![[Heads-up] Scary New MegaCortex Ransomware Strain Discovered That Targets Your Business Network](https://i0.wp.com/www.optricsinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/megacortex-ransomware.png?fit=302%2C203&ssl=1)
Sophos has discovered a scary new strain of very sophisticated ransomware called MegaCortex. It was purpose-built to target corporate networks, and once penetrated, the attackers infect your entire network by rolling out the ransomware to all servers and workstations, using your own Windows domain controllers. Sophos have detected infections in the United States, Italy, Canada, […]
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[Heads up] Ransomware V2.0 Is Set to Resurge As Your Insurance Now Pays Off The Ransom
Holy Smokes! Ransomware may be poised to return as a top scourge for companies, as more and more of them pay up—it’s actually their insurance company that makes the payment—after an attack in an effort to minimize the cost of recovery. In this new RSA Conference 2019 Threatpost video, Josh Zelonis, senior analyst at Forrester […]
Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for March 2019
Microsoft has just released its March installment of Patch Tuesday updates to address 66 vulnerabilities in its applications. Of these 66 vulnerabilities, two are currently being exploited in the wild, 17 are critical, 45 are important, one is moderate, and one is low. This Patch Tuesday, Microsoft not only provides the patches, but also an […]
CASE STUDY: The unique complexity of cyber security municipalities and governments
The challenges: Municipalities and governments find themselves in an interesting situation as often the IT and information security departments are a generic city or county service, however based on the numerous departments they support they have very nuanced information security requirements. In addition the goal is always to cut down on taxpayer burden so they […]
Special Directive on Domain Name System (DNS) Compromise
Last week the USA’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) sent out a directive for all agencies to upgrade their Domain Name System (DNS) security in light of a wave of Iranian hack attempts specifically targeted at compromising DNS. The compromise The Iranian cyber-criminals attempted (it’s unknown if they succeeded), to figure out through DNS records […]
Security tips by Dave Malarky, CEO: Email
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ3fbSFvX90 You don’t need to resort to bow and arrow to communicate. It’s okay to use email. We’ll protect you. Click HERE to learn more about Sophos’ security solutions!
KPIs to monitor for optimal SQL Server performance
As you may know, Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database management system (RDBMS) developed by Microsoft. Several industries rely on SQL database servers for data storage and access because it supports a wide range of transaction processing, business intelligence, and analytics applications in corporate IT environments. To have a fine-tuned SQL Server system, a […]
Become an eagle-eyed network admin using OpManager’s push notifications
The secret to exceptional network management is periodically identifying and diagnosing network problems. Putting your experts at the network operations center (NOC) all day watching for a device to go down isn’t the best use of your workforce’s time. There has to be a smarter way to view potential network pitfalls without being glued to […]
Scam Of The Week: CEO Fraud bad guys are now bribing your users
Today saw the arrival of yet another interesting variant of the gift card phishing campaigns that have grown into a deluge over the past few months (see below). Today’s email demonstrates that bad guys are actively adapting and evolving their pitch. There are couple interesting things going in this new gift card phish: 1. The […]