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Oct82019

Five Main Points You Need to Know About the 2019 Cybersecurity Crisis

  School districts all over the United States faced a major problem during this past summer. It was attack after attack, leaving school systems dataless and preventing students from starting school on time. And schools are still dealing with the effects of this cybersecurity crisis.    According to a Forbes article, cybersecurity was a major problem for school districts this past summer with a record of 160 publicly disclosed security incidents reported. This is 30 percent more than the total number of incidents reported in all of 2018. Ninety-three percent of school systems depend on native client/patch management tools that have a 56 percent failure rate and nine percent of…

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October 8, 2019UncategorizedBy mdltechadmin

Oct32019

9 Security Risk to Keep in Mind During Cloud Migration

Looking to make your workload more accessible? With the hybrid cloud, your private and public data can be stored under one cloud, which allows you to be more efficient. There are risks that come with switching to one cloud instead of two, but these security risks can all be avoided. According to a recent Security Boulevard article, access, compliance and monitoring are the top risks when migrating to the cloud.    With more data breaches and attackers trying to gain access to your information, employees have been hesitant to make the switch to the hybrid cloud even as more businesses are making the change. According to the 2019 Cloud Security…

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October 3, 2019UncategorizedBy mdltechadmin

Sep242019

Data Breaches: Attacks on the Rise Keeping Businesses at Risk

  Does it seem like your business is being attacked from all angles? With the internet being so accessible, your data is too. According to a recent Forbes article, data breaches in the US have risen dramatically in the past few years.    In just a year span, data breaches went from 36.6 million in 2016 to 197.6 million in 2017. That is a 161 million increase in breaches. But that increase does not compare to the recorded number of breaches in 2018. A record high of 446.5 million files were exposed last year.    Breaches are extremely costly to your company.  The average data breach costs a company $3.9…

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September 24, 2019UncategorizedBy mdltechadmin

Sep182019

The New Phishing: Five ways to avoid vishing hacks

  Are you receiving multiple calls from numbers that seem local or familiar — but aren’t? According to a recent Forbes article, cybersecurity scammers and criminals are now taking a different approach to reach your data. Phishing is very last year — now it’s all about vishing. A portmanteau of voice and phishing, vishing uses phone calls through an Internet telephone service (VoIP) to target victims directly rather than using more impersonal technology.    In a vishing scam, attackers will call employees with a ruse or pretext in order to convince the employee into an action such as clicking a file sent in a phishing engagement or providing sensitive information…

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September 18, 2019UncategorizedBy mdltechadmin

Sep102019

Banking & The Cloud — The Evolution of Progress & What’s Driving Change

  As our world grows more and more tech-centric and immediate, people are demanding more apps, access and visibility when it comes to finances as well. Top banks will only be able to make this happen by creating a versatile cloud model. Yet despite more and more businesses moving their systems to the cloud every day, the banking sphere is lagging behind when it comes to making a cloud model a reality. In the next three to five years, this slow transition to the cloud will need to speed up. According to a new report from Accenture, more than two-fifths of bank executives surveyed lacked a strategy for cloud adoption,…

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September 10, 2019UncategorizedBy mdltechadmin

Sep62019

Introducing Cybersecurity Automation

As the business world turns increasingly digital, efficiency and security are top-of-mind. Cybersecurity automation are being adopted at small and large companies, thus allowing cybersecurity teams to focus on more complex activities.  With digital technologies advancing within companies, it’s more important than ever that these businesses are protected. Cyber attacks have increased due to companies striving higher in digital processes. Automating cybersecurity processes helps to cover all gaps while maintaining (and even increasing) the company’s efficiency. Many companies are already using automation products like security automation and orchestration (SOAR) and robotic process automation (RPA), along with custom- developed software and code.  These two automated approaches help collect intelligence by working…

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September 6, 2019UncategorizedBy mdltechadmin

Aug302019

Companies’ Data A Target by Hackers Due to Increase in Internet Connected Cars

  In today’s mobile driven world, many people have personal and work information on their cellular devices. This cyber vulnerability can put companies at risk on a regular basis that leaves them vulnerable to fleet wide hacks. In fact, 3,000 deaths could be resulted in a fleet wide hack at rush hour.   Moreover, an increase in internet connected cars will hit American Roads in 2022. About 50 million internet-connected cars operate on U.S. roadways currently. In 2022, two-thirds of all new cars will include features and systems that connect to the internet, according to a watchdog report. While internet connected cars are good for hands free devices, they’re not…

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August 30, 2019UncategorizedBy mdltechadmin

Aug52019

Seemingly Innocuous Apps May Breach Your Company’s Security

With the rise in popularity of photo and video-sharing apps, data security has been called into question when using them. When these apps are downloaded on your devices (or your company’s devices), the threat of downloading a version with a virus or unknowingly allowing unknown access to your camera roll is feasible.  Take FaceApp — this recently-popular app uses a self-portrait to turn the user either younger or older. While this seems like harmless fun, this shared biometric data (any data that relates to human characteristic metrics, such as photos and fingerprints) may lead to data breaches. According to TechRepublic, FaceApp’s CEO, Yaroslav Goncharov, says that these collected images are…

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August 5, 2019UncategorizedBy mdltechadmin

Jul302019

Newly-Released 2018 Cybersecurity Reports Reveal Shocking Statistics

The Internet Society’s Online Trust Alliance (OTA) recently released its report about cyber crime statistics for 2018. These numbers, while startling, are only expected to continue their upward trend. OTA’s report revealed that $45 billion dollars were stolen in 2018 using various methods, including ransomware, malware and phishing. According to CPO Magazine, the overall number of reported cyber attacks were down, meaning that many of these attacks are targeting specific victims. Here are three important 2018 cyber crime statistics that were revealed in OTA’s report: 1. While the total number of ransomware attacks declined, monetary losses rose by 60%. 2. The loss of money through business email compromises rose by…

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July 30, 2019UncategorizedBy mdltechadmin

Jul222019

The Advantages of Using Hybrid Cloud Computing in Business

Technology changes so quickly that it can be difficult to decide which is most important for your company to invest in today. One significant trend is moving company data to hybrid clouds. According to CloudTech, a hybrid cloud can be defined as: “a mash-up of on-premises and off-premises IT resources.” Since there is no exact ratio for how much information is stored in one cloud or the other, the amount of data in each cloud (public or private) can vary. There are many reasons why companies decide to switch to hybrid cloud computing. Here are three reasons why this system can help your company. 1. Cost savings It can be…

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July 22, 2019UncategorizedBy mdltechadmin