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EfficientIP: New Data Shows How Healthcare Suffered from Cyberattacks More than Other Industries During Pandemic

July 8, 2021 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Cost per DNS attack increased by 12% in healthcare, the sharpest rise; healthcare also most likely industry to suffer other non-monetary types of damages, such as application downtime LONDON & WEST CHESTER, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A new report from EfficientIP and International Data Corporation (IDC) shows how the healthcare industry experienced devastating effects from DNS attacks during […]

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My TechDecisions Episode 131: Biden’s Executive Order On Cybersecurity

June 1, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

On this episode of the My TechDecisions Podcast, we speak with Om Moolchandani, Co-founder, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Security Officer at Accurics, a cloud cyber resilience company, about President Joe Biden’s executive order on cybersecurity.  Biden signed the order in May to modernize federal cybersecurity and implement concepts like Zero Trust and multi-factor authentication, […]

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Why Cybersecurity Experts Choose the Good Side

We asked cybersecurity experts why they chose the good side when ransomware attacks can net over $100,000 and hacking has become a $300 billion industry.

December 28, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

As the world grapples with a pandemic, politics, social justice issues and other global crises, cybercriminals are taking advantage of those distractions and are launching attacks at a rapid pace. Cybersecurity and antivirus company Bitdefender found that pandemic-related attacks increased five-fold in the first two weeks of March. In May and June, an average of 60% […]

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Malicious Browser Extensions Downloaded More Than 3 Million Times, Cybersecurity Firm Says

According to cybersecurity researchers, 28 browser extensions on Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome contain malicious code that compromises devices.

December 17, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

According to cybersecurity researchers, 28 browser extensions on Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome contain malware, and they’ve been downloaded by more than three million people. In a blog post, cybersecurity firm Avast said it has analyzed 28 malicious browser extensions after a group of Czech researchers identified the threat and found extensions to contain malware. […]

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U.S. Cybersecurity Officials: K-12 Schools Are Increasingly Targeted By Hackers

U.S. cybersecurity officials are warning K-12 institutions of an uptick in cyberattacks designed to exploit and disrupt distance learning during.

December 15, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

U.S. cybersecurity officials are warning K-12 educators of an uptick in cyberattacks designed to exploit and disrupt distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. As schools everywhere continue to rely on critical IT services to support distance learning via videoconferencing and collaboration tools, cybercriminals are taking notice. Bad actors are targeting schools with ransomware, data theft […]

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