FBI Cyber Crime Briefing: Five Big Risks for Business Leaders
FBI Cyber Crime Briefing: Five Big Risks for Business Leaders Protek recently sponsored a special briefing from cyber security experts at the FBI. The event, Cyber Crime 101: FBI Cyber Security Webinar is available on-demand here. This cyber crime briefing featured Supervisory Special Agent, Elvis Chan, from the FBI’s San Francisco, CA field office. Special […]
Cyber Security Threats Business Owners Should Know About
Cyber security is a threat to every business. Criminals are targeting businesses by using spam as a delivery mechanism for dangerous malware. Roughly 200 to 400 thousand Trojans, ransomware, and other malware are delivered to IP addresses daily according to Trustwave researchers. Phishing is also a contributor making up 2.1% of spam types which can […]
6 Things You Need to Do After a Ransomware Attack
Getting hit by a ransomware attack or infected with a malicious software is not fun. It can open the door to cyber criminals getting your personal and business data and potentially using it to hold you hostage until you pay them off. There are some simple precautions every business owner can take – like having […]
What the Tech: The Aftermath of a Ransomware Attack
In March of 2018, the city of Atlanta was held hostage by hackers. The ransomware attack by SamSam hacking crew infected the city with a virus that crippled computers, wireless networks, and blocked access to important data. It left police officers writing reports by hand, residents were unable to pay their utility bills online, access […]
Protect Your Business from Ransomware
With the spread of ransomware viruses like WannaCry and Petya lately, it’s becoming extremely important to know how to protect yourself from these damaging viruses. The way ransomware works is that it encrypts the files on your computer or on your server so you can not access them unless you pay for the decryption key. […]
Petya Ransomware Spreads
This week saw yet another massive ransomware attack that originated in Europe. The Petya ransomware had some similarities to WannaCry, which infected many systems recently, but was definitely very different. The Ukraine experienced the brunt of the attack, as it brought down banks and government agencies throughout the country, but it did end up spreading […]
5 Things to Prepare for a Security Incident
You’ve heard the saying, “Failing to plan is planning to fail.” When it comes to your business network, that phrase could not be truer. Planning for a security incident is a vital piece of your network’s health. Most small businesses employ outside IT support, who won’t always be onsite at the start of a security […]
WannaCry Ransomware Infects Thousands of Companies
This week a massive ransomware attack infected over 300,000 machines worldwide called WannaCry. Ransomware is a type of malware that will encrypt all of the files on an infected machine. It will then demand payment to decrypt the files. Your computer is essentially held hostage until you pay up. The effectiveness of this particular attack […]
Feds Attempt Curb of Ransomware
Ransomware has received unprecedented popularity, and healthcare organizations are ripe targets . Criminals know it. In just a few short years, Ransomware has dominated the market, prompting a response from the federal government last week. Ransomware attacks have risen from 1,000 attacks a day in 2015, the same time this year attacks rose to a […]
TeslaCrypt Ransomware Authors Release Master Key
Eset announced on Wednesday that it has developed a free tool that victims of all variants of the TeslaCrypt ransomware can use to unlock affected files. The criminal group behind TeslaCrypt recently abandoned support for the malicious software, Eset contacted the group anonymously using the channel TeslaCrypt’s operators offered to ransomware victims and asked for the universal […]