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Month: July 2020

Threat Intelligence!!

Almost everything we own is connected to the internet, it’s time to take another look at cybersecurity. The nature of cybersecurity threats has changed since the early years of the web: cyber criminals are getting more sophisticated and less obvious. According to the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, in 2018, 74% of data breaches were caused by phishing attacks or fraudulent emails intended to get people to share sensitive information. And 83% of InfoSec professionals—the best of the best when it comes to cybersecurity—were victims of phishing attacks.

In general, threat intelligence refers to the information used by an organization to better understand past, current, and future threats. It provides the context necessary to make informed decisions about your network security, especially after an attack has occurred. Who is attacking you and why? How much damage could they do in your system? Where are your system vulnerabilities? The answers to these questions are essentially the building blocks to a disaster readiness plan.

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In case my computer is infected, I will see it for sure!!

Don’t be so sure about that…………………

Yes, it used to be true, but it’s not anymore. In the past, when computers started to run slow and get annoying pop-ups all over the screen, it was a sure sign of infection.

Nowadays, cyber criminals radically improved their methods. They are more efficient and know how to disguise their attacks.

Malware is built to be undetectable and untraceable even by antivirus software, in order to retrieve the sensitive information needed by cyber criminals. It may be months before you even notice there’s something wrong!

Here’s what you can do: 

  1. install a good antivirus product and keep it updated
  2. Install a security program against  data stealing malware 
  3. Have a professional threat monitoring of your network and computers
  4. and have a Ransomware free backup!!

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