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Russia Hack Report Quick Facts

Greg Edwards

On Friday, January 6, 2017, the U.S. Intelligence Community released a declassified document pointing direct blame on the Russian Government for the Democratic National Committee (DNC) hack, as well…

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Mirai Botnet Responsible for Largest DDoS Attack

Greg Edwards

Twitter, Reddit, Spotify, Etsy and what seems like an endless list of websites were down for an extended amount of time on Friday (Oct. 21) due to a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on…

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Types of Social Engineering

Greg Edwards

As the CEO of WatchPoint, I believe marketing our products is an extremely important part of the success of our business. We want our customers to be aware of the many ways we can protect their…

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Another Healthcare Ransomware Attack in California

Greg Edwards

Marin Healthcare District recently became the latest victim of a ransomware attack in California. Marin Medical Practices, the company that provides the Greenbrae, California-based district with…

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Patch Tuesday

Greg Edwards

Relying on Auto Update within Windows does not ensure that even the most critical patches are installed in a timely manner. Below is a recent scenario of patches that were released but not installed…

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CrypMIC Ransomware

Greg Edwards

Over the last two months, CrypMIC ransomware has emerged as a copycat of the extremely successful CryptXXX ransomware. While the most likely scenario is that the makers of CryptXXX are looking to…

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Cerber, Zepto Virus, and TeslaCrypt - Ransomware Update

Greg Edwards

Ransomware has been the most prevalent form of cyber attacks in 2016. Between the end of 2015 and the first half of 2016, ransomware saw an 800% increase in ransom paid to cyber criminals. Cyber…

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White House Releases Color-Coded Scale for Cybersecurity Threats

Greg Edwards

On Tuesday (July 26, 2016) the Obama administration released a framework for handling cyberattacks. The Presidential Policy Directive (PPD) on United States Cyber Incident Coordination is a new plan…

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U.S. Voter Registration Database for Sale

Greg Edwards

As if we do not already have enough to worry about in the upcoming U.S. election, now hackers have access to the entire U.S. Voter Registration database. A seller going by the handle “DataDirect” on…

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