into proper protection methods. It has become a reseller’s opportunity to educate
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Recording Your Computer Screen With PowerPoint It likely isn’t a regular occurrence that you wish to record something on your computer screen. However, if the need is ever present, it is nice to know it can be done without installing yet another third-party application. How To Do It You will need to have open whatever
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How Hackers Choose Their Targets According to Security Boulevard, the #1 security vulnerability identified by IT managers is unpatched systems. Hackers target vulnerable systems. There it is. That is the big secret, which likely isn’t as shocking as one anticipated. Why do hackers target vulnerable systems? This too is rather simple. They don’t want to
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Security Breaches Rise as the Number of People Who Care Decline… It seems as if we cannot go a single day without getting some kind of notification that yet another company was breached. Most recently was T-Mobile and Air Canada. However, with the increase in frequency, customers are becoming more and more desensitized to the
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