It's official, the internet is running out of IP (Internet Protocol) addresses. "What happened this week is for the first time, organizations qualified for block sizes (of addresses) we don't have,"…

WatchPoint Data has compiled a list of the most serious threats for the past few weeks. More news on the recent Federal Government Office of Personnel Management (OPM) attacks this week. It is now…

In Iowa, you’re either a Hawkeye fan or aCyclone fan. With no pro baseball, basketball or football teams, we take our college sports very seriously. Most minor hacks and attacks don’t make the major…

WatchPoint Data has compiled a list of the most serious threats and cybersecurity news for this week.

1990's Cyber Security Twenty years ago, if you talked about computer security no one really knew what you were talking about. OK, so people had heard of encryption, but anything else, like access…

It’s been an active start to the month of June. One of the industries own was hit with a very sophisticated hack. Russia’s Kaspersky, a world leader in Anti-Virus and Anti-Hacking software, was the…

A few days ago an event occurred that shocked the world of cyber security. One of the industry’s own, the Russian anti-virus firm, Kaspersky was hacked. The hack, known as Duqu 2.0 has been described…

In as little as three steps, cybercriminals can turn a 1,500% profit per month by infecting victims with ransomware. By spending about $5,900, criminals would get the ransomware malicious code, an…

An interesting thing happened to a customer of ours recently. A very senior member of their staff received an email from Network Solutions for a regular renewal payment for a domain name. Within…